Everyone But Us

by Calley N. Anderson

In the world just beyond a mirror's reflection, five co-workers try their best to do their jobs well: be a voice in someone's head and make them happy. But what happens when the world outside the mirror blends with the world inside it?

In the world just beyond a mirror's reflection, five co-workers try their best to do their jobs well: be a voice in someone's head and make them happy. But what happens when the world outside the mirror blends with the world inside it?

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Everyone But Us

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  • Shaun Leisher: Everyone But Us by Calley N. Anderson
    “

    This play is an absolute mind bender and I loved every second of the ride it took me on. A brilliant premise that is explained just enough for me to follow while still leaving so much mystery. I didn't need to know how this world worked. This play is about the dynamics between these people and their varying relationships to what is real.

    This play is an absolute mind bender and I loved every second of the ride it took me on. A brilliant premise that is explained just enough for me to follow while still leaving so much mystery. I didn't need to know how this world worked. This play is about the dynamics between these people and their varying relationships to what is real.

    ”
  • Maximillian Gill: Everyone But Us by Calley N. Anderson
    “

    The premise of this piece is inventive and endlessly fascinating, but what Anderson does with it is constantly surprising and compelling. Turning these characters into colleagues in a dysfunctional workplace makes them that much more real for the reader and offers all sorts of thematic resonances as we contemplate the "real" world's relationship to these mirror selves. Abstracts are made concrete with relationships that are true and present, and the use of these characters to represent the voices of the marginalized is a stroke of genius. I can see this play being truly dazzling in a staged...

    The premise of this piece is inventive and endlessly fascinating, but what Anderson does with it is constantly surprising and compelling. Turning these characters into colleagues in a dysfunctional workplace makes them that much more real for the reader and offers all sorts of thematic resonances as we contemplate the "real" world's relationship to these mirror selves. Abstracts are made concrete with relationships that are true and present, and the use of these characters to represent the voices of the marginalized is a stroke of genius. I can see this play being truly dazzling in a staged version.

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Character Information

Shanté is the only Black woman in the cast.
Tommy is a white man.
The character who plays Chris can play The Date, as well.
All cast members should be between ages 21-30 (if possible) or at maximum 35 or under.
  • ANNA
    21-30
    Any -- not African American/Black
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American,
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • CHRIS
    Chris and Tommy are the only two in the unit who interact with each other both inside and outside the mirror.
    21-30
    Any
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • SHANTÉ
    21-30
    African American/Black
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • TIFF
    21-30
    Any -- not African American/Black
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American,
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • TOMMY
    Chris and Tommy are the only two in the unit who interact with each other both inside and outside the mirror.
    21-30
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man

Development History

  • Workshop, The New School - School of Drama (Co-Lab 2) , 2019

Production History

  • University, The New School - School of Drama, 2019

Awards

  • Featured Play on NPX Home Page
    New Play Exchange
    2020