←Recommendations of The Persuadables

Enjoyed the Zoom production of this play about the uniquely unscrupulous world of some self-aggrandizing 'global communications specialists' who are engaged in marketing... well, just about everything, constructing their own doomed house of mirrors while debating how to score on vanity metrics, the value of doing good versus the optics of being a do-gooder, and the nature of control.

I've been fascinated by this play since experiencing the first draft at Prop Thtr. Hallie never shies away from characters with real complexity. She balancing the personal and political in exciting ways. Data Mining is something we absolutely need to be talking about. If you're looking for a play that is a legit serious political thriller with a heart, this is a must read.

"Kent here tells me you’re improbably good at winning hopeless elections..." From that line on, I was hooked. I love the kind of play that pulls back the curtain on a hidden world, in this case, big data and Cambridge Analytica. Pallandino's insight into the field is extremely impressive, going beyond the surface- The sources listed at the end attest to her deep research. What's doubly impressive is that she was able to merge that knowledge into a taut narrative full of crosses and double crosses on a national scale. Frighteningly, this is a play for today and tomorrow.

I was fortunate enough to catch a reading of this show at Prop Thtr recently. Smart writing with complicated characters; writing right now about things going on right now is a tricky tightrope to walk, but Hallie Palladino handles it gracefully in this clever, eerily insightful script.

This retelling of the Cambridge Analyticalizing of our democracy has humor, specificity, and most of all, compassion. Yes there are good guys and bad guys, but the power of the play is the way Hallie makes us see how TEMPTING it is to think that big data is safe in our own hands...and how integrity can get eaten away little by little until we don't even know it's gone. A timely and smart play.

I saw a reading of this play and really liked it. It's very timely, the dialogue is super smart and the characters are very well drawn and can be very funny. Hallie really has a handle on this interesting and impactful world. This play shows how information can be used to change our lives, often not for the better. I really suggest you give it a read. You will be glad you did.

I was mesmerized by this play from start to finish. Hallie Palladino tells the fictionalized tale of the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica with the insight of someone who knows that world inside and out. The dialogue truly shines. Characters duke it out in ways that both educate and entertain. I couldn’t help but be reminded of some of Aaron Sorkin’s better moments, without the annoying soapbox taking me out of the action. Would love to see a production of this play, exploring the ways to incorporate some of the story’s social media aspects!

Brilliant synthesis and dramatization of our era's most dangerous technological "advance": sweeping information weaponization. In some ways, this play is The Mueller Report (Part I) come to life in easy to understand, hard to ignore clarity. An excellent, disturbing and funny play that is very much needed now.

We are living in a period of time dominated by massive amounts of information coming at us from every direction. This play synthesizes into a narrative the story behind an organization like Cambridge Analytica, which has allowed various groups to weaponize information. It is the story of a great idea coopted for nefarious deeds. "Disinformation" is a fantastic time capsule for this era of social media propaganda and an excellent way to engage audiences on an important issue.