PRETTY PERFECT LIVES

by Gage Tarlton

In the near future, a relationship is put to the ultimate test when lifestyle influencer couple Tiffany&Tucker enter various augmented realities after being selected to join the Internet Reality Simulation-Project (IRS-P). A speculative fiction play about identity, obsession, internet addiction, and the dangers of turning life into content.

In the near future, a relationship is put to the ultimate test when lifestyle influencer couple Tiffany&Tucker enter various augmented realities after being selected to join the Internet Reality Simulation-Project (IRS-P). A speculative fiction play about identity, obsession, internet addiction, and the dangers of turning life into content.

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PRETTY PERFECT LIVES

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  • Jasmine Sharma: PRETTY PERFECT LIVES

    Was lucky enough to see an excerpt of this play read, and was immediately struck by the theatricality and immediacy of the internet. Reading the full draft confirms this is a piece with juicy roles for comedic actors hungry for searing text. Hope to see this exploration of the private and personal commodified fully produced!

    Was lucky enough to see an excerpt of this play read, and was immediately struck by the theatricality and immediacy of the internet. Reading the full draft confirms this is a piece with juicy roles for comedic actors hungry for searing text. Hope to see this exploration of the private and personal commodified fully produced!

  • Nick Malakhow: PRETTY PERFECT LIVES

    An incisive, sharp, and, funny piece about social media and influencing; the commodification of one's life for exposure, profit, and validation; and social media's impact on in-the-flesh relationships. Like all great satire, the tone pushes real concerns, issues, and archetypes to the extreme. I loved the theatricality of toggling between the "real world" and online world, the employment of three actors to recycle through and portray a variety of archetypes, and the fascinating final scene where Tucker and Tiffany confront each other and their relationship as humans vs as the commodities they...

    An incisive, sharp, and, funny piece about social media and influencing; the commodification of one's life for exposure, profit, and validation; and social media's impact on in-the-flesh relationships. Like all great satire, the tone pushes real concerns, issues, and archetypes to the extreme. I loved the theatricality of toggling between the "real world" and online world, the employment of three actors to recycle through and portray a variety of archetypes, and the fascinating final scene where Tucker and Tiffany confront each other and their relationship as humans vs as the commodities they have been to each other.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization DOGTOWN, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization La MaMa ETC, Year 2023

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization The Flea, Year 2024

Awards

  • Terrence McNally Incubator Fellowship
    Rattlestick Theater + Tom Kirdahy Productions
    Finalist
    2024
  • Neukom Institute Literary Award
    Northern Stage
    Honorable Mention
    2023
  • Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
    Seven Devils New Play Foundry
    Semi-Finalist
    2023
  • Princess Grace Award Playwriting Fellowship
    New Dramatists
    Semi-Finalist
    2023