Logline: After another failed situationship, a 22-year-old hopeless romantic uses a “grow your own boyfriend” kit, unaware of its messy consequences.

Page Count: 7 pages

Genre: Comedy, Coming-of-Age

Cast Breakdown:
CLARA (22), female, she puts the hopeless in hopeless romantic, insecure, desperate, falls in love hard and fast.
MONA (22), female, Clara’s supportive but tired best friend.
ADAM (early-20s), male, Ken-Doll reincarnate, the result of the “grow your own boyfriend kit” (yes, those kits exist)

Location:
STREET
CLARA’S BEDROOM
CLARA’S BATHROOM
CLARA’S KITCHEN
PARK
TOWN/ORANGE CIRCLE

SFX / Stunts / Cheats:
A moment where Mona tries to hit Adam with a shoe, but Clara gets between them.
Clara is shown raising a frying pan above Adam’s head, and then it cuts to Adam being unconscious and tied up in the bathtub.
Minor SFX to how something magical is happening with the bowl where Adam is being grown.

Credit:
Written by Chloe Bidgood

Contact Info:
cbidgood@chapman.edu, (919) 802-5775

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