Salt and Sage produced Mimetic Desire along with Tears and Glitter for Pride 2025. Both world premieres from playwright Mikki Gillette were met with critical acclaim. Willamette Week summarized it with “rather than being biologically motivated, contemporary philosopher René Girard’s Mimetic Theory posits that human desire is rooted in imitation. Mimetic Desire unpacks that theory through a transgender lens, revealing a salient and universal truth: In terms of desire—biological or otherwise—amateur adulthood is messy as hell.”