Alexander Pine

Alexander Pine

Alexander Pine’s first play, "Immortality Crisis" was one of the top 20 candidates for the American
Playwriting Foundation's 2018 Phillip Seymour Hoffman Relentless Award. Additionally, the play
was a 2019 Finalist for Benchmark Theatre’s Fever Dream Fest, Semi-Finalist for the 2020 Bay Area
Playwrights Foundation Fest, and Semi-Finalist for the 2018 Eugene O’Neill...
Alexander Pine’s first play, "Immortality Crisis" was one of the top 20 candidates for the American
Playwriting Foundation's 2018 Phillip Seymour Hoffman Relentless Award. Additionally, the play
was a 2019 Finalist for Benchmark Theatre’s Fever Dream Fest, Semi-Finalist for the 2020 Bay Area
Playwrights Foundation Fest, and Semi-Finalist for the 2018 Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference.

The playwright has worked as a suicide hotline volunteer for over 3.5 years, he has been a SAG
commercial actor for over a decade, and has a B.A. in writing television from Columbia College
Chicago.

Plays

  • Not All There by Alexander Pine
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: imaginary friend, coping + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, faith-based, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: imaginary friend, coping, adult friendship, american race relations, Blacks and Latinos, Korean African-American conflict, anti-Latino racism, Latinx experience, attempt at suicide, contemplating suicide
    Two imaginary friends of a grown-ass man plan to kill their creator.
  • The (Other) by Alexander Pine
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: demons, family + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: demons, family, a young couple, mother, couples therapy, grief, Apartment, comic-horror
    Ricky lives with his Mother's Other, a DEMON she cannot see. When his first serious girlfriend, Ellie moves in the relationship is put to the test.
    A two-act play.
  • Immortality Crisis by Alexander Pine
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    7–10
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: alternate world, HOTLINE + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy, science fiction
    Keyword: alternate world, HOTLINE, trauma, office, Mental Health, ensemble, suicide, behavioral psychology, attempt at suicide, nonprofit
    A suicide hotline is forced to have suiciders take calls in an alternate 2018 where people can't stay dead.
    The dead disappear and return...
    ...in about 2 to 4 minutes. Those that keep killing themselves are called, Loopers.
  • Baby Shark: A 10 Minute Play by Alexander Pine
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, satire + 1 more
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    Keyword: 18th birthday, alternate universe + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: 18th birthday, alternate universe, birthday, white privilege
    Two friends meet near their 18th birthdays; the day society expects them to kill their parents in a world where population control is mandatory.
  • Ankita by Alexander Pine
    Cast: 
    2–4
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    Genre: fantasy, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: Stalking, homelessness + 2 more
    Genre: fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: Stalking, homelessness, home alone, phone
    A young woman returns home at night.
    Based on a true story.
  • Story Device by Alexander Pine
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, experimental, farce, satire
    Two people experience as many story devices that can fit into a 10-minute play with a clever reveal.