The Busy World is Hushed
- Written by Keith Bunin
- Directed by Mark Brokaw
KEITH BUNIN is currently writing screenplays for Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, CBS Films, Fox Animation, and Likely Story/Mandalay Films, among others. He wrote the screenplay for the film Horns, directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Daniel Radcliffe, and based on the novel by Joe Hill, which will be released later this year. He is the author of the plays The Busy World is Hushed, The World Overand The Credeaux Canvas, which were all originally produced Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons. His other plays include Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, produced by La Jolla Playhouse and City Theatre, Vera Laughed, produced by New York Stage and Film, The Principality of Sorrows, produced by Pure Orange Productions, The King of Clocks, produced by Lincoln Center Lab at HERE, and A Joke, produced by Malaparte. He wrote the book for the musical 10 Million Miles, which was produced Off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theatre Company. He was also a writer for the HBO TV-series “In Treatment.” His essays have been published in American Film Magazine and on the web at McSweeney's. He received his B.A. from Goddard College and his M.A. from Columbia University. (As of 2009)
Broadway: Cry-Baby, revivals of The Constant Wife, Reckless. New York premieres include The Long Christmas Ride Home, Lobby Hero, How I Learned to Drive, This Is Our Youth, As Bees in Honey Drown, The Dying Gaul, 2.5 Minute Ride, The Good Times Are Killing Me. Encores!: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Cole Porter's Out of This World. Regional: Sondheim Celebration at Kennedy Center (A Little Night Music); the new musical Martystarring John C. Reilly; Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf, Seattle Rep, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Yale Rep, Huntington and Berkeley Rep. Also: London's Donmar Warehouse; Dublin's Gate Theatre; vice president, Executive Board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers; associate artist, Roundabout Theatre. (As of December 2008)
Hannah, a minister and bible scholar, finds her faith at odds with that of Thomas, her estranged, wayward son. But when a soul-searching young writer hired to assist Hannah with her latest publication learns painful secrets from her past, she spies a risky, unconventional opportunity for reconciliation.
Featuring
Jill Clayburgh
Hamish Linklater
Luke Macfarlane
Playwrights: The Busy World is Hushed, Recent Tragic Events. Broadway: Seminar. Off-Broadway: Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, Comedy of Errors, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Winter’s Tale (The Public); Posterity (Atlantic). Nominated for Drama Desk, Lortel, Outer Critics, and Drama League Awards. Obie recipient for School for Lies (CSC). Film: The Big Short, Magic in the Moonlight, 42, The Future. TV: “Legion,” “Newsroom,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” “Fargo.” Upcoming: Unicorn Store, “Tell Me Your Secrets.
(Updated Mar 2019)
Creative Team
Allen Moyer
Scenic DesignerMichael Krass
Costume DesignerMary Louise Geiger
Lighting DesignerLewis Flinn
Sound DesignerDavid Sugarman
Production Stage ManagerBroadway credits include The Lyons, After Miss Julie, Grey Gardens (Tony/Drama Desk Nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, and Twelve Angry Men, among others. Off-Broadway credits include productions for the Public Theater, Second Stage, Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theater, Signature Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, New Group/Second Stage, and the Drama Dept. Regional credits include productions for the Dallas Theatre Center, Huntington Theater, Guthrie Theater, The Goodman, Yale Rep, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Steppenwolf, Baltimore’s Center Stage, LA’s Center Theater Group, and Pittsburgh Public Theater. His extensive opera credits include work for the Metropolitan Opera (Orfeo ed Euridice, directed by Mark Morris), New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Scottish Opera, and the Wexford Festival (Ireland). He also worked with Mark Morris on Sylvia for San Francisco Ballet, and Romeo and Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare for MMDG. He received the 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. For more information, visit allenmoyerdesign.com.
Photos of (1) Luke Macfarlane, Hamish Linklater, and Jill Clayburgh; (2) Hamish Linklater and Luke Macfarlane; and (3) Luke Macfarlane, Jill Clayburgh, and Hamish Linklater by Joan Marcus.