INSTA by Diane 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...
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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Character Information

  • Receptionist #1
    20s,
    Any
    ,
    Male Identifying
    Flamboyant male character that is similar to Receptionist #2
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Any gender
  • Receptionist #2
    20s,
    American of any race/ethnicity
    ,
    Male
    Flamboyant male character that is similar to Receptionist #1
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Young Girl
    18,
    Any race / ethnicity
    ,
    Female
    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.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • Mrs. W.H.A.T. (Mrs.Whitmere Henderson Anna Thompson)
    30-40,
    Any race / ethnicity
    ,
    Female
    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)
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female

Development History

  • Commission
    ,
    New York Theater Workshop
    ,
    2022

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Collaboration Theater
    ,
    2023