"When we think about science fiction as a genre, we might think about special effects, fancy costumes and sets, monsters, technology, creatures, and a generally high bar when it comes to production values. But some playwrights can offer works that are fully immersed in science fiction principles and call upon the wonders of the genre without breaking your production budget. The plays in this list, all full-length, don’t need much in the way of special effects, sets, or costumes. These plays are all mindblowing works of sci-fi goodness that are producible by the humblest of theatres, presented in order of least to most production values needed to successfully stage it."—playwright Greg Lam