Alexa Juanita Jordan

100 playwrights wrote ten plays each, in honor of what would have been Elijah McLain's 25th birthday (February 25th, 2021.) These plays are my contribution to that collection. The project was organized by Erik Ehn.

When Madison and Blake meet in the waiting room of their therapist Alyssa’s office, they embark on a friendship that leads to much more than either of them could ever imagine. Throughout the play, Alyssa also contemplates her successes and shortcomings as a therapist, grappling with her own crucial life choices. FINE is a drama about mental health challenges, and more importantly, the individuals living with these common, human issues.

The Flower and The Fury follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.
While Jessica swiftly and resolutely comes to the decision to terminate her pregnancy alone, Kennedy and Rachel both wrestle with their choices in individual yet similar circumstances. Throughout the play, the women’s interactions with each other, their partners, and the nurse at the abortion clinic, greatly impact their decisions and futures. The main action of the play takes place during a brief stretch of time (at most a few weeks), before jumping ten years ahead in the last three scenes, showing where the women end up.

Lyndsey deals with the aftermath of a story that she anonymously wrote being published in her college's student magazine. The audience simultaneously watches Lyndsey's story unfold, while absorbing the opinions of Lyndsey's peers. What ultimately started off as a "bad date" ends with highly questionable behavior, as Lyndsey wrestles with her choices and circumstances.

Two women sit down to write their best friend's obituary, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A wealthy Manhattan couple confront the challenges of their new quasi quarantined life in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.