As perfectly paced a thriller as you can find, LUMIN is a tense and rich play about taking "what's best for the community" to its logical extreme. To Gibson's immense credit, what seems like a straightforward moral divide muddies brilliantly as it goes, and by the final scenes the ending feels both earned and wholly unexpected. Deserving of a production yesterday.

The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced LUMIN as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were intigued how the play hits an artery of what society fears right now, written in a form of a true crime form that audiences have a strong appetite for. The play is clear and well-paced as it draws the reporter into the world of Lumin, and has the potential to dig into timely questions. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

Loved this thrilling play about the lengths people will go to keep their community together.