An intercity loser suffers an identity crisis after becoming famous on the Internet.
Characters (in order of appearance)
Levon Monk: A homeless drug dealer, recently heartbroken.
MemeTrade: A fully automated computer program used to organize patent deals between companies and exploit fads.
Nick Steib: An alpha male patenttroll employed by MemeTrade.
LeoNard: Nick Steib's computerized assistant, generated by the MemeTrade servers.
Soma: An oddly robust crossbreed of the Psilocybin mushroom ( psilocybe cubensis) and the Great Oregon Mushroom ( armillaria solidipes) which, when eaten, induces mild psychedelic effects.
Sarah Vervain: The owner of a low rent dogwalking agency, operated out of a university frat house.
Iso: One of MemeTrade's unpaid interns. She aspires to be an actress.
The Cleaner: An overqualified MemeTrade employee with multiple university degrees.
Jeremy Windsor Buckets: A popular Toronto musician whose eccentric musical experiments have made him a hermit and a psychoactive medication addict.
June Vervain: A wealthy entrepreneur in the recycling business.
Her charismatic leadership has lead to a cultlike following among her employees.
The Mycelium (Act 1)
Characters: LEVON, NICK. Extras: Middleaged Asian woman 2
SOMA | The Meme Dump
with silver teeth.
Props: Dog pack, longboard, magic mushrooms, a sack full of cans, portable toilets, a slingshot.
1. Exterior. Leslie Street Spit, Toronto. A quiet industrial road. Late afternoon. Summer.
Levon Monk, a haggard and scruffy twentysomething rides a longboard through the streets of Toronto, pulled enthusiastically by six dogs on leashes. A laminated badge clipped to Levon's shirt reads DogJogger.com.
Levon steers the dog pack with one hand while poking at his smartphone with the other. On screen is an image of beautiful woman dressed in coveralls and posing in front of a garbage incinerator. The caption reads “JUNE VERVAIN: President, Renew.us Corp.”
Levon stares at the photo slackjawed, ignoring the dogs and the road traffic. He presses a button marked “message” and pecks out the word “hey” before quickly deleting it again.
Levon pokes the phone again. A recorded conversation begins looping over and over in his earbuds.
LEVON
What's goin’ on?
JUNE
Oh, this and that.
LEVON
Comin’ by tonight?
JUNE
What do you want to do?