Wolves Eat Elk

by MJ Kaufman

Alex has just finished a summer of dissertation research in the Minnesota woods and is eager to get back on the road to his boyfriend at school back east when he finds himself trapped in the surreal world of Elk Kingdom. The Elk need him to complete a strange and specific task before he can leave: tame the wolf that is threatening their herd. Alex wrestles with what the Elk ask of him and the implications for...

Alex has just finished a summer of dissertation research in the Minnesota woods and is eager to get back on the road to his boyfriend at school back east when he finds himself trapped in the surreal world of Elk Kingdom. The Elk need him to complete a strange and specific task before he can leave: tame the wolf that is threatening their herd. Alex wrestles with what the Elk ask of him and the implications for both the ecosystem and his journey home.

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  • Katherine Gwynn: Wolves Eat Elk by MJ Kaufman
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    a beautiful, sparse and surreal play about fear and home and longing.

    a beautiful, sparse and surreal play about fear and home and longing.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Wolves Eat Elk by MJ Kaufman
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend MJ Kaufman and their play Wolves Eat Elk as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers particularly responded to the poetic language of the piece and the way Kaufman plays with structure to explore two parallel, vivid worlds...

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend MJ Kaufman and their play Wolves Eat Elk as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers particularly responded to the poetic language of the piece and the way Kaufman plays with structure to explore two parallel, vivid worlds.

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Development History

  • Reading, Brooklyn College, 2015
  • Reading, Temple University, 2015