Blank Slate

by Maximillian Gill

Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist, 2023

Full-length: After a white nationalist uprising is suppressed, immigrants are hired to reform the perpetrators with the use of a mind-altering device that may do more harm than good.

Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist, 2023

Full-length: After a white nationalist uprising is suppressed, immigrants are hired to reform the perpetrators with the use of a mind-altering device that may do more harm than good.

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Blank Slate

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced BLANK SLATE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciated the complex subject matter and the way the writer's point of view was expressed. We were especially drawn to the voices that depict each character’s subconscious in a poetic way. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced BLANK SLATE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciated the complex subject matter and the way the writer's point of view was expressed. We were especially drawn to the voices that depict each character’s subconscious in a poetic way. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

  • David Hilder: Blank Slate

    Unflinching and terrifying, in the finest ways. Gill's imagining of a not-very-future U.S., where the literal battles are between white and non-white people -- and where minds can be changed via the use of a machine designed for that purpose -- is deep, specific, and spot on. If drama is meant to spur us to think, BLANK SLATE is indeed great drama.

    Unflinching and terrifying, in the finest ways. Gill's imagining of a not-very-future U.S., where the literal battles are between white and non-white people -- and where minds can be changed via the use of a machine designed for that purpose -- is deep, specific, and spot on. If drama is meant to spur us to think, BLANK SLATE is indeed great drama.

  • Christian Flynn: Blank Slate

    A staggering piece of genre-theater. Both a sci-fi thriller and a scathing look at contemporary politics — Max Gil fights white supremacy by slowly ratcheting up the tension and revealing his world. Rarely is an intelligent piece of work this nail-biting and page-turning. Fantastic.

    A staggering piece of genre-theater. Both a sci-fi thriller and a scathing look at contemporary politics — Max Gil fights white supremacy by slowly ratcheting up the tension and revealing his world. Rarely is an intelligent piece of work this nail-biting and page-turning. Fantastic.

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Character Information

  • Nisha
    The idealist
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Indian origin
    Character Gender Identity
    She/her
  • Eliana
    The cynic
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Mexican origin
    Character Gender Identity
    She/her
  • Victor
    The hero
    Character Age
    20s-30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Chinese origin
    Character Gender Identity
    he/him
  • Caleb
    The patsy
    Character Age
    20s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    White
    Character Gender Identity
    he/him
  • Abby
    The self-starter
    Character Age
    20s-40s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    White
    Character Gender Identity
    She/her
  • Morris
    The commander
    Character Age
    40s-50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    White
    Character Gender Identity
    he/him

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