A Case For the Existence of God

A thoughtful and meditative two-hander, Samuel D. Hunter's extraordinary play is both intimate and expansive as it explores themes of parenthood, financial insecurity and empathy. A Case for the Existence of God unfolds in a cubicle where two seated people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile worlds. Keith, a mortgage broker, and Ryan, a yoghurt plant worker seeking to buy a plot of land that belonged to his family many decades ago, realise they share a specific kind of sadness. At this desk in the middle of America, loan talk opens up into a discussion about the chokehold of financial insecurity and a bond over the precariousness of parenthood. With humor, empathy and wrenching honesty, Hunter commingles two lives and deftly bridges disparate experiences of marginality. A Case for the Existence of God was premiered off-Broadway at Signature Theatre in 2022. Directed by David Cromer, the production featured Kyle Beltran and Will Brill.