Manic Pixie Dream Girl Goes to Brunch

by Rhiannon Ling

City Theatre Miami, Summer Shorts: Flipping the Script, June 2024

Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Seductress, GBF, and Gamer Boy have been best friends since high school. They've stayed in their niches, in character, for as long as they can remember. When Manic Pixie Dream Girl breaks archetype and falls for a jock, their world implodes. It may be for the better. A short play designed for Zoom formatting, "Manic Pixie...

City Theatre Miami, Summer Shorts: Flipping the Script, June 2024

Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Seductress, GBF, and Gamer Boy have been best friends since high school. They've stayed in their niches, in character, for as long as they can remember. When Manic Pixie Dream Girl breaks archetype and falls for a jock, their world implodes. It may be for the better. A short play designed for Zoom formatting, "Manic Pixie Dream Girl..." explores the harm and insanity of media archetypes and why they must be turned on their heads.

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Manic Pixie Dream Girl Goes to Brunch

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  • Christopher Plumridge: Manic Pixie Dream Girl Goes to Brunch by Rhiannon Ling
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    I can just picture the four-way zoom screen as these mad characters at first follow their 'script'. But slowly their real stories come to light and they are not all they seem, but in a fun way. Four great, cleverly worked out characters have such a wonderful raport in this fun play. Great!

    I can just picture the four-way zoom screen as these mad characters at first follow their 'script'. But slowly their real stories come to light and they are not all they seem, but in a fun way. Four great, cleverly worked out characters have such a wonderful raport in this fun play. Great!

    ”

Character Information

  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl
    A John Green character on crack
    Late Teens
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • Seductress
    Our modern-day Morticia
    Late Teens
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • GBF
    The love child of Jonathan van Ness and Antoni Porowski
    Late Teens
    Male presenting
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • Gamer Boy
    21st century Anthony Michael Hall
    Late Teens
    Male presenting
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary

Development History

  • Reading, Zoom, 2021

Production History

  • Professional, City Theatre Miami, 2024

Awards

  • Summer Shorts: Flipping the Script
    City Theatre Miami
    Selection
    2024