Seed Hunters

About Seed Hunters

Seed Hunters – the premiere of a new Australian play

Contemporary. Clever. Controversial. A comedy with a satirical edge.

The play opens in 1976 in Peking. The country is opening to the world, post-Mao, and students from around the world have been invited by the Chinese government. An idealistic clutch of these international students hold secret meetings. A beautiful South American woman attempts to seduce young Aussie Bob, and he discovers the ‘seed hunters’ movement –women who believe the science-based reasoning that children of men with mixed-ancestry are less aggressive, fitter and more intelligent than men with ‘pure’ heritage. Will he escape her seductive dancing?

Then in 2025 Sydney, Bridget joins the seed-hunter movement. She researches women’s groups in ancient Greece, the Hopi Indians in Arizona and all the other women studying men to find just the right one. Bridget targets her man. Does he escape her entreaties? Does he know her intent?

What if the key to peace … is in our DNA? “If the toxic tough guys are after a world with more tough guys, we women are going to build a world with more peaceful and more intelligent children. We’re saving the world from itself.” says Bridget, a determined seed hunter.

What happens when the families get involved and the matriarchal grandmother speaks her mind? And, where around the world are all the many women Seed Hunter groups thriving? They are out there!!!

The Pitt Street Uniting Church Performance Space is near the Park Street corner, very close to Town Hall station, Gadigal Metro stop, the light rail, and buses.