Recommended by Sam Baird

This is a wonderful breath of fresh air in the fantastical world of princesses and knights. I'm so tired of the damsel in distress narrative. This is not it. May all princesses be as strong as this one.

This play is so fascinating. We live in a world right now where it is often hard to separate our real lives from our digital lives. Although we may not all be involved with online gaming like the characters in this play, this play is very relatable for anyone with any kind of online presence. I saw myself in this script as someone who is very present on social media. We don't need to cut out the digital from our lives, but this play reminds me of the importance of staying anchored in reality too.

I love that "Showtime" is a script where the audience gets to know the usually unseen characters of beauty pageants. It wasn't until I saw this play performed in a staged reading that I actually wondered, "Yes, what do the pageant moms think about all of this?" Growing up in the south, pageants are as common as waking up in the morning. This is a fabulous script that takes audience members into the eyes of the people behind the scenes. I absolutely recommend this script for performance and I would love to be at every one!