THE TUSK HUNTERS
Two men in the Alaskan tundra search for woolly mammoth tusks as an alternative to elephant ivory. But their most recent discovery causes their employer to pivot from the ivory trade to a more technologically innovative venture as a means of combating climate change. Inspired by the real-life founding of Colossal Biosciences, The Tusk Hunters explores the morality of de-extinction, masculinity across time, and the toll that scientifically revolutionary ideas take on those who execute them.
Original artwork by Ben Granoff.
Original artwork by Ben Granoff.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
- Reading, The Workshop Theater Lab Reading (NYC, 2025) – Directed by Dina Vovsi
- Reading, Gloucester Stage Water's Rising Festival (Gloucester, MA, 2025) – Directed by Alex Lonati
- Semi-Finalist, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference (2025)
- Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival (2025)
- Reading, The Civilians Finding Series (NYC, 2024) – Directed by Dina Vovsi
- Workshop, The Civilians R&D Group (NYC, 2023–2024)
- Workshop, The Workshop Theater Winter Intensive (NYC, 2023)
- Semi-Finalist, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference (2015)
- Workshop, Endstation Theatre Playwrights Initiative (Lynchburg, VA, 2013)
- Reading, Infusion Theatre New Play Development Workshop (Chicago, 2013)
- Commission, Storefront Playwright Project – Department of Cultural Affairs (Chicago, 2013)