The narcissistic conventions of the baby/bridal shower industrial complex are artfully skewered in this darkly amusing comedy. There is an undercurrent of melancholy that occasionally breaks through the surface to give the piece its emotional heft. I imagine this piece would leave an audience breathless with laughter while also being moved by Andrea's sense of loss under the hilarity.

Funny, biting, poignant - three words to describe this short slice of life dark comedy piece that feels very now.

Turning the money-churning wedding/baby/whatever shower business on its head, Lavinia Roberts does a great job of twisting the knife into the wounds of separation and heartache to a hilarious parody of the business of exploiting happiness in a tour-de-force of bubbly cynicism and pent-up anger. At the Midwest Dramatists Conference 2023, the actor playing Andrea pulled out all the stops, and the result left us laughing and wiping away tears.