jose sebastian alberdi

jose sebastian alberdi

jose sebastian alberdi is a Brooklyn-based playwright with Southern Californian roots. He is the 2024 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow. Plays developed with: the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (2023 National Playwrights Conference), Page 73 (Fellowship, Writers’ Group), Clubbed Thumb (Early Career Writers’ Group 23/24), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Youngblood), Colt Coeur (Residency), The Orchard Project (Greenhouse Lab...
jose sebastian alberdi is a Brooklyn-based playwright with Southern Californian roots. He is the 2024 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow. Plays developed with: the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (2023 National Playwrights Conference), Page 73 (Fellowship, Writers’ Group), Clubbed Thumb (Early Career Writers’ Group 23/24), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Youngblood), Colt Coeur (Residency), The Orchard Project (Greenhouse Lab), Fresh Ground Pepper (BRB Eco-Week), the Huntington Theatre Company (Dream Boston), South Coast Repertory (Elizabeth George Commission, NewSCRipts), Exquisite Corpse Company (Writer’s Lab), and more.

MFA: NYU. @milk_jello on (most) social media.

Plays

  • bogfriends by jose sebastian alberdi
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: love, queer + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic, romantic comedy
    Keyword: love, queer, bogs, bog body, museum, marriage
    Tanner & Archie work at a museum. Finn & Cillian are Americans in Ireland. Osgar & Irial died over four thousand years ago. A play about power-dynamics, love, and preserving dead things (or trying to) that traverses place, time, and culture.
  • rachel, nv by jose sebastian alberdi
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, faith-based + 4 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based, horror, mystery/thriller, science fiction, tragedy
    Sam (believes in aliens, maybe) and Catherine (doesn't believe in anything) visit Rachel, Nevada (the closest human settlement to Area 51) and while there they strike up fast friendships with Teri (believes in God, wants to be a nun) and Orville (believes in aliens, drinks too much). As the group navigates their own personal griefs, beliefs, and the things they give up in order to be happy, they find out...
    Sam (believes in aliens, maybe) and Catherine (doesn't believe in anything) visit Rachel, Nevada (the closest human settlement to Area 51) and while there they strike up fast friendships with Teri (believes in God, wants to be a nun) and Orville (believes in aliens, drinks too much). As the group navigates their own personal griefs, beliefs, and the things they give up in order to be happy, they find out that sometimes it doesn't matter what's real or what isn't because bad things still happen regardless. A play about aliens, nuns, BDSM, and more.
  • The Family Saves A Life by jose sebastian alberdi
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 3 more
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    Keyword: anti-abortion protests, pro-life + 7 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, horror, tragedy
    Keyword: anti-abortion protests, pro-life, climate change, ecodrama, pregnancy, climate crisis, apocalypse, abortion, Reproductive Rights
    Mom likes to volunteer at the local health clinic with her friends. Well, outside of it. Praying. It's OK, because Dad comes home and loves her. Daughter is still young, still figuring it out, & Son is building something. And Miri is... the young woman Mom convinced to come live with the family, in their home, instead of going through with her procedure at the health clinic. A play about a pro-life...
    Mom likes to volunteer at the local health clinic with her friends. Well, outside of it. Praying. It's OK, because Dad comes home and loves her. Daughter is still young, still figuring it out, & Son is building something. And Miri is... the young woman Mom convinced to come live with the family, in their home, instead of going through with her procedure at the health clinic. A play about a pro-life family in the midst of the climate apocalypse that draws inspiration from Greek tragedies, Sarah Kane plays, and Christian fanaticism.
  • ¡Mamágua! by jose sebastian alberdi
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: Mexican, Catholic + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, faith-based, farce, horror, melodrama, movement/physical, satire
    Keyword: Mexican, Catholic, queer, LGBTQ, spirits, undead, forgiveness, revenge, murder, coming out
    When Martín comes out to his mother, la señora Doña Marina goes to extreme lengths to make sure that her son keeps it a secret with the help of La Virgen, Diosito, and a priest. But when Marina realizes she might have acted a bit too impulsively, she has to—again—go to extreme lengths to make everything right. Unfortunately, Martín and his new otherworldly boyfriend are anything but forgiving. A sort-of insane...
    When Martín comes out to his mother, la señora Doña Marina goes to extreme lengths to make sure that her son keeps it a secret with the help of La Virgen, Diosito, and a priest. But when Marina realizes she might have acted a bit too impulsively, she has to—again—go to extreme lengths to make everything right. Unfortunately, Martín and his new otherworldly boyfriend are anything but forgiving. A sort-of insane play about love, revenge, and continuously forgiving those who have hurt our hearts.
  • i didn't make this by jose sebastian alberdi
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: folk dance, Mexican + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, movement/physical, satire
    Keyword: folk dance, Mexican, ghosts, dance, college, group, competition, art, Boston, gentrification
    Alejandra has finally secured a spot in Green Street Studio's emerging dancer development program, Teeny Beans. But so has Virginia. And her best friend Bernardo didn't get a spot. And Alejandra's finally performing something directly connected to her Mexican roots, but why does she feel like such a phony? A play & performance about what it’s like navigating the arts scene in Boston as a...
    Alejandra has finally secured a spot in Green Street Studio's emerging dancer development program, Teeny Beans. But so has Virginia. And her best friend Bernardo didn't get a spot. And Alejandra's finally performing something directly connected to her Mexican roots, but why does she feel like such a phony? A play & performance about what it’s like navigating the arts scene in Boston as a Mexican-American artist, the competition inherent to artist "communities", and general immigrant family diaspora feelings.

    Originally commissioned and developed through the SpeakEasy Stage Company Boston Project.