←Recommendations of The Singularity Play

After reading this play, I found myself caught off guard by my new gratitude and appreciation of my own body. Despite starting in speculation on the ramifications of an AI making art, Jay zooms out (or towards) what it means to (not) have a relationship with your body, gender, storytelling, and the gift (and horror) of being alive.

Stull bends and blends the world of the stage and simulation, the consciousness of theatre and AI, the illusion of control and the desire for each other in this poetic, sci-fi play. A bold piece that lives and thrives in the uncanny valley, asking us to consider our own creativity, agency, and control in our current and future worlds.

This ambitious, original, surprising, and highly theatrical play contains shades of Her, The Matrix, and other sci-fi touchstones, but Stull deftly combines them to make something wholly unique. Via sharp and fast-paced dialogue, this script asks thought-provoking questions about technology vs. art, identity, free will, and more—and does so while employing an innovative structure and even method of writing. I’m a big fan of the play-within-a-play format and the opportunities for genuine improvisation within a scripted piece. I’d love to see this one on stage; highly recommended!

Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, THE SINGULARITY PLAY, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.