Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy Reunite More Than 4 Decades After ‘The Breakfast Club’

Molly Ringwald had some extra star power in the audience of the Off-Broadway McCarthyism docudrama Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been — a familiar face from one of her most iconic roles surprised her at the theater.

Taking to Instagram on Sunday, July 26, she posted a photo with the caption: “Very special week! My sister, Beth + my movie sister from another mister, Ally, came to see me onstage! 💗 Come see ‘Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been’ at NY City Center! Only till Aug 2!” The “Ally” in question is Ally Sheedy, Ringwald’s costar from the 1985 classic The Breakfast Club.

The play stars Ringwald, 58, alongside Bob Odenkirk, Norbert Leo Butz and Michael McKean. It uses original transcripts from the 1940s House Committee hearings on “Un-American Activities” to explore the pressure faced by artists forced to choose between their integrity and their careers, according to Playbill.

Ringwald and Sheedy, 64, have long reflected fondly on the John Hughes film that made them household names. Ringwald starred as popular student Claire Standish, while Sheedy played the eccentric loner Allison Reynolds, two teens from very different worlds who forged an unlikely bond during Saturday detention. Both actresses were members of the Brat Pack, the unofficial nickname for a group of young stars who dominated 1980s Hollywood with hits like Sixteen Candles, St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink.

In a 2015 interview with Variety, Sheedy recalled what it was like working with director Hughes on the set of The Breakfast Club. “Sometimes when you work with a director, they are up high. He was right with us the whole time. I loved that he’d sit by the camera on an apple box, just sit there happily watching away,” she said.

Ringwald and Sheedy also opened up about what it was like watching their younger selves — and each other — on screen. “I felt very awkward at the time, but I felt really happy in this experience and kind of loved and free,” Sheedy said, per Variety.

Ringwald agreed, then turned the compliment on her costar: “And so beautiful! When I look at you in the movie, you look like a perfect kitten.”

Fans flooded the comments of Ringwald’s Instagram post with love. “Awwww ALLY! Tons of memories filming The Breakfast Club!!! Sweet,” one fan wrote. Another follower called the pair “Molly and Ally; Gen X royalty. Iconic and timeless.”