- Mika is a girl who refuses to let her gender define her place in one of the harshest environments on earth: the playground.
- A young child with mid-length shaggy hair stands on the rugby field at a primary school. It's hard to tell immediately whether the individual is a boy or a girl. This is Mika, and Mika desperately wants to play cricket with the boys. This story explores the strength of a young spirit and an uncompromising sense of self.
- A young child with mid-length shaggy hair stands on the rugby field at a primary school, with mid-length shaggy hair. It is hard to tell immediately if this individual is male or female. This is Mika, and Mika desperately wants to play cricket with the boys. Bullied by the girls, never picked for a team by the boys--Mika is having a hard time finding her place in the world, and her own skin. Her only ally is a little spider that looks out for her in her darkest moments, gives her hope and courage, and represents her inner-strength. This story explores the strength of a young spirit and her uncompromising sense of self. "Everybody Else is Taken" closely examines gender roles: what it means to be a boy or a girl outside our physiology, and how society tries to define those roles for us. I feel the specificity of this story will achieve a universal connection because of the unique way it deals with bullying, tolerance, self-acceptance, courage, peer-pressure, exclusion and grit. This is an important story for young girls. The archetypes in this script live within us--I am the victim, I am the hero, I am the bully, I am the gate-keeper. I challenge the audience to look inside themselves at their own lives and consider what roles they are playing.
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