Plays & Performance Work

Conversation (a one-character play)
a very personal journey through the harried world of communication
cast: 1 woman; run time: 80 mins
available for performance and touring

The Typewriter Girls (a play in progress)
a theatrical fugue about the work we do and what we hope it will gain for us
cast: 5 women, 2 men; run time: 90-100 mins
will be available for performance soon, available for readings

Spitting Against the Wind (a performance piece in progress)
Ben Franklin returns from across the River Styx to offer some advice to the modern age
cast: Ben Franklin, no one else needed; run time: 45-60 mins
will be available for performance/touring soon, available for readings

Place ReImagined (a dance piece)
a young woman interrupts the lives of office workers on their lunch break, enticing them to reimagine the space in which they find themselves
cast: 6-10 dancers; run time: 5-7 mins
available for performance

Assistance Without Resistences (a one act in progress)
two ladies come to end of their rope after thirteen years drinking on the steps of hotels and motels across the US, and a stranger offers them a way back home
cast: 2 women, 1 man; run time: 45 mins
available for performance

Your Own Personal Apocalypse (an interactive performance piece)
part of New Acquisition
cast: varies; run time: varies
available for touring

The Interview (a two-character play)
two characters struggling to make individual choices in a world that demands that everyone should follow the same set of rules
cast: 1 woman, 1 man; run time: 60 mins
available for performance

Causality (a play)
a group of characters lives' interact and react as they discover the connections between cause and effect
cast: 2 women, 3 men; run time: 100 mins
available for performance

People Watching (a play)
a full-length play in two acts for an ensemble cast
cast: 3 women, 2 men; run time: 100 mins

Pieces (a short one-character play)
entreats the audience to help a woman solve two puzzles—the jigsaw laid out before her and another that has long remained unsolved
produced by Riverside Theater, Iowa City, Iowa, September 2006
read at the 4th Annual John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Page-to-Stage Festival, September 2005
published in Issue #8 of KNOCK magazine
cast: 1 woman; run time: 15 mins

Three Choices (a short play)
a father and his daughter discuss her options for the future
produced by the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, England, UK, February 2007
to be published in Issue #13 of KNOCK magazine
cast: 1 woman, 1 man; run time: 12-15 mins
available for performance

Class (a very short play)
a teacher tries to influence over her students
produced by Omaemoda Productions for their Guerilla Arts Festival, Washington, DC, December 2005
cast: 1 woman; run time: 2 mins

The Great American Novel (a very short play)
a brief look at the origins of the Great American Novel
produced by Omaemoda Productions for their Guerilla Arts Festival, Washington, DC, December 2005
cast: 1 woman, 1 man; run time: 2 mins

Unfettered (a short play)
a groups of friends examine the intricacies of being unfettered
produced by CrossCurrents Theatre, November 2004
cast: 2 women, 3 men; run time: 10 mins

Finding Words (a short play)
a man tries to find the words to express his feelings for a librarian
produced by CrossCurrents Theatre, November 2004
cast: 1 woman, 1 man; run time: 10 mins

Read some press about some of these shows.

For printable information about productions of my plays, you can download a list of selected plays & publications or visit my page on Doollee. I also have some information on my Playwrights' Center page.

If you'd like to get a copy of one of the above or any other scripts, or inquire about securing rights to produce one of these pieces, please email me at contact AT alexisclements DOT com.

Past Productions, Readings, Etc

28 June 2008 &
17 May 2008
The next literary pamphlet and performance from New Acquisition, Dance Away Your Debt, launched during the 2008 Dance Parade here in New York in May, following that we participated in FIGMENT 2008 on Governor's Island. For more information about the project click here. For more information about the Dance Parade, click here and for info about FIGMENT, click here.

18 April 2008, 8pm
A workshop production of my play, Conversation, directed by Dyana Kimball, was presented by
The Performance Project @ University Settlement, New York, NY 10002
Click here for more information

2 April 2008, 7.30pm
A brief excerpt of my play Conversation was presented as part of the April 7 People - 7 Minutes show at Dixon Place.

11 December 2007
KNOCK magazine held their latest release party for Issue #8 (Hurt on Purpose) which features my play Pieces. You can purchase copies of the issue by visiting their website.

24 September 2007
An excerpt from Conversation was read at the Dramatists Guild's 2007 Fellows Showcase.

6-16 September 2007
Two performance/installation pieces were produced in association with the launch of my latest literary project, New Acquisition. The first took place from 6-8 September at the 217 East 42nd Street Chashama space in New York and the second was part of the One Million Forgotten Moments project which ran in downtown Manhattan from 12-16 September. Read more about the pieces here.

4 April 2007
With the help of director Dyana Kimball, my latest piece for the theatre (still in development), Conversation, received a preliminary reading/performance at the Emerging Artists Theatre in New York City, as part of their One Woman Standing Festival, taking place from April 2-28. The reading will take place at 9:00pm. Will post more details when available.

15 March 2007
The Abingdon Theatre in New York City did a reading of Causality as part of their First Reading Series.

22 February 2007
My short piece, Three Choices, a winner of the The Pomegranate Theatre's (Chesterfield, UK) New Playwriting Festival, was performed as a warm-up for their production of Art by Yasmina Reza.

19-27 January 2007
Causality received its first production at the Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia, having won their 2006 National Playwriting Contest.

22-24 September 2006
Pieces, which was selected for the Walking the Wire, a series of monologues is being presented by Riverside Theater in Iowa City, Iowa.

2-28 August 2006
The Interview, received its world premiere at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the new theatrical company, actio/reactio. Directed by Sarah Norman, starring Katherine Peachey and Tom Foster. The show was Pleasance Theatre's Jack Dome.

8 May 2006
A short script of mine, How Have You Been?, was read at the Stellar Network's Open Page event.

26 April 2006
My full-length script, Swallowing, and I participated in one of the Operating Theatre Company's New Play Surgery events. I highly recommend it to any willing patients.

1-4 December 2005
As part of the Omaemoda Productions' Guerrilla Arts Festival a couple of my short plays were presented (Class and The Great American Novel). The festival took place at the DC Arts Center (DCAC) in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC. Proceeds from ticket sales went to local charities.

9 November 2005
I was invited to participate in the Contact Theatre's Flip the Script night in Manchester, England. An excerpt from my play Causality was read.

4 September 2005
I produced a collaborative event, Uncommon Acts, as part of the Kennedy Center's 2005 Page-to-Stage Festival As part of this event, my play, Pieces, was read by actress Leslie Gordon.

4, 6, 12 & 13 November 2004
Performances of Finding Words and Unfettered (finalist and honourable mentions, respectively, in playwriting competition) at the CrossCurrents Theatre, Kansas City, MO.