HUNT Senate Play

07/10/2016

If you happened to miss our review in DC Metro Theater Arts, here it is!
Best of the 2016 Capital Fringe: "Audiences coming to the Flashpoint for Hunt will leave with a new perspective on history and, perhaps, even a new understanding of the present. With a disturbingly relevant subject, fabulous performances, and impressive design, Hunt should be near the top of every Fringe itinerary."
-Jonelle Walker, DCMetroTheaterArts

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/07/08/2016-capital-fringe-review-hunt/

Jean P. Bordewich’s political drama Hunt turns back the clock to a divisive time in American politics – the early 1950s of Joseph McCarthy – but the characters and issues resonate in today’s political landscape. A passionate, high-profile Republican who blames minorities for America’s looming downfa...

07/03/2016

Thanks to DC Metro Theater Arts for these photos and article and to the fabulous cast and crew of HUNT: A Political Drama preparing for opening night July 7 in Washington! Jean Parvin Bordewich Carson W. Collins Terry Loveman

07/02/2016

The picture on the right was taken at our read for the Hewlett Foundation a few weeks ago. Can you see the resemblance to the real Lester and Nathelle Hunt?

06/28/2016

Thanks to Politico's Influencer column for the mention of our play!

06/27/2016

I'm so excited about HUNT after watching rehearsals this weekend and seeing the great work of the artists! the show opens July 7 - it won't be long now. Tickets are now on sale at: https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/896-hunt

06/19/2016

Today, Father's Day, is the 62nd anniversary of the death of U.S. Senator Lester Hunt. By all accounts he was not only a committed and honest public servant, but a good and decent man loved as a father and husband by his family. I'm sure he has been deeply missed all these years by his children and all who knew him.

06/18/2016

Apparently Senator Lester Hunt's story is more popular than we thought! It is also being used as partial inspiration for a new opera in Cincinnati called "Fellow Travelers". This opera focuses on the Lavender Scare of the McCarthyism period.

Fellow Travelers is based on Thomas Mallon's historical novel of the same name. It takes place during the McCarthy 1950s, when intense scrutiny fell not only on suspected communists but g**s as well.

06/15/2016

Tonight we staged scenes between Buddy and the Reporter!

06/11/2016

We're in stage reading mode! For our read on Tuesday at the Arlie House for the Hewlett Foundation!

06/11/2016

We are so lucky to live in a time where all sexualities are embraced and celebrated, but this was not always the case. In the 1950's being a homosexual was an arrestable offense. It was on this day June 10, 1953 that Senator Hunt's son, Lester Hunt Jr., was arrested in Lafayette Park for soliciting homosexual activities. This arrest was used as blackmail against Senator Hunt and is thought to have pushed him closer to his su***de.

06/10/2016

Senator Hunt was described as a "modest man" by Drew Pearson in an article in The Washington Merry-Go-Round. Pearson wrote this about Senator Hunt after his death:

I had first met Hunt when he was governor of Wyoming and climbed aboard the friendship train eight years ago as it reached the western end of his state. He rode with us until we arrived in Cheyenne. A quiet, unassuming person, Hunt had come to Wyoming first as a baseball player, then settled down to practice dentistry in Lander up near the Shoshone Indian Reservation.
In the Senate, he could always be found voting on the side of the underdog, and though he was not as vocal as Senator Tobey, he did a fine, conscientious job as a member of the Kefauver Committee which investigated crime.

06/09/2016

Senator Hunt was McCarthy's main opponent, in a time that was characterized by fear and hatred. Sound familiar?