jose sebastian alberdi

jose sebastian alberdi is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from sunny San Diego. Writing developed with: the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (National Playwrights Conference x 2), MacDowell (Fellowship), Page 73 (Fellowship, Writers’ Group), Clubbed Thumb (Winterworks, Early Career Writers’ Group), The Playwrights Realm (Fellowship), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Youngblood), Colt Coeur (Company Member, Residency), Irish Repertory Theatre (New Works Fall Festival), The Orchard Project (Greenhouse Lab, Episodic Lab, Homegrown x Sony TV Lab), Fresh Ground Pepper (BRB Eco-Week), South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival, Elizabeth George Commission, NewSCRipts), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (New Play Summit), the Huntington Theatre Company (Dream Boston), Exquisite Corpse...

jose sebastian alberdi is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from sunny San Diego. Writing developed with: the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (National Playwrights Conference x 2), MacDowell (Fellowship), Page 73 (Fellowship, Writers’ Group), Clubbed Thumb (Winterworks, Early Career Writers’ Group), The Playwrights Realm (Fellowship), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Youngblood), Colt Coeur (Company Member, Residency), Irish Repertory Theatre (New Works Fall Festival), The Orchard Project (Greenhouse Lab, Episodic Lab, Homegrown x Sony TV Lab), Fresh Ground Pepper (BRB Eco-Week), South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival, Elizabeth George Commission, NewSCRipts), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (New Play Summit), the Huntington Theatre Company (Dream Boston), Exquisite Corpse Company (Writer’s Lab), Lambda Literary (Writer’s Retreat) and more.

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

Scripts

bogfriends

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

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.

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, nevada

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

Just off Route 375 sits the tiny town of Rachel, Nevada—a popular tourist spot for UFO enthusiasts. Searching for closure after a shared loss, an unlikely couple finds themselves pulled there. But in a place like Rachel, searches rarely come to an end, no matter how hard you look.

Just off Route 375 sits the tiny town of Rachel, Nevada—a popular tourist spot for UFO enthusiasts. Searching for closure after a shared loss, an unlikely couple finds themselves pulled there. But in a place like Rachel, searches rarely come to an end, no matter how hard you look.

monkeyheart

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

Welcome to Make-A-Monkey! America’s favorite stuffed animal making store where the workers do it all for a minimum wage! From repairing seams and broken voice recordings, to acting as impromptu life counselors and memory keepers—for hundreds of people, seven days a week! But when one of those hundreds of people ends up sticking around, workers Anna, Milton, and Jack have to grapple with knowing a customer...

Welcome to Make-A-Monkey! America’s favorite stuffed animal making store where the workers do it all for a minimum wage! From repairing seams and broken voice recordings, to acting as impromptu life counselors and memory keepers—for hundreds of people, seven days a week! But when one of those hundreds of people ends up sticking around, workers Anna, Milton, and Jack have to grapple with knowing a customer slightly more than they ever expected to.

Maestra

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

A group meets weekly at 440 Lafayette in Room 4A for a class led by a teacher who once had a teacher.

Commissioned and developed through the Clubbed Thumb's New Play Directing Fellowship AKA Winterworks.

A group meets weekly at 440 Lafayette in Room 4A for a class led by a teacher who once had a teacher.

Commissioned and developed through the Clubbed Thumb's New Play Directing Fellowship AKA Winterworks.

adoration

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar are three kings. Balthazar gave a baby myrrh, Melchior gave a baby gold, and Caspar gave a baby frankincense. Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar are all in love with each other. A play for everyone who loved Three Kings Day about growing up, loving your exes, and getting further, and further away from your biggest accomplishment(s) in life.

Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar are three kings. Balthazar gave a baby myrrh, Melchior gave a baby gold, and Caspar gave a baby frankincense. Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar are all in love with each other. A play for everyone who loved Three Kings Day about growing up, loving your exes, and getting further, and further away from your biggest accomplishment(s) in life.

poolsides

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

When Celine’s preplanned pregame plans go awry, she’s left alone at the Red Hook Lobster Pound with her only company being a bartender from her past and friend-of-a-flaky-friend J. A play about those weird nights in your late 20s where you’d talk to anyone to feel less alone.

Originally commissioned by the pebble collective to be performed site-specifically at the Red Hook Lobster Pound in Red Hook.

When Celine’s preplanned pregame plans go awry, she’s left alone at the Red Hook Lobster Pound with her only company being a bartender from her past and friend-of-a-flaky-friend J. A play about those weird nights in your late 20s where you’d talk to anyone to feel less alone.

Originally commissioned by the pebble collective to be performed site-specifically at the Red Hook Lobster Pound in Red Hook.

The Family Saves A Life

by jose sebastian alberdi

Synopsis

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...

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

Synopsis

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

Synopsis

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...

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.