Alexander Perez

Alexander Perez is a Cuban-American Playwright/Cartoonist/Dad Since 2015 his plays have been performed in NYC, London, Chicago, and beyond! Recent productions: Booked and Blessed…OR BUST! (Northern Illinois University, April 2024), The Bad in Each Other (Downtown Urban Arts Festival; Playwrights Horizons, 2023, 2nd place; Best Play), God Learns of the Death of Harambe, 2016 (colorized) (Chain Theatre, 2023), Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle (Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective , A.R.T/NY. 2022), Alexander’s short play “better than real” will be published in Smith & Kraus’ Best 10-Min Plays of 2024

Alexander Perez is a Cuban-American Playwright/Cartoonist/Dad Since 2015 his plays have been performed in NYC, London, Chicago, and beyond! Recent productions: Booked and Blessed…OR BUST! (Northern Illinois University, April 2024), The Bad in Each Other (Downtown Urban Arts Festival; Playwrights Horizons, 2023, 2nd place; Best Play), God Learns of the Death of Harambe, 2016 (colorized) (Chain Theatre, 2023), Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle (Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective , A.R.T/NY. 2022), Alexander’s short play “better than real” will be published in Smith & Kraus’ Best 10-Min Plays of 2024

Scripts

Prelude to a Hostile Takeover

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Young Olivia wants nothing more than to be Troop Leader of the Ladybug Scouts and she'll get what she wants by any means necessary.

(ZOOM FORMATTED VERSION OF SHOW AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

Young Olivia wants nothing more than to be Troop Leader of the Ladybug Scouts and she'll get what she wants by any means necessary.

(ZOOM FORMATTED VERSION OF SHOW AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

Randy's Dandy Coaster Castle

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

It's always a great day at Randy's...unless you work there. Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle takes its audience into the complicated and darkly comedic lives of five co-workers doing their best to hold a scrappy amusement park together. The highs and lows of working at "Randy's" are no joke, but this little piece of life, detailing the experience of a day job that's also killing you, is too funny and too relatable...

It's always a great day at Randy's...unless you work there. Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle takes its audience into the complicated and darkly comedic lives of five co-workers doing their best to hold a scrappy amusement park together. The highs and lows of working at "Randy's" are no joke, but this little piece of life, detailing the experience of a day job that's also killing you, is too funny and too relatable not to break your heart and leave you laughing through the cringe. Randy's Dandy explores class, capitalism, and the American dream through the colorful lens of this deeply human group of people.

Games, Rides, and Family Fun for all! No refunds.

God Learns of the Death of Harambe, 2016 (colorized)

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Humanity has murdered the Almighty's favorite creation and it's up to Gabriel and Michael to deliver the bad news.

Humanity has murdered the Almighty's favorite creation and it's up to Gabriel and Michael to deliver the bad news.

The Bad in Each Other

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

A hot fling between the artistic badass we wish we could be and the privileged soyboy we are, evolves into a years-long struggle to reconcile their ambition, ideals, and lust.

What is creative success but a means to betray your ideals?

What is activism if not a means to apologize for privilege?

Can’t we just stay home and watch tv?

A hot fling between the artistic badass we wish we could be and the privileged soyboy we are, evolves into a years-long struggle to reconcile their ambition, ideals, and lust.

What is creative success but a means to betray your ideals?

What is activism if not a means to apologize for privilege?

Can’t we just stay home and watch tv?

Quandary in Verse

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Following a torturous stretch of unemployment Oliver finally lands a new job, but one last obstacle stands between him and a steady paycheck.

Following a torturous stretch of unemployment Oliver finally lands a new job, but one last obstacle stands between him and a steady paycheck.

Booked and Blessed...OR BUST!

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Lucille might be on Broadway but she hasn't quite made it. Brig's the best agent in town but his last client's just been hauled off to prison. A preposterous ode to slugging your way through the lower-middle class of showbiz. Part love letter, part cry for help, completely ridiculous.

Lucille might be on Broadway but she hasn't quite made it. Brig's the best agent in town but his last client's just been hauled off to prison. A preposterous ode to slugging your way through the lower-middle class of showbiz. Part love letter, part cry for help, completely ridiculous.

Even if it Gets Us Nowhere

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

After a successful evening turns sour, two young people are launched into existential turmoil.

Life, human anatomy, and the ties that bind our reality together are all called into question from the comfort of a living room couch and the sticky floors of a local disco.

After a successful evening turns sour, two young people are launched into existential turmoil.

Life, human anatomy, and the ties that bind our reality together are all called into question from the comfort of a living room couch and the sticky floors of a local disco.

Rut

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

A perpetual sentence in a dismal abyss. Dust in their eyes, dirt in their teeth, and a magic 8-Ball parading as a false god. Hell truly is other people.

A perpetual sentence in a dismal abyss. Dust in their eyes, dirt in their teeth, and a magic 8-Ball parading as a false god. Hell truly is other people.

Renaissance Man

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Glory's partner Gerald has taken up a few new hobbies to deal with the stress of the quarantine age. It’s starting to get out of hand.

Glory's partner Gerald has taken up a few new hobbies to deal with the stress of the quarantine age. It’s starting to get out of hand.

I Was A Teenage Incel

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Horace's son is having some girl trouble at school. It's up to him to keep his little boy from repeating the same mistakes he made in his youth.

Horace's son is having some girl trouble at school. It's up to him to keep his little boy from repeating the same mistakes he made in his youth.

The In-Between

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Life’s cavalcade of mundane chaos, broken into pieces and reassembled into a reel of interlocking familial, personal, and domestic episodes that highlight the struggle of existing between the milestones.

Life’s cavalcade of mundane chaos, broken into pieces and reassembled into a reel of interlocking familial, personal, and domestic episodes that highlight the struggle of existing between the milestones.

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by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Fiorella's health demands a dietary change. Will Dom's faux meat meet muster?

What's more tender than the ever evolving dynamic between caretaker and child?

A tofu block; that's what.

Published in Smith & Kraus' The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2024" Anthology. On Sale Oct 2024!

Fiorella's health demands a dietary change. Will Dom's faux meat meet muster?

What's more tender than the ever evolving dynamic between caretaker and child?

A tofu block; that's what.

Published in Smith & Kraus' The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2024" Anthology. On Sale Oct 2024!

Warm Re*ards

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

Mia used the wrong word in an email; time to have a meeting about it!

Mia used the wrong word in an email; time to have a meeting about it!

Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution: Fraught Visions From a Liberated Future - Episode ??? - THE SPICEM'N

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

This is a slice from a work in progress and by work in progress I mean this is everything that I have and there are no immediate plans to continue because, well, I don't have anything.

Oddly enough this works as it's own standalone piece maybe? Who knows. The title is a long ridiculous thing, for the purposes of producing this selection on it's own, it can just be called: "The Spicem'n".

That said I won't...

This is a slice from a work in progress and by work in progress I mean this is everything that I have and there are no immediate plans to continue because, well, I don't have anything.

Oddly enough this works as it's own standalone piece maybe? Who knows. The title is a long ridiculous thing, for the purposes of producing this selection on it's own, it can just be called: "The Spicem'n".

That said I won't stop you from putting the entire thing on there if you want to be as ridiculous a person as I am. Mostly putting this here as a feeble attempt at making myself accountable for finishing this thing maybe.

The Trojan Keg

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

THOSE CHUDS AT TROY HOUSE TOOK MANNY'S GIRL.

ODIE, ARCHIE, AND AJ ARE ON THE CASE.

LET'S GO BOYS!

THOSE CHUDS AT TROY HOUSE TOOK MANNY'S GIRL.

ODIE, ARCHIE, AND AJ ARE ON THE CASE.

LET'S GO BOYS!

Elf Wanted

by Alexander Perez

Synopsis

C. Cringletingle, Head Fore-Elf, is prepared as ever to onboard the latest hire at Santa's Workshop. What they weren't prepared for is how tall they'd be...

C. Cringletingle, Head Fore-Elf, is prepared as ever to onboard the latest hire at Santa's Workshop. What they weren't prepared for is how tall they'd be...