Alexa Juanita Jordan

Alexa Juanita Jordan

Playwright, marketing consultant, and nonprofit director based in New York City.
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Plays

  • Fine by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Mental Health, Depression + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: Mental Health, Depression, eating disorders, THERAPIST, Therapy, psychology, African American women, being human
    When Madison and Blake meet in the waiting room of their therapist Alyssa’s office, they embark on a friendship that leads to much more than either of them could ever imagine. Throughout the play, Alyssa also contemplates her successes and shortcomings as a therapist, grappling with her own crucial life choices. FINE is a drama about mental health challenges, and more importantly, the individuals living with these common, human issues.
  • The Flower and The Fury by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6–9
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: abortion, reproductive justice + 5 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, political
    Keyword: abortion, reproductive justice, women's reproductive rights, custody, reproductive freedom, Reproductive Rights, women's rights
    The Flower and The Fury follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.
    While Jessica swiftly and resolutely comes to the decision to terminate her pregnancy alone, Kennedy and Rachel both wrestle with their choices in individual yet similar circumstances. Throughout the play, the women’s interactions with each other, their partners, and the nurse at the abortion clinic, greatly impact their...
    The Flower and The Fury follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.
    While Jessica swiftly and resolutely comes to the decision to terminate her pregnancy alone, Kennedy and Rachel both wrestle with their choices in individual yet similar circumstances. Throughout the play, the women’s interactions with each other, their partners, and the nurse at the abortion clinic, greatly impact their decisions and futures. The main action of the play takes place during a brief stretch of time (at most a few weeks), before jumping ten years ahead in the last three scenes, showing where the women end up.
  • Inches from the Headboard by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: consent, Me Too Movement + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: consent, Me Too Movement, me too, college, bad date
    Lyndsey deals with the aftermath of a story that she anonymously wrote being published in her college's student magazine. The audience simultaneously watches Lyndsey's story unfold, while absorbing the opinions of Lyndsey's peers. What ultimately started off as a "bad date" ends with highly questionable behavior, as Lyndsey wrestles with her choices and circumstances.
  • 5AM Pancakes by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: COVID19, Covid's effect on people of color + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, melodrama, tragedy
    Keyword: COVID19, Covid's effect on people of color, life in the time of COVID-19, obituary, deep friendship, female friendship, Quarantine, lockdown, quarantine love story
    Two women sit down to write their best friend's obituary, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Telecommunication by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19 + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, melodrama, satire
    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19, shelter-in-place, home schooling, strained relationships
    A wealthy Manhattan couple confront the challenges of their new quasi quarantined life in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Ten 25 Word Plays (in honor of Elijah McLain's 25th birthday) by Alexa Juanita Jordan
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: biography, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: police brutality, Racial Injustice + 4 more
    Genre: biography, drama, experimental, radio drama, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: police brutality, Racial Injustice, blm, black actors, black lives matter, Experimental format
    100 playwrights wrote ten plays each, in honor of what would have been Elijah McLain's 25th birthday (February 25th, 2021.) These plays are my contribution to that collection. The project was organized by Erik Ehn.