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The Phlebotomist
Bea meets Aaron. He's intelligent, handsome, makes her laugh and, most importantly, has a high rating on his genetic profile. What's not to like?
Char is on the brink of landing her dream job and has big plans to start a family - but her blood rating threatens it all.
In a world where future happiness depends on a single, inescapable blood test – which dictates everything from credit rating to dating prospects - how far will people go to beat the system and let nature take its course?
The Phlebotomist questions the value we place on one another, whether knowledge really is power, and if it's truly possible for love to conquer all.
Char is on the brink of landing her dream job and has big plans to start a family - but her blood rating threatens it all.
In a world where future happiness depends on a single, inescapable blood test – which dictates everything from credit rating to dating prospects - how far will people go to beat the system and let nature take its course?
The Phlebotomist questions the value we place on one another, whether knowledge really is power, and if it's truly possible for love to conquer all.
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144 pages, Paperback
First published April 12, 2018
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May 20, 2022
HOLY MOLY THIS WAS EVERYTHING.
Haven't read a play this good in a while. Still spinning.
Haven't read a play this good in a while. Still spinning.
June 9, 2023
(a childish voice, o.c.) Let's learn the alphabet with the phlebotomist: A stands for Aaron, B stands for Bea, C stands for Char, D stands for David.... (Sorry, I had to)
An unexpected though meaningful convention of naming. Each of them a well developed character with his secrets, and individual traits, acting in one way or another relatable and familiar.
The play is divided into acts with short scenes. Each scene is precedeed by an interlude. Those interludes present different aspects, different problematics of discrimination arising with prophylactic genetic diagnostics, and are independent of the main story line (with two exceptions...).
Not only does the play visualize potential problematics of genetic analysis reducing individuals to merely public numbers and our data culture, but it does as well study human behaviour. Humans like to condemn actions of others if they themselves are not involved in them, but the situation may change.
The second part of the play presents several unexpected twists. Let the tomatoes roll and CURTAIN.
An unexpected though meaningful convention of naming. Each of them a well developed character with his secrets, and individual traits, acting in one way or another relatable and familiar.
The play is divided into acts with short scenes. Each scene is precedeed by an interlude. Those interludes present different aspects, different problematics of discrimination arising with prophylactic genetic diagnostics, and are independent of the main story line (with two exceptions...).
Not only does the play visualize potential problematics of genetic analysis reducing individuals to merely public numbers and our data culture, but it does as well study human behaviour. Humans like to condemn actions of others if they themselves are not involved in them, but the situation may change.
The second part of the play presents several unexpected twists. Let the tomatoes roll and CURTAIN.
December 3, 2025
eugenics: the play
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