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A CHILD LIKE THEM ALL..
By Makesha (Aadila) Williamson

GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE:

With the abuse of their children being a hard pill to swallow, a group of parents become the judge, jury and executioner.

SYNOPSIS:

Kimberely is an abuse counselor for young children and teens. With each of her clients struggling with opening up about their abuse, Kimberely decides to hold a group meeting with her clients in an attempt to get a little more progress out of the children. By know they are not alone in what they have dealt with. When Kimberely finds out the truth about each of her clients abuse it brings back memories of her abuse.

In an attempt to get the issues resolved Kimberely invites each parent to a conference room to discuss action towards recovery for the children, which takes an explosive turn when the parents form an alliance and decide to skip the courts and seek their own personal revenge.

A CHILD LIKE THEM ALL..

ACT I

Kimberely is a former victim of child abuse. Who works as a child abuse counselor, Kimberely has trouble getting the children to open up about what’s going on with them so she decides to have a group meeting so that the children don’t feel like they are alone in what’s going on or happening to them. After a synopsis of each case, Kimberely does a intake session in order to obtain permission to do the group counseling. The frustrated parent all agree and in the group meeting the children open up about their abuse. With the children’s permission Kimberely decides to have a conference room meeting with the parents that turns into chaos.

ACT II

Kimberely is brought back to the memory of her own abuse and this meeting becomes a little overwhelming for her. With the help of her friend Police Chief Roberts, she vowed to bring the abusers to justice. Shocked, angry, hurt and emotional rage all surface with the parents in this conference room. 2 parents are arrested and a secret is revealed that can jeopardize the lives of one family. While the parent of the children who learn of their child’s abuse are in the conference room alone, they decide to get their own justice. They form an alliance and decide to get their own revenge.

ACT III

The parents struggle with keeping their meeting a secret. Especially from Officer Marcus. Kimberely and Police Chief Roberts suspect something strange is brewing, while the parents work together to take down the monsters who hurt their children. The ultimate plan is to get Marcus and his brotherhood group caught and dismantled. While the revenge the parents seek seems a bit harsh and the ultimate price to pay the parent of the victims refuse to let the abusers get away with it.

Characters:

  1. Samantha King – 9 years old, Female (AA),.

  2. Derrick King – 9 years old, Female (AA),.

  3. Dana King-White –30’s/40’s, Female (AA)

  4. Lester White – 30’s / 40’s, Male (AA)

  5. Samantha Grandma –50’s years old, Female (AA)

  6. Doctor – Any Age, Male (Open Ethnicity)

  7. Ethan - 30’s or 40’s, Male (Open Ethnicity)

  8. Rodney James Jr. 15- 17years, male (Open Ethnicity)

  9. Rodney James Sr. 40’s, male (Open Ethnicity)

  10. Denise James– 30’s, Female (Open Ethnicity)

  11. Karen Jackson – 15 years old, female (Open Ethnicity)

  12. Tonya Jackson – 12 years old, female (Open Ethnicity)

  13. Teresa Jackson - 30’s/40’s, female (Open Ethnicity)

  14. Andre Jackson – 19 years old, male (Open Ethnicity)

  15. Barry Washington - 40’s, male (Open Ethnicity)

Monica Rodriguez – 16 years old, Female (African American)

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