←Recommendations of a play told in 11 dimensions

We are pleased to support this play and playwright! It was a featured staged reading in our 2022 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, TX.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “M-Theory” by Jami Brandli as a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Premiere Play Festival. “M-Theory” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 40 Semi-Finalists out of 701 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the high level of theatricality in the play, and the simultaneous balance of grounded, well-developed characters. Our congratulations and thanks to Jami.

Diving into this play with essentially no knowledge of m-theory itself and other dimensions, this was such journey to read so fun to decipher. Brandi takes a subjectively convoluted ground plan plot and wonderfully brings the reader into the world and provides all the devices they need to help them understand. Brandi has created characters you can simultaneously empathize and feel frustrated with as you watch them struggle with life and relationships. Such a beautifully written clever piece. (Adelaide Young)

This is a very cleverly brilliant play. Brandli not only crafted new and interesting concepts, but also allows one to use the imagination keeping an open mind. I was also very invested with the character relationships and storylines. All of the characters would give any actor an exciting challenge, I personally would love to do a deeper dig on this.
I would highly recommend this play to anyone.

M-Theory is a beautifully brilliant play. Bradli provides the reader with an unflinching look into grief, familial ties, and motherhood through the lens of the metaphysical. Brandli gives us the gift of a female lead story with 3 complex, driven, and enticing female characters. With exceptional characters, dialogue, and staging – M-Theory really has it all.

With absolutely no knowledge of the actual M-Theory prior to reading this, it's basically all I think about now. Diving into that deep pool of different dimensions is so intriguing and this play just deepened my interest in it. The character arc in this play is so interesting to be apart of and kept me interested the whole time. The honesty in dialogue and the representation and relationship with grief, family, and paranoia is unlike any other play I've read. I fully recommend this play to anyone who's interested in science, family relationships, and alternate dimensions.

M-Theory is a very clever story. Coming in with little to no knowledge of actual M-theory, this show was captivating enough to have me do research, and become even more enthralled with each step of the play. I loved the shadow puppets and stage directions as well.

A range of motifs throughout this story--bonds between mother and daughter, the conjoining of separate planes of existence, relationships, science, and more--each arrayed with an ironic interconnectedness particular to only a play titled after the magnificent unifying superstring M-theory; and each being brought to a more poignant degree when referenced together shows the impeccable atmosphere Brandii has built with M-Theory: a play told in 11 dimensions. This play is gripping from the get-go. The rhythm of the dialogue keeps your eyes set on the page and the STAGING is incredibly creative. Would like to see a production of this pronto.

M-Theory is an intriguing and complex story that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from beginning to end. In this play, Brandli beautifully portrays themes of despair, anger, and strength through Pauline’s character arc, and with great intelligence. Between the immense detail and wonderfully written dynamic between a mother and daughter coping with the changes of the world, this play allows the reader to feel as if the character’s emotions are flowing out of the pages.

I was very intrigued by Brandli's play. I appreciated the honest writing about what grieving and complicated family relationships may look like. I was invested in these characters and their world. I found myself being challenged by this piece and I think that's why I would recommend it. It is thought provoking and unique in a way that will keep you reading and interested in what comes next.