• RECENT PRESS & AWARDS

PRAISE FOR LEARNING TO HUMAN

  • "Vivid, beautifully kinetic narrative… articulate, comical, and a bit of a poet.” —

    —CTX Live Theatre (2024)

  • "Do not walk to see this show. run!"

    — Broadway World (2025)

  • "Plenty of laughter and quite a lot of self-dismissive clowning. Sims gives our empathy a workout.”

    Austin Live Theatre (2025)

  • "Sims Holland is a mesmerizing and hilarious performer and you absolutely do not want to miss this.”

    — CTX Live Theatre (2024)

  • "Her show brims with such moments: unfiltered, unremorseful, absurd, and devastating. Yet through the wild antics, we see a woman ready at last to face herself, ready to learn what it means—messy, complicated, triumphant—to ‘human' "

    Sun News, Austin (2024)

  • “Some nights at the theater hit like a freight train. Learning to Human is one of those nights… searing, soul-baring, and completely unforgettable.”

    Broadway World (2025)

2026 Winner - Special Citation from Austin Theatre Critics Awards

2024 Winner - Best Autobiographical Solo Show - United Solo NYC

2024 Winner - Best of Fest - Frontera Festival Austin TX

2024 Nominee - Outstanding Solo Performer - B. Iden Payne Austin TX