Space Girl

by Mora V. Harris

FULL LENGTH: Arugula Suarez just wants to fit in. But it’s not easy when you’re a 16 year old alien from the Planet Zlagdor. Stuck in a world where the only things that make sense are Roller Derby and salad, Arugula and her father, Nancy, must find out what it means to be human before time runs out for Planet Earth.

FULL LENGTH: Arugula Suarez just wants to fit in. But it’s not easy when you’re a 16 year old alien from the Planet Zlagdor. Stuck in a world where the only things that make sense are Roller Derby and salad, Arugula and her father, Nancy, must find out what it means to be human before time runs out for Planet Earth.

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  • Liz Oppelt: Space Girl

    This script is so fun! It's funny with great characters and lots of room for interesting tech. But it also has heart and makes you care about the characters. The best kind of comedy.

    This script is so fun! It's funny with great characters and lots of room for interesting tech. But it also has heart and makes you care about the characters. The best kind of comedy.

  • Toby Malone: Space Girl

    Isn't it wonderful when you find a play that shows you all of the joy and glory and confusion of humanity when it's reflected through a pair of aliens from the planet Zlagdor, including the optimistic anthropologist father named Nancy and his rollerderby-skating daughter Arugula, just coming to terms with her sexuality and other confusing things. It's a beautifully crafted, loving, laugh-out-loud ride that should be (and IS being!) produced all over. Keep an eye out for 'Space Girl' - it's going to be everywhere really soon.

    Isn't it wonderful when you find a play that shows you all of the joy and glory and confusion of humanity when it's reflected through a pair of aliens from the planet Zlagdor, including the optimistic anthropologist father named Nancy and his rollerderby-skating daughter Arugula, just coming to terms with her sexuality and other confusing things. It's a beautifully crafted, loving, laugh-out-loud ride that should be (and IS being!) produced all over. Keep an eye out for 'Space Girl' - it's going to be everywhere really soon.

  • Elizabeth Andrews Zitelli: Space Girl

    Delightful! Similar in comedic alien-out-of-place, fish-out-of-water tone to "Third Rock from the Sun" but ultimately deeper and more resonant than that. Full of quirky specificity.

    Delightful! Similar in comedic alien-out-of-place, fish-out-of-water tone to "Third Rock from the Sun" but ultimately deeper and more resonant than that. Full of quirky specificity.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Alliance Theatre, Year 2017
  • Type Reading, Organization 5th Wall Productions, Year 2017
  • Type Reading, Organization Idle Muse Theatre, Athena Festival, Year 2016
  • Type Reading, Organization Women's Theater Festival (Raleigh, NC), Year 2016

Production History

  • Type High School, Organization Blue Valley North High, Year 2021
  • Type High School, Organization Durham School of the Arts, Year 2021
  • Type High School, Organization Eagan High School, Year 2021
  • Type High School, Organization Pankow Performing Arts, Year 2021
  • Type University, Organization Meredith College, Year 2021
  • Type High School, Organization Bishop Kelly High School, Year 2020
  • Type High School, Organization George Washington High School, Year 2020
  • Type High School, Organization Pathways High, Year 2020
  • Type High School, Organization Providence Country Day School, Year 2020
  • Type High School, Organization The Winsor School, Year 2020
  • Type Professional, Organization Plays in the House, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Denison Independent Theater Association, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Fort Scott Community College, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Idlewild Theatre Ensemble, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Slippery Rock University, Year 2020
  • Type High School, Organization Longleaf School of the Arts, Year 2019
  • Type High School, Organization Piedmont High School, Year 2019
  • Type High School, Organization Summer School for the Performing Arts, Year 2019
  • Type High School, Organization Wagner Middle School, Year 2019
  • Type High School, Organization Thomas Edison High School, Year 2018
  • Type University, Organization Spectrum Theatre Company, Northwestern University, Year 2018
  • Type Professional, Organization National Women's Theatre Festival, Year 2017
  • Type Professional, Organization The Weird Sisters Theatre Project, Year 2017

Awards

  • Panowksi Playwriting Award
    Northern Michigan University
    Finalist
    2016
  • Princess Grace Award
    Princess Grace Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2016
  • Alliance/Kendeda Prize for Graduate Playwriting
    Alliance Theatre
    Finalist
    2017