Alicia Grega

Alicia Lynn Grega is a dramatist/director/dramaturg and professor from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Original scripts produced include Operation Wanderlust, Insomniac Salad, Banger's Elixir, and White Matter Surplus. Alicia has also published two books of poetry including Haptikos in 2016 and Dystalgia in 2020. Recent career highlights include performing with the Farm Arts Collective's Paradise Lost (Dream on the Farm) and staging Remember You Must Die: A Comedy by Maureen McGuigan at the Ballina Arts Center in Ireland.

Alicia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from Drew University (1990) and an MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage from Point Park University (2019). She's been teaching fine arts, literature, communications, and writing courses at schools including University of Cincinnati...

Alicia Lynn Grega is a dramatist/director/dramaturg and professor from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Original scripts produced include Operation Wanderlust, Insomniac Salad, Banger's Elixir, and White Matter Surplus. Alicia has also published two books of poetry including Haptikos in 2016 and Dystalgia in 2020. Recent career highlights include performing with the Farm Arts Collective's Paradise Lost (Dream on the Farm) and staging Remember You Must Die: A Comedy by Maureen McGuigan at the Ballina Arts Center in Ireland.

Alicia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from Drew University (1990) and an MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage from Point Park University (2019). She's been teaching fine arts, literature, communications, and writing courses at schools including University of Cincinnati, Wilkes University, Marywood University, Keystone College and Lackawanna College since 2016. Alicia also worked as an arts writer/editor at The Scranton Times-Tribune (electric city) for 15 years (2001-2016), and in nonprofit marketing and communications for organizations including the Catherine McAuley Center for women and children experiencing homelessness (2019-2022). Freelance and theatre projects include work with the Lackawanna County Council for Arts, Culture, and Education; United Neighborhood Centers; Scranton Fringe; Lackawanna ProBono; ScrantonMade; TEDx Scranton; Scranton Public Theatre; and Electric Theatre Company. Among her awards are the Robert Fisher Oxnam Award in Playwriting, grants from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and an NEA Arts Journalism Institute fellowship.

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Scripts

Grip

by Alicia Grega

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental

An exhausted woman goes to drastic measures to challenge her privileged sister's aloofness while on a much-needed vacation in this absurd dark comedy.

An exhausted woman goes to drastic measures to challenge her privileged sister's aloofness while on a much-needed vacation in this absurd dark comedy.

Pepper Canyon Blues

by Alicia Grega

Cast Size
6—9
Genre
comedy,
drama

When the legendary frontman of a Laurel Canyon supergroup dies, the members of a defunct tribute band must decide whether to reunite for a benefit concert in his honor. In the eight years since they’ve shared the stage, Brad and Marla have started a family and Ken still hasn’t gotten over Joe’s suicide, but Pepper Canyon’s biggest fan won’t take no for an answer. Pepper Canyon Blues spans 20 years in the course...

When the legendary frontman of a Laurel Canyon supergroup dies, the members of a defunct tribute band must decide whether to reunite for a benefit concert in his honor. In the eight years since they’ve shared the stage, Brad and Marla have started a family and Ken still hasn’t gotten over Joe’s suicide, but Pepper Canyon’s biggest fan won’t take no for an answer. Pepper Canyon Blues spans 20 years in the course of a troubled tribute band’s journey from conception to break-up to second chances.

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Lara's Door

by Alicia Grega

Cast Size
3—4
Genre
comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
fantasy

Frustrated with the lack of opportunity in her life, a young woman literally constructs a door in her backyard in hopes it will take her somewhere.

Frustrated with the lack of opportunity in her life, a young woman literally constructs a door in her backyard in hopes it will take her somewhere.

III me me me III

by Alicia Grega

1
Cast Size
3—4
Genre
comedy,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
satire

a short play about an apocalypse

a short play about an apocalypse

Avenging Arachne: A Nemesister Fable

by Alicia Grega

Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
fable/folktale

In this contemporary drama inspired by the ancient Greek myth about the weaver, a young advertising creative lands a dream job working for her role model only to discover working for Athena Valburg isn't what she hoped it would be. Arachne’s anxiety manifests in nightmares she shares with a female chorus of friends from her “stitch and bitch” group after the manipulative Athena meddles in Arachne’s personal life...

In this contemporary drama inspired by the ancient Greek myth about the weaver, a young advertising creative lands a dream job working for her role model only to discover working for Athena Valburg isn't what she hoped it would be. Arachne’s anxiety manifests in nightmares she shares with a female chorus of friends from her “stitch and bitch” group after the manipulative Athena meddles in Arachne’s personal life and steals her ideas.

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Banger's Elixir

by Alicia Grega

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
satire

A short absurd workplace comedy drawing on real spam email subject lines. The R-rated, one-hour expansion of Banger's Elixir premiering as part of the Scranton Fringe Festival Oct. 2-5. 2015, dives even deeper into the dark web, toying with the evolution of marketing spam into cybercrime and hacktivism.

A short absurd workplace comedy drawing on real spam email subject lines. The R-rated, one-hour expansion of Banger's Elixir premiering as part of the Scranton Fringe Festival Oct. 2-5. 2015, dives even deeper into the dark web, toying with the evolution of marketing spam into cybercrime and hacktivism.

White Matter Surplus

by Alicia Grega

Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Four adults from two different generations shed skins and transition into the next previously inconceivable phase of life, trying to build a new world as the old one literally comes crashing down around them. White Matter Surplus addresses themes of personal and urban identity crises, economic exploitation, addiction and recovery, love and limerence, community responsibility and creative placemaking.

Four adults from two different generations shed skins and transition into the next previously inconceivable phase of life, trying to build a new world as the old one literally comes crashing down around them. White Matter Surplus addresses themes of personal and urban identity crises, economic exploitation, addiction and recovery, love and limerence, community responsibility and creative placemaking.