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dreamgirls
Imagine if Zach Braff directed Zooey Deschanel in a psychedelic Fleetwood Mac music video, with Dido and Jewel as the interns.
Inspired by the classic 2004 indie romantic comedy Garden State, MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRLS is a gleeful pop culture mashup featuring 90s female singer-songwriter karaoke, precise dance breaks, fantasies, inflatables, desires, femininity, and tropes of the dancer and the dream girl.
manicpixiedreamgirls
Premiere: May 2016, Pia Bouman Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Presentations:
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January 2020, The Registry Theatre (Kitchener, ON)
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January 2017, Next Stage Theatre Festival, Factory Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Duration: 60 minutes
Number of Performers: 5
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Credits
MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRLS
Choreography & Direction: Alyssa Martin
Dramaturgy: David Bernstein
Performers: Drew Berry (2020), Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen, Josh Doig (2016-17), Sam Grist and Natasha Poon Woo with Kaleb Horn
New York Excerpt Performers: Drew Berry, Samantha Grist, Adrienne Lipson and Natasha Poon Woo
Costume Design: Kelsey Wilson
Lighting Design: by Noah Feaver
Stage Managers: Taylor Young (2020), Troy Taylor (2017),Christopher Brackett (2016)
Prop fish: Emily Butters
Music & Text: Bee Gees, Bjork, Carly Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Grimes, Jewel, Kesha, Rihanna, STARFIN, Zach Braff
Excerpt Presentations:
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April 2016, Spring Movement at the Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn, NY)
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January 2016, Dance Ontario's Dance Weekend at The Fleck Dance Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Awards:
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2016 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominee: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Photos by E.S. Cheah
Video by Kieran Spitzer, filmed May 2016 at the Pia Bouman Theatre (Toronto, ON)
The 2017 production of MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRLS was funded generously by the Toronto Arts Council.
