Alex Fortune

Playwright
Screenwriter
musician
Based in Chicago, IL

Playwright
Screenwriter
musician
Based in Chicago, IL

Scripts

Cycles of Radical Centrism (or, That Freedom-Spaghetti!)

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

a Poli-sci-fi play, taking place in a society which decides public policy by averages of polls. Through the action of a Poll-taker, an Analyst, a Citizen, and a Theorist, we follow the destruction of a political order through data outliers.

a Poli-sci-fi play, taking place in a society which decides public policy by averages of polls. Through the action of a Poll-taker, an Analyst, a Citizen, and a Theorist, we follow the destruction of a political order through data outliers.

The Turnip

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

In an isolated forest, a mysterious green man is discovered growing in the ground. Political and cultural forces from every side are eager to point to him as a symbol. But is the green man here to save us, destroy us, or become us?

A pseudo-intellectual eco-farce

In an isolated forest, a mysterious green man is discovered growing in the ground. Political and cultural forces from every side are eager to point to him as a symbol. But is the green man here to save us, destroy us, or become us?

A pseudo-intellectual eco-farce

Forsythian Dweller's Club

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

A Forsythian Dweller's Club Magazine Staff meeting accelerates into an uncontrollable extrapolated future with the introduction of a mysterious brand consultant.

A Forsythian Dweller's Club Magazine Staff meeting accelerates into an uncontrollable extrapolated future with the introduction of a mysterious brand consultant.

Desert, Island, Library

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

Stuart attempts to re-create a map that his grandfather created, in turn creating new worlds that have a life of their own. Desert, Island, Library is a surreal play that examines questions of legacy, permanence, and human expansion.

Stuart attempts to re-create a map that his grandfather created, in turn creating new worlds that have a life of their own. Desert, Island, Library is a surreal play that examines questions of legacy, permanence, and human expansion.

Ossuary

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

An eccentric start-up tries to build a computer god, and a techno-ossuary, but higher consciousnesses emerge from the realm of thought to stake their claim to existence.

An eccentric start-up tries to build a computer god, and a techno-ossuary, but higher consciousnesses emerge from the realm of thought to stake their claim to existence.

Narrative Machine Broke

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

Two busy and intense people get derailed, losing and finding their internal narratives.

Two busy and intense people get derailed, losing and finding their internal narratives.

Certainty is Becoming a Queen

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

One Queen prepares her successor in an intimate meeting the night before coronation

One Queen prepares her successor in an intimate meeting the night before coronation

We Know Nothing, Maybe

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

Philosopher and high priest Pyrrho teaches a student in a modern apartment. They are interrupted by a television messenger who bombards them with continuous updates of alarming news. Pyrrho continues the lesson, and student struggles between who to listen to.

Philosopher and high priest Pyrrho teaches a student in a modern apartment. They are interrupted by a television messenger who bombards them with continuous updates of alarming news. Pyrrho continues the lesson, and student struggles between who to listen to.

The Hat-Walk

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

Mostly people walking in and out of hats

Mostly people walking in and out of hats

Beckless

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

A hasty rehashed Beckett satire

A hasty rehashed Beckett satire

Free Speech

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

Nobody really knows what free speech means, right?

Nobody really knows what free speech means, right?

Beautiful Day

by Alex Fortune

Synopsis

A beautiful day in the park, in which everyone knows exactly how much longer they have left to live

A beautiful day in the park, in which everyone knows exactly how much longer they have left to live