INSTA

by D- Davis

SHORT: In a dream, a Young Girl tries to work through her angst about growing up and finding herself. As her application for an internet influencer job goes awry, the Young Girl struggles to understand the often chaotic dichotomy between want and reality that reveals a troubled teenager with herself, her mother, and the world. INSTA is a farcical story about a young girl's tenacious spirit trying to work through...

SHORT: In a dream, a Young Girl tries to work through her angst about growing up and finding herself. As her application for an internet influencer job goes awry, the Young Girl struggles to understand the often chaotic dichotomy between want and reality that reveals a troubled teenager with herself, her mother, and the world. INSTA is a farcical story about a young girl's tenacious spirit trying to work through growing up in a chaotic world.

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INSTA

Character Information

  • Receptionist #1
    Flamboyant male character that is similar to Receptionist #2
    20s
    Any
    Male Identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
  • Receptionist #2
    Flamboyant male character that is similar to Receptionist #1
    20s
    American of any race/ethnicity
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Young Girl
    A young female identifying person age 18-20; tenacious and trusting about new possibilities, but underneath there is a hidden trauma she wants to avoid feeling.
    18
    Any race / ethnicity
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Mrs. W.H.A.T. (Mrs.Whitmere Henderson Anna Thompson)
    An assertive female identifying older business woman who has a proper feminine tone and wants to close the deal, but then transform into a narcissist mom. Mrs. W.H.A.T. is an executive - a perverse mother figure to YG (who has a strained relationship with her narcissistic mother)
    30-40
    Any race / ethnicity
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female

Development History

  • Commission, New York Theater Workshop, 2022

Production History

  • Workshop, Collaboration Theater, 2023