PLAYWRITING
See below for a list of Alex's plays, completed and in progress
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End Scenario
In-development
Solo Show
A one-man show following an actor performing scenarios with police officers in a crisis intervention training. Combining personal narrative and principles of de-escalation trainings to explore masculinity, suicidal ideation, and the realities of modern policing.
Self-produced production coming in 2027, funded by a Creative Connections grant from the Metropolitan Region Arts Council.
UNTITLED NORTH DAKOTA PLAY
Co-Written with Mariabella Sorini
In-development
Gothic
TBD
Produced by Third Space Theater as part of the 2026 MN Fringe Festival
BREACH
Co-Written with Mariabella Sorini
Thriller
Drowning in economic pressure and devastating moral questions, the crew of a crab fishing boat must fight for their lives and their sanity within the ever-present hostility of the Bering Sea.
Produced by Third Space Theater as part of the 2025 MN Fringe Festival
Winner of Artist Pick and Venue Pick awards
Dutch: Made in America
Historical
Dutch, an actor in golden age Hollywood approaching the twilight of his career, is asked to audition for the role of a lifetime. What follows is a reality-bending portrait of the early years of one of the controversial figures in American history, Ronald "Dutch" Reagan.
Produced by Third Space Theater as part of the 2024 MN Fringe Festival
Lion's Tooth
Comedy
Nadine is pregnant.
Herb is unemployed.
Carter is tired.
Ashley is lonely.
Four 20-somethings confront the absurd realities of modern adulthood, all while resisting the nihilistic gravity that threatens to sink them forever.
Workshopped as part of Melancholic's Anonymous' New Play Series
Self-produced workshop scheduled for Fall 2026 funded by a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Eudaimonia
Dark Comedy
While waiting for her friends/family to arrive for a birthday celebration, an unnamed woman falls into a thought experiment where they are instead coming to mourn her one-year after her death by suicide. With a mysterious caterer shepherding the party along, Eudiamonia is an incisive look at suicidal ideation and the little fractures within us all.
The Elephant
Drama
Following a devastating phone call, a young gay man learns his alcoholic mother has relapsed. Speeding home to clean up the mess, he finds things to be far worse than anticipated: their family, fractured by distance and jaded by time, has largely left him to battle her illness alone. Confronted by physical manifestations of their darkest parts, mother and son fight to hold on amidst the deafening roar of addiction
Workshopped in 2023, supported by a grant from the Metropolitan Region Arts Council
First workshopped with Act Up Theatre in 2022, supported by a grant from the Lakes Region Arts Council