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The New Galileos by Amy Berryman

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  • Elle Schaffer:
    10 May. 2023
    “ With a look into important topics such as freedom of speech and climate change, this script contains a powerful viewpoint of science. This compelling cast of female characters tell a story that’ll leave one at the edge of their seat with the help of interesting scene set-ups. The principal characters are put in a difficult position and deal with binary perspectives, but the needed feeling of hope was present for me. This show’s plot led me to think “what if that were me?” It opens conversation about subjects that deserve justice and does it right.
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  • Jasmine Sharma:
    6 May. 2023
    “ AH! A climate change play that makes the macro threat of looming danger immediate and personal. A complex look at financial burden, censorship, and the consequences of integrity when dedicating one’s whole life to one’s work. Chewy, delicious dialogue with juicy roles for femme actors. A thrilling call-to-arms - hope to see her produced! ”
  • Samantha Marchant:
    10 Aug. 2022
    “ A play about science and what’s in between those “black and white” choices. Each woman is given an impossible choice in an impossible situation and it’s fascinating to watch how each handles herself. Their relationships outside seep in in interesting ways. High stakes! ”
  • Erin Malone Turner:
    16 Oct. 2021
    “ This play asks: do those in charge have the peoples' best interests in mind? What will it take to make the good ones stop fighting for what's right? Can anyone really take one's livelihood, free speech, & knowledge away? Berryman is surgical in her undertaking of very big issues & showcasing the individual, valuable lives, dreams, & fears involved in keeping truth alive. A heartfelt, harrowing, excellent play! ”
  • E GK:
    19 Sep. 2021
    “ I saw a Zoom reading of this play, it's thought-provoking and wonderfully written. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    8 Apr. 2021
    “ A powerful play that forces us to confront climate change and the call to fight the silence. Well done. ”
  • Jennifer Goff:
    23 Jan. 2021
    “ This is a smart and urgent play that brings a lot of different scientific fields into focus in the fraught conversation surrounding climate change and the lengths to which some will go to ignore the pressing truth. Unthinkable decisions are asked of the characters and, by extension, each of us. ”
  • Jan Rosenberg:
    9 Mar. 2020
    “ My heart was in my throat reading this. Amy has written a play with the highest of stakes-there are no easy choices, and this play is eerily plausible. We get to know the 3 imprisoned women well through flashbacks, and it makes the ending all the more harrowing. A very important play for this time. ”
  • Ryan Stevens:
    26 Feb. 2020
    “ A rallying cry, a funeral for integrity, and an image of a future already happening. This parable of scientific crises and the way those who seek truth are muzzled by those in power reverberates with the power and resonance of a prophecy. Berryman's script is relentless and vicious in its ideas. This play is engineered with a diamond cutter's precision to be as devastating, well-expressed, and sincere as humanly possible. ”
  • John Minigan:
    18 Nov. 2019
    “ Devastating and powerful and not so much science fiction as a warning about how close the edge we are, and how destructive of science and the environment our autocratic government has already become. The roles are compelling and, like the structure, complex and rewarding. An important play. ”

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