←Recommendations of Blank Slate

  • Playwrights Foundation: Blank Slate by Maximillian Gill
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    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

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  • David Hilder: Blank Slate by Maximillian Gill
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    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.

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  • Christian Flynn: Blank Slate by Maximillian Gill
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    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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  • Nick Malakhow: Blank Slate by Maximillian Gill
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    A terrifying and nuanced piece of speculative fiction! Max has a knack for creating cleverly constructed future/alternate worlds that feel all too plausible and real. Here, he explores what it means to be American and belong in the USA and defining moments for people from varying backgrounds in their identities as Americans. He also looks at the fear of replacement/scarcity mindset that lives at the root of so much anti-liberal discourse and rhetoric. I'm eager to follow this play's development trajectory and would love to see it performed!

    A terrifying and nuanced piece of speculative fiction! Max has a knack for creating cleverly constructed future/alternate worlds that feel all too plausible and real. Here, he explores what it means to be American and belong in the USA and defining moments for people from varying backgrounds in their identities as Americans. He also looks at the fear of replacement/scarcity mindset that lives at the root of so much anti-liberal discourse and rhetoric. I'm eager to follow this play's development trajectory and would love to see it performed!

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