Maximillian Gill

Full-length: In a base on the Greenland ice cap, an astrophysicist leads a team searching for evidence of an extraterrestrial object, but her project is thrown into disarray upon the arrival of a glaciologist researching glacier melt and the tech bro who is financing the work. The scientific method conflicts with the human need to believe in something greater, and everyone has strong opinions on how to save the planet.

Amphibian Stage’s SparkFest Finalist, 2024

Full-length: Two Indian-American siblings set off on a cross-country road trip to see their ailing mother, but the journey is complicated when one shows signs of possession by a demon from Hindu legend.

Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, 2024

Full-length: Two couples on a getaway to a cabin in New England face the specters of the past and present after an Indian brother and sister receive an unexpected phone call.

10 minutes: Little Evelyn and Benjy embark on the most fraught adventure of their young lives as they try to gain access to adult content on their mother's streaming service.

Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, 2024
Premiere Stages at Kean University Play Festival Semi-Finalist, 2023
Normal Ave NAPSeries Semi-Finalist, 2023

Full-length: Three truckers from very different backgrounds struggle in a time of high gas prices and supply chain breakdowns.

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.

10 minutes: Emily has a special dating app that tells her more than anybody should know about a prospective match.

Full-length: A country singer faces her worst nightmare when the venue for her breakout performance becomes a heavy metal club overnight.

10 minutes: A routine citizenship test turns deeply intrusive.

Full-length: The first BIPOC-woman-owned winery in the state is failing. When a conservative politician tries to shut it down for good, the owners call on Dionysus, the god of wine.

15 minutes: Parker suddenly feels a depletion of empathy and visits a specialist for help.

10-minute monologue: Amy Singh just wants to sign country and western on stage, but it's not easy for an Indian-American in the deep south.

45 minutes: An Indian-American student returns from his father's funeral to find the women he is renting a room from in the middle of relationship troubles.

Full-length: A year after a hostage crisis perpetrated by white nationalists, captors and captives meet for a reunion. It gets real.

Short monologue: A young Indian-American woman tries to deal with her father's response to hate crimes in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

30-minute Zoom serial: Marion and Dennis find their plans for a divorce derailed by Covid as they end up stuck together during the worst of the pandemic in New York.

Full-length: In a future ravaged by climate change, some flee the burning equatorial regions for more hospitable climes while others decide that piracy is a viable career path. Kali, a pirate queen with a fierce reputation, leads her fleet on raids along the Hudson River in New York, but she faces a formidable challenge when one of her rivals arrives to oppose her primacy on the river.

The Landing Theatre Company New American Voices Festival Semi-Finalist, 2021
Creede Repertory Theatre Headwaters New Play Program Finalist, 2019
Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival Finalist, 2019

Full-length: Ten years from now, the east and west coasts of the United States break off and form their own republics after a fascist, anti-immigrant government takes over the United States. A California police officer, a Nevada border control officer, a smuggler, and a desperate refugee meet in a bar in Las Vegas near the border between the present U.S. and a new nation. They want money, justice, or escape, but mostly they just want to survive in a world falling apart around them.

Full-length: Two Manhattan couples find their brunch plans derailed when martial law is declared and the national guard occupies the city. As the months pass, a resistance movement splinters into a civil war among rival factions. An absurdist dark comedy that explores the lengths people will go to just to hold onto a piece of Manhattan real estate.

20 minutes: A refugee desperate to find shelter in a new country meets a “corrector” who is able to help, but the cost of refuge may be too much to bear.

10 minutes: A young woman trapped with her brother-in-law in a city under siege tries to distract both of them from reality with tales from the Thousand and One Nights.

15 minutes: A vampire and a mortal in a long-term relationship discover that love between the living and the undead can be tough to manage.

10 minutes: A new arrival in a small town finds her quest to check out a copy of a Tolstoy novel thwarted when she discovers that the library has resorted to drastic means to raise funds.

10 minutes: An employee tells his boss to take the stick out of his you-know-what, but he is woefully unprepared for the consequences.

10 minutes: A bottle faces an existential crisis after being discarded by the side of the road.

Monologue (based on full-length The Bitter and the Sweet): A young woman reconciles with her mother and her South Asian heritage through her connection with a family recipe.

One-act: When a plague starts wiping out the population of New York City, three party people decide they’re going to dance until the end, but a visit from the Angel of Death spoils their plans.

Full-length: Fifteen years after Dana’s punk band dissolved, she puts together a reunion show to try for one last shot at fame, but a series of mishaps that could only befall a rock and roll band result in a disastrous set. When a former bandmate shows up, old rivalries flare up and force Dana to decide what music really means to her.

Full-length: In an alternative reality where Middle Eastern culture colonized Europe and dominates the world, two Muslim parents have to face their prejudices when their daughter brings home a Christian boyfriend.

Full-length: A young Indian-American woman tries to cope with her family’s expectations while trying to find her own identity. A tale of uncomfortable family secrets and an immigrant’s struggles for assimilation suffused with a love of Indian cooking.

Full-length: A young scriptwriter is kidnapped by a commando team from a minor nation whose dictator she mocked in her movie. She and her captors are pursued by her boss and an intelligence agent on a rescue mission. Yet everyone soon realizes that geopolitical intrigue is nothing compared to the ruthlessness of the movie business.

45 minutes: A young Indian-American woman makes a meaningful change in her relationships with her family and her boyfriend with the inspiration of a totemic Hindu goddess.

30 minutes: In the days before the complete collapse of Syria into a brutal civil war, two families have gathered together for a walima (wedding reception). One is connected to the Assad regime, the other attempting to benefit from the connection. As the bride's mother frets over the disappearance of her son due to dissident activities, the web of fragile loyalties unravels into betrayals and a harbinger of the madness that will soon tear the country apart.

Full-length: One daughter is an orphaned demon, the other half-angel. Mom's a fallen angel, while dad's just a hapless mortal. But only when the demon daughter goes looking for her origin does this family get really dysfunctional. A riff on the Coriolanus story and a fable about trying to find out where you really belong. And yes, the title is a pun.

15 Minutes: A fallen angel walks into a bar run by a demon. Originally written for the Quarantine Bake-Off series.