Yuba College Theater Presents: Pocatello

Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello-a small, unexceptional American city that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises. But he can’t serve enough Soup, Salad & Breadsticks specials to make his hometown feel like home. Against the harsh backdrop of Samuel D. Hunter’s Idaho, this heartbreaking comedy is a cry for connection in an increasingly lonely American landscape. Hunter’s Pocatello follows his previous plays A Bright New Boise, set in a Hobby Lobby break room, and The Whale, which is now a Hollywood feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky, playing in cinemas. Hunter is an award-winning playwright whose work gives voice to American’s in isolation, the feeling of entrapment, and the faith we hold for meaning in our lives.