The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced LUMIN as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were intigued how the play hits an artery of what society fears right now, written in a form of a true crime form that audiences have a strong appetite for. The play is clear and well-paced as it draws the reporter into the world of Lumin, and has the potential to dig into timely questions. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

Loved this thrilling play about the lengths people will go to keep their community together.

I watched a reading of LUMIN as part of the 2023 Valdez Theater Conference, and I continue to be so impressed by Emma Gibson's writing. This play took me on many emotional journeys, while also (appropriately, horrifyingly) fogging my mind, while also expressing profound, complicated beauty. Gibson's storytelling here smartly plays with time, revealing details that shift perceptions, also bringing urgency and danger to moments that are frightening. The play - with its sounds and visuals - is both theatrical and stifling, placing us in the impossible, heartbreaking, dizzying situations these characters find themselves in. Excellent, challenging, impressive work.