George Brant is an award-winning writer for theatre, opera, and film. He is the author of over forty plays, including Grounded (stage play and opera version with music by Jeanine Tesori), Elephant’s Graveyard, Into the Breeches!, Marie and Rosetta, The Prince of Providence (adapted from Mike Stanton’s book), The Mourners’ Bench, The Land of Oz (music by Nathan Motta), Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Rust: A Story of Steel and Grit (adapted from Eliese Colette Goldbach’s memoir), Tender Age, and Crooked River Burning (adapted from Mike Winegardner’s novel). His scripts have been translated into 18 languages and performed in 28 countries, receiving a Grammy nomination, a Lucille Lortel Award, the Smith Prize, a Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Keene Prize for Literature. 

Brant is currently developing the opera Mothers of Kherson (music by Maxim Kolomiiets) for the Metropolitan Opera House.