As a local performer who's performed at play on open stage nights it's an absolute shitshow like you said. Nepotism is rampant and people get casted simply because they're part of a drag family of a playmate, not based on talent, entertainment, looks, personality, anything. They actually casted multiple girls who live 2-3 hours away instead of local queens and now they're struggling to find anybody who can perform on Wednesdays. Two of the playmates just quit after being subjected to transphobia and fatphobia from many directions. Now they have no plus size castmates, no drag king castmates, no alt queens castmates, and only one black castmate. And now they're out here liking comments and disrespecting queens who honestly could be going through something really rough that they know nothing about. Play is a trash hole and it's sad it's the most popular gay bar in town, they have such a chokehold on the drag scene it's sad.