Alexis Scheer

**Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Laughs in Spanish, and 'Til Death are available for licensing and purchase at Concord Theatricals.**

Alexis Scheer’s breakout play was the Off Broadway hit OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD (NYT Critics Pick, John Gassner Award; LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work; Kilroy’s List), and she made her Broadway debut adapting the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BAD CINDERELLA. Other plays include’TIL DEATH (a 2ST commission), LAUGHS IN SPANISH (Kennedy Center’s Harold & Mimi Steinberg Award, Edgerton Award), and CHRISTINA (Roe Green Award; O’Neill Finalist). Her plays have been produced at theatres across the country, including Second Stage, WP Theater, Center Theatre Group, Denver Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep, Stages Houston, GableStage, Zoetic...

**Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Laughs in Spanish, and 'Til Death are available for licensing and purchase at Concord Theatricals.**

Alexis Scheer’s breakout play was the Off Broadway hit OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD (NYT Critics Pick, John Gassner Award; LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work; Kilroy’s List), and she made her Broadway debut adapting the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BAD CINDERELLA. Other plays include’TIL DEATH (a 2ST commission), LAUGHS IN SPANISH (Kennedy Center’s Harold & Mimi Steinberg Award, Edgerton Award), and CHRISTINA (Roe Green Award; O’Neill Finalist). Her plays have been produced at theatres across the country, including Second Stage, WP Theater, Center Theatre Group, Denver Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep, Stages Houston, GableStage, Zoetic Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, Boston Playwrights Theatre, and many more. Alexis is currently under commission by Manhattan Theatre Club and Miami New Drama. Television/Film: “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” (HBO Max); projects developed with HBO Max/Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa and Sony Pictures Animation/Netflix; and a project currently in development with North Road.

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Scripts

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

by Alexis Scheer

6
Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
political

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord follows a gang of girls who do normal teenage things: fall in love, experiment with drugs, worship Pablo Escobar...okay, maybe not so normal. Suspended high above reality in a treehouse in Florida, the girls try to resurrect the spirit of Pablo. But are they just messing with each other, or could they actually be messing with a higher spirit?

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord follows a gang of girls who do normal teenage things: fall in love, experiment with drugs, worship Pablo Escobar...okay, maybe not so normal. Suspended high above reality in a treehouse in Florida, the girls try to resurrect the spirit of Pablo. But are they just messing with each other, or could they actually be messing with a higher spirit?

Laughs in Spanish

by Alexis Scheer

4
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
holiday,
romantic comedy

It’s Art Basel and the stakes are high for the gallery Mariana runs in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. And when Mariana’s movie-star mother tries to help out, things get even more complicado. A fast paced, cafecíto-induced comedy about art and success—and mothers and daughters.

It’s Art Basel and the stakes are high for the gallery Mariana runs in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. And when Mariana’s movie-star mother tries to help out, things get even more complicado. A fast paced, cafecíto-induced comedy about art and success—and mothers and daughters.

'Til Death

by Alexis Scheer

Cast Size
7—40
Genre
drama,
experimental,
political

As a foreign war correspondent, Marina has put her life on the line to illuminate the darkest corners of humanity. Having just returned from a particularly bloody conflict, she flirts with staying home for good – alongside her cameraman turned lover. With her closest friends and family gathered on the eve of her lifetime achievement award ceremony, she decides to cap this glorious moment with an elopement. But...

As a foreign war correspondent, Marina has put her life on the line to illuminate the darkest corners of humanity. Having just returned from a particularly bloody conflict, she flirts with staying home for good – alongside her cameraman turned lover. With her closest friends and family gathered on the eve of her lifetime achievement award ceremony, she decides to cap this glorious moment with an elopement. But as Marina tries to take hold of her life, she’s forced to reckon with the grip that war has held on her.

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Christina

by Alexis Scheer

Cast Size
13
Genre
dark comedy,
horror

When The Heart School Girls Choir raise hell on an overnight trip, Christina dares to embrace her own power—and the results are biblical. With humor, horror, and original choral music, CHRISTINA challenges us to envision a new kind of savior.

When The Heart School Girls Choir raise hell on an overnight trip, Christina dares to embrace her own power—and the results are biblical. With humor, horror, and original choral music, CHRISTINA challenges us to envision a new kind of savior.