Ali Keller

Ali Keller

Ali is a writer and producer based in NYC. She’s passionate about telling female driven stories and stories about mental health issues. Her plays have been a semifinalist for the SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency, The Orchard Project Greenhouse, and The Mitten Lab Residency. She recently completed the NYU Tisch/Yellowbrick TV & Film Essentials Certificate Program. Select Writing Credits: (UN)CONDITIONAL (2020...
Ali is a writer and producer based in NYC. She’s passionate about telling female driven stories and stories about mental health issues. Her plays have been a semifinalist for the SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency, The Orchard Project Greenhouse, and The Mitten Lab Residency. She recently completed the NYU Tisch/Yellowbrick TV & Film Essentials Certificate Program. Select Writing Credits: (UN)CONDITIONAL (2020 Austin Film Festival Second Rounder), SEVEN FISHES (2019 Austin Film Festival Second Rounder Screenplay), STANDARDS (The Dramatists Guild), FOR GOODNESS SAKE (4th Street Theatre @ New York Theatre Workshop), …THE F*CK AM I DOING? (The Laurie Beechman Theatre), BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS (The Workshop Theatre), BANDIT (Winner of LA Screenplay Fest 2021, Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival Official Jury Selection 2021, Official Selection Script Summit 2021, Official Selection Best Script Award 2021, and Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Short Screenplay Semi-Finalist 2021), and DIVINE INTERVENTION (Quarterfinalist at the Page Turner Screenplays Competition 2021, The Orchard Project Greenhouse Episodic Lab Semifinalist). Select Producer Credits: ZERO ISSUE (2020 Big Apple Official Selection, Pensacon Official Selection, GeekFest Toronto Winner of Best Mockumentary and Best VFX), SEVEN FISHES (Anatolian Short Film Festival Special Jury Award Winner 2021, Little Rock Italian Film Festival Winner, Official Selections at Art of Brooklyn Film Festival 2021 and Long Island International Film Expo 2021), IN DEFENSE OF CIVIL SOCIETY (2020 Dumbo Semi-Finalist, Official Selections at Sarasota Film Festival, and Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival 2021), BELIEVIN’ (2019 Chain Film Festival Winner). Select Associate Director/Assistant & Production Assistant Credits credits: LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL (Broadway), LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: SWEENEY TODD (Creative Arts Emmy Winner), and THE BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED (NYFF 2016/Currently on Netflix).

www.alikellerplaywright.com

Plays

  • Christen the Place by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Mental Health, discussions of suicide + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Mental Health, discussions of suicide, all male cast, one act, minimal set
    A group of five friends come together to celebrate a housewarming. But as they attempt to build a wardrobe, their happy facades crumble and one of the guys has a breakdown.

    Christen the Place is a funny drama about young men facing their emotions and mental health as they try to save their friend while keeping themselves together.

    *This play has been commissioned by the Alt elder...
    A group of five friends come together to celebrate a housewarming. But as they attempt to build a wardrobe, their happy facades crumble and one of the guys has a breakdown.

    Christen the Place is a funny drama about young men facing their emotions and mental health as they try to save their friend while keeping themselves together.

    *This play has been commissioned by the Alt elder Ingenting theatre company in Norway and is premiering in NY in June 2022 and Norway in September 2022. If you would like to read the script before then, please contact Ali directly.
  • BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: musical, horror + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, horror, musical
    Keyword: musical, horror, female driven, experimental, film industry, full length
    BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is a horror movie, inside of a musical, inside of a play, about Ginny (and her alter egos), a skilled female artist who (like her male collaborators) puts her artistic dreams above all else. But a story of determination turns into a disturbing tale about survival, as reality and fiction begin to blur during Ginny’s pursuit to get the final draft of her musical approved. BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is...
    BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is a horror movie, inside of a musical, inside of a play, about Ginny (and her alter egos), a skilled female artist who (like her male collaborators) puts her artistic dreams above all else. But a story of determination turns into a disturbing tale about survival, as reality and fiction begin to blur during Ginny’s pursuit to get the final draft of her musical approved. BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is like if Inception and Whiplash had a baby – and that baby sang like 50% of the time.
  • Apparitions by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: mental health issues, full length + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: mental health issues, full length, female driven
    Apparitions is about Lilly, a 30 something customer service agent and Office Manager at Apparitions Perfume Company. Driven by a hyper vigilance she developed from untreated PTSD, Lilly takes her job very seriously and just wants everyone to be okay. But when Lilly is prevented from giving the customers what they want (her boss threatens to fire her for being too accommodating), a persistent customer shows up...
    Apparitions is about Lilly, a 30 something customer service agent and Office Manager at Apparitions Perfume Company. Driven by a hyper vigilance she developed from untreated PTSD, Lilly takes her job very seriously and just wants everyone to be okay. But when Lilly is prevented from giving the customers what they want (her boss threatens to fire her for being too accommodating), a persistent customer shows up to the office in person to force Lilly to get what she needs. Apparitions asks, how much empathy is too much empathy? And when does the pursuit of understanding become dangerous?
  • (un)conditional by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: adult, full length + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: adult, full length, sexual fetishes, abnormal sexual behavior, female driven
    Fantasies are harmless, right? But what happens when your spouse wants to take a dark fantasy from the realm of imagination firmly into your bedroom? For two couples, the boundaries of compromise, communication, and unconditional love are tested to their breaking point - and one couple’s child gets caught in the crossfire. A very dark comedy, (un)conditional asks, how far is too far when trying to make your life partner happy?
  • ...The F*ck Am I Doing? by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    5–10
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: song cycle, Flexible Casting + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, musical
    Keyword: song cycle, Flexible Casting, full length, ensemble cast, college age
    ...The F*ck Am I Doing? is a song cycle about that feeling you get when you all of a sudden realize you ARE the adult in the room, but you haven't figured out how to adult yet.
  • Dear Nate by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, holiday
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    Keyword: christmas
    Genre: drama, holiday
    Keyword: christmas
    Charlie, 24, and Nate, 30s, work together, hang out together, and more recently – sleep together. Unfortunately, the transition in and out of sleeping with one another isn’t going smoothly. So Charlie tries to end her complicated “friendship” with Nate...through a construction paper Christmas card.
  • House on Fire by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Me Too Movement, feminist + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Me Too Movement, feminist, female monologue
    Megan is promoted at her company asked to make a public statement about the man she officially accused of sexual misconduct.
  • No Italian by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: all female cast, Italian American + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: all female cast, Italian American, period piece
    In 1923, Stella traveled to America from Sicily in the hopes of giving her daughter, Emily a better life. NOW, 20 years later, Emily is all grown up, married to a soldier, and living on a military base on Governors Island in the middle of World War II- But Stella didn't risk everything for her daughter to grow up and be an Italian wife.
  • Slut Claus by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, holiday
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    Keyword: college age, christmas
    Genre: comedy, holiday
    Keyword: college age, christmas
    Troj wakes up the morning after throwing a Christmas party with her roommate (and ex-boyfriend) Cookie. There are cups everywhere, Cookie’s passed out no the couch, and ALL of her clothes are missing…on the day she’s supposed to meet her fiancé’s parents…
  • Whale by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: college age, fifteen minute
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: college age, fifteen minute
    Maggie is an artist. Bobby is the captain of the swim team. Maggie used to be really overweight. Bobby used to make fun of her. They have been best friends since freshman year of college. Bobby agreed to be the subject of Maggie's senior art thesis. Her show went public today. Bobby probably should have asked to see it first.
  • Mr. Met by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: funny monologue, comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: funny monologue, comedy, Any Gender, short
    Frankie gets distracted while trying to accept their partner's marriage proposal.
  • Standards by Ali Keller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: Sorority Girls, multimedia + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: Sorority Girls, multimedia, female driven, full length
    Troj is living her best life: she's in the top sorority, she's head girlfriend at the Lambda fraternity house, she's an internet sensation, and she's got a dream job offer. She's so perfect, no one even cares that she's a raging monster behind closed doors. Until Carolyn has the audacity to date the next Lambda president and threatens the empire she has built.
  • Un Altro Errore Nella Famiglia by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Italian American, fifteen minute
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Italian American, fifteen minute
    It’s the anniversary of Pops death. Dom has knocked up his high school sweetheart. And Gia’s locked herself in the bathroom. Again. It’s just another Sunday dinner at Nonna’s house.
  • Independent Christmas by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, holiday
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    Keyword: christmas, all female cast + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday
    Keyword: christmas, all female cast, middle age woman
    Lenox returns home on her first Christmas break from college to find one of her moms, Anna has decorated the entire house for the 4th of July. Lenox insists that her mothers provide the traditional Christmas she’s been dreaming about while she’s been away at school. Anna quickly realizes that not only is this the first holiday season Lenox won’t have both her mothers, but she now has to break the news of their...
    Lenox returns home on her first Christmas break from college to find one of her moms, Anna has decorated the entire house for the 4th of July. Lenox insists that her mothers provide the traditional Christmas she’s been dreaming about while she’s been away at school. Anna quickly realizes that not only is this the first holiday season Lenox won’t have both her mothers, but she now has to break the news of their divorce…on Christmas Eve.
  • Dead Man Walking by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: fifteen minute, college age + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: fifteen minute, college age, simple set
    Jack's worried about his little brother Petey because he's got a good job, a nice apartment, and a soon-to-be fiancé that everybody hates. Jack's looking for the right time to talk to Petey about his life choices - maybe during the proposal wasn't it.
  • The Worst Kind of Pants by Ali Keller
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, musical + 1 more
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    Keyword: comedy, female + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, musical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: comedy, female, short, happy ending, happy endings for queers
    Mary and Peyton have planned move-in day surprises for each other. But since they haven't talked about all the details of their relationship yet, will their surprises bring them closer or tear them apart?