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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
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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
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Choreography & Direction: Alyssa Martin
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Dramaturgy: David Bernstein
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Performers: Drew Berry (2020), Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen, Josh Doig (2016-17), Sam Grist and Natasha Poon Woo with Kaleb Horn
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New York Excerpt Performers: Drew Berry, Samantha Grist, Adrienne Lipson and Natasha Poon Woo
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Costume Design: Kelsey Wilson
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Lighting Design: by Noah Feaver
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Stage Managers: Taylor Young (2020), Troy Taylor (2017),Christopher Brackett (2016)
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Prop fish: Emily Butters
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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)
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Awards:
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2016 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominee: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
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Photos by E.S. Cheah
Video by Kieran Spitzer, filmed May 2016 at the Pia Bouman Theatre (Toronto, ON)
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The 2017 production of MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRLS was funded generously by the Toronto Arts Council.
