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by Ali Skye Bennet
inspired by a true story 
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- Finalist for the 2019/2020 New Light New Voices Award from New Light Theater Project
- Finalist for the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award from American Blues Theater in Chicago
- Semi-Finalist for the 2019 Bonnie & Terry Burman New Play Award for an outstanding play, from Barrington Stage Company
- 29-Hour Workshop in Sept. 2018 with two invited presentations, directed by Jill DeArmon, produced by Victoria Weinberg, and featuring a stellar cast of actors.
- Finalist for the 2018-19 Woodward/Newman Drama Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project
- Semi-Finalist for the 2018 National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
- Awarded Residency to the HBMG Foundation's 2018 National Winter Playwrights Retreat
- Closed 10-hour workshop in Dec. 2017, directed by Candis C. Jones and choreographed by Jeffry Denman
- Finalist for the 2017 National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
- Finalist for the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting Award from American Blues Theater in Chicago
- Semi-Finalist for the 2019 Bonnie & Terry Burman New Play Award for an outstanding play, from Barrington Stage Company
- 29-Hour Workshop in Sept. 2018 with two invited presentations, directed by Jill DeArmon, produced by Victoria Weinberg, and featuring a stellar cast of actors.
- Finalist for the 2018-19 Woodward/Newman Drama Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project
- Semi-Finalist for the 2018 National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
- Awarded Residency to the HBMG Foundation's 2018 National Winter Playwrights Retreat
- Closed 10-hour workshop in Dec. 2017, directed by Candis C. Jones and choreographed by Jeffry Denman
- Finalist for the 2017 National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
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In a near-forgotten corner of the Suzhou Zoo in China, the last male and female Yangtze giant softshell turtles unknowingly find themselves in the spotlight when suddenly thrust into confinement by a team of scientists, who are prepared to rewrite the laws of science to get the Turtles to breed and the species to perpetuate. But when the lovestruck Turtles finally grasp the full implications of their circumstances, the line between responsibility and self-preservation starts to blur... In the animal kingdom, held in captivity in a race against the biological clock, at what point does nature’s instinct finally overpower free will? In RAFETUS, “freedom of choice” takes on a whole new meaning -- or perhaps is rendered meaningless. Rafetus: A Brief History in Photos
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To learn more, read an excerpt from the play, or read my Artistic Statement,
visit the National New Play Network's New Play Exchange:
Press Release
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