←Recommendations of The Bottoming Process

Woo! Live laugh love the pop culture of this play, the internet a theatrical world of its own. A hilarious, searing exploration of positionality, love and lust, and narrative agency.

"The Bottoming Process" is in turns thoughtful, heartfelt, painful, funny, rewarding. I felt so drawn to these two characters, that I wanted their relationship to succeed, even as I watched, complicitly, how it chipped their individual identities. I'm so excited that this script will be produced this spring. It has so much to give, and we have so much to learn.

Wow, this play is great. It's a love story, but it's also about racism and power dynamics and the creative process. I would go from giggling as I read to squirming and back again, and I'm going to be thinking about this one all night.

I really loved this play. An achingly, beautiful romance that looks at the role race plays in the worlds of dating and book publishing. Produce this now!!!

We were honored to read scenes from 'The Bottoming Process' early in its development, and even though the play was unfinished, we knew that Nicholas Pilapil had a career-defining work on his hands. Since then, Pilapil has continued to excavate deeper into the complicated dynamics of the central couple, in his own irreverent style.

This is an alternately hilarious/squirm-inducing play about how we bend ourselves to our lovers to get what we think we want. Brilliant, modern, with to the moment references and a real and honest examination of Asianness. It's a terrific and very produceable play.

This was a great play that draws the readers in with the humor only to twist the emotional knife with it's important subject matter, immensity of topics covered, and the emotional weight of the ending. I laughed out loud and also thought deeply about how I thought about the world. Great job!

It’s incredibly hard to do comedy that incorporates social media and critiques the modern age well, yet Pilapil offers just that—with a bite. Like Milo, we have a sense of what will happen with John from the start, but we let ourselves get swept up in it. Both riotously funny and a play that forces you to sit with your discomfort—THE BOTTOMING PROCESS is a fantastic and sharp look at power dynamics, art, race, modern relationships, and the ways our identities shape how we navigate and perceive the world.

Not often does a play make you stop reading so often because you're laughing so hard and then leave you shaking with rage at the end. This play is effortless in its capturing of something so big and complex. A great read that speeds on like a freight train barreling down on an unassuming realization.

Playwrights Foundation highly recommends THE BOTTOMING PROCESS, which excelled to the Finalist round (top 35) for the 44th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival out of 755 plays. Our community of readers felt this play best represented the mission of our festival. This work engaged us, inspired us, moved us, and was an outstanding example of transformative storytelling. Our local Bay Area Literary Council commends THE BOTTOMING PROCESS as a compelling, relevant, cathartic new work which should be produced now. Congratulations! #BAPF2021