←Recommendations of Burst

I keep coming back to this show. And I think it is because Bublitz's ability to craft the female relationships and how they are impacted by capitalism never fails to amaze me. A real time piece on environmentalism, journalism, and morality. I hope to one day see it in person.

An incredible, real-time piece. The best play I saw in 2022, honestly. Original and thought-provoking. I thought about it for weeks after.

A well paced script about capitalism, environmentalism and how women interact and react to each other. Each of the three characters is a strong female role.

In real-time, Rachel delivers a pressure cooker of powerhouse roles for three women and centers them in a tale usually reserved for men. In doing so, she allows themes of late-stage capitalism and wish-cycling blindness to resonate with truthful undercurrents about feminism, sexism, and women's relationships to other women. The result is a fast and fresh evening of theater. Bravo!

Burst by Rachel Bublitz was a finalist for NNPN's 2022 National Showcase of New Plays, and we are pleased to recommend it.

Have had the pleasure to see two different readings of this piece and each time I've heard it, I've left the theatre thinking about the story, characters and themes of the play. Burst shines a brutal but hilarious light on the antics that many are drawn to in late stage capitalism, especially in Silicon Valley. Bublitz explores gender, environmentalism, and entrepreneurship in a fresh and energizing way. And the characters are just delicious.

Burst grabbed me immediately and didn't let me go until the final beat. Bublitz has crafted a tightrope walk of a play that delves into the meaty terrain of women relationships in business and power and ethics in Silicon Valley. The writing is crisp and visual, the tension is thick and the story is riveting. I'd love to see this one on stage!

A fascinating look at a change maker on a fight towards making progress in technology and the impact on the world. Powerful and well done!

WOW. I cannot say enough good about this piece. The gender dynamics alone are striking, startling, and yet effortlessly authentic. The characters are drawn with great care and depth and the dialogue is sharp and well-informed, without being dense or overly expositional. The parallels to Elizabeth Holmes add relevance to the piece but "Burst" has a great deal more on its mind (environmental consumerism, female-female relationships, the myth of white male tech genius), which come together to form a melancholy, aching, and urgent tone.

A beautiful play that takes place in the moment before everything bursts. Bublitz asks us to grapple with questions of morality, of what it takes to get to the top, and of what it takes to change the world. A story of a woman who clambered to the top using whatever means necessary, and who must now sit in her lonely castle. Thought provoking, funny, interesting, and incredibly relevant.