←Recommendations of I Build Giants

  • Kenjiro Lee: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    Had the absolute pleasure of seeing The Plagiarists' production of this in Chicago. A wonderfully engaging take on the giant robot genre... AND IT'S A PLAY! Just how many science fiction plays are there out there? Not enough, but I Build Giants really makes itself stand out.

    Had the absolute pleasure of seeing The Plagiarists' production of this in Chicago. A wonderfully engaging take on the giant robot genre... AND IT'S A PLAY! Just how many science fiction plays are there out there? Not enough, but I Build Giants really makes itself stand out.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    MECHS!!!!! THE WAR PROLIFERATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR!!!!!! QUESTIONS OF NATIONALISM!!!!! I mean genuinely what else more could you want? I am so excited to see this in person but will settle for the EXCELLENT audio recording on Spotify. Read and produce this play!!!!

    MECHS!!!!! THE WAR PROLIFERATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR!!!!!! QUESTIONS OF NATIONALISM!!!!! I mean genuinely what else more could you want? I am so excited to see this in person but will settle for the EXCELLENT audio recording on Spotify. Read and produce this play!!!!

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  • Ky Weeks: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    As a huge fan of stories about Giant Humanoid Mechs, I absolutely loved what Stevens did with their take on the concept. Unlike most mech stories which typically follow the pilots (er, seams) this play instead tells the story of the one building the mechs, and from there explores the meaning and impulse behind the act of building a large mechanical version of ourselves. The detail of how the Gossamers were built not as weapons, but as means to help people, were well done, and lends weight to the painfully inevitable conclusion.

    As a huge fan of stories about Giant Humanoid Mechs, I absolutely loved what Stevens did with their take on the concept. Unlike most mech stories which typically follow the pilots (er, seams) this play instead tells the story of the one building the mechs, and from there explores the meaning and impulse behind the act of building a large mechanical version of ourselves. The detail of how the Gossamers were built not as weapons, but as means to help people, were well done, and lends weight to the painfully inevitable conclusion.

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  • Jacob Menke: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    Ryan has created an evocative world full of both corruption and idealism. They explore the role of technology in the human experience, bodily autonomy, and good intentions soured by unintended consequences. Capitalism's relationship with innovation is put under a microscope, and the ethics of technological progress is questioned with nuance and care. "I Build Giants" is a play for the modern era.

    Ryan has created an evocative world full of both corruption and idealism. They explore the role of technology in the human experience, bodily autonomy, and good intentions soured by unintended consequences. Capitalism's relationship with innovation is put under a microscope, and the ethics of technological progress is questioned with nuance and care. "I Build Giants" is a play for the modern era.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: I Build Giants by Ryan Stevens
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    Ryan crafts an engaging story about how best intentions and possibilities can be corrupted by the nature of Capitalism, Opportunity, and Violence. Ryan avoids the tropes of science fiction movies and instead focuses on the very human choices that affect our role in accordance with the possibility of technological advancement. This play is perfect for Womxn in need of Monologues and for Theaters in search of questions around ethical approaches to our (eventual) symbiosis with integrated technology.

    Ryan crafts an engaging story about how best intentions and possibilities can be corrupted by the nature of Capitalism, Opportunity, and Violence. Ryan avoids the tropes of science fiction movies and instead focuses on the very human choices that affect our role in accordance with the possibility of technological advancement. This play is perfect for Womxn in need of Monologues and for Theaters in search of questions around ethical approaches to our (eventual) symbiosis with integrated technology.

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