Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander has written over 30 plays. He is the former playwright in residence for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. He is the author of Servant of the People; The Rise and Fall of Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party and I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin. He has a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from the Iowa Playwright's Workshop.

Robert Alexander has written over 30 plays. He is the former playwright in residence for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. He is the author of Servant of the People; The Rise and Fall of Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party and I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin. He has a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from the Iowa Playwright's Workshop.

Scripts

Forty Acres

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A family is gathered with their attorney to discuss reparations.

A family is gathered with their attorney to discuss reparations.

Revised THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

Monica has a new roommate. She spends more time with her girlfriend Shirley. She finds and job and does her last podcast. The three have Thanksgiving together.

Monica has a new roommate. She spends more time with her girlfriend Shirley. She finds and job and does her last podcast. The three have Thanksgiving together.

Hatemachine

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

Two Neo-Nazi skinheads kidnap an interracial couple and torture them in a bunker in rural Georgia.

Two Neo-Nazi skinheads kidnap an interracial couple and torture them in a bunker in rural Georgia.

Will He Bop, Will He Drop?

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

An African American writer has a nervous break down in this over the top tragi-comedy where Jack Booker imagines he is the jazz percussionist Willie Bobo.

An African American writer has a nervous break down in this over the top tragi-comedy where Jack Booker imagines he is the jazz percussionist Willie Bobo.

Handle With Care

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

An autistic gay man brings chaos to a group home for people with special needs.

An autistic gay man brings chaos to a group home for people with special needs.

The Last Orbit of Billy Mars

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

Billy travels to St. Louis driven by his unrequited love for Rita Mae, who he thinks is his soul mate. He does not realize how dangerous her brother Wendell really is.

Billy travels to St. Louis driven by his unrequited love for Rita Mae, who he thinks is his soul mate. He does not realize how dangerous her brother Wendell really is.

Who's Afraid of Tiger Woods?

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A novelist down on his luck returns to his aging father's home to be judged by him during the early years of the Obama administration.

A novelist down on his luck returns to his aging father's home to be judged by him during the early years of the Obama administration.

Super Bowl

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

An expansion team becomes an NFL power led by a rookie black quarterback.

An expansion team becomes an NFL power led by a rookie black quarterback.

Air Guitar

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A black middle aged CPA becomes a rock star in his mind.

A black middle aged CPA becomes a rock star in his mind.

Bulletproof Hearts

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A black Oakland police officer abuses his school teacher wife and gay teenage son in the suburb of Walnut Creek, CA.

A black Oakland police officer abuses his school teacher wife and gay teenage son in the suburb of Walnut Creek, CA.

Freak of Nature

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A young woman, part human-part alien, born without a vagina, explores her sexuality.

A young woman, part human-part alien, born without a vagina, explores her sexuality.

Alien Motel 29: The Secret Outtakes of the Ebony Lady Macbeth

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

An Afro-futuristic spin on the Scottish play.

An Afro-futuristic spin on the Scottish play.

A Preface to the Alien Garden

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

A set from the street gang the Crips move from South Central Los Angeles to open up shop in Kansas City, Kansas.

A set from the street gang the Crips move from South Central Los Angeles to open up shop in Kansas City, Kansas.

Servant of the People: The Rise and Fall of Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

The triumphant rise and tragic fall of Black Panther Party leader and co-founder, Huey P. Newton.

The triumphant rise and tragic fall of Black Panther Party leader and co-founder, Huey P. Newton.

I Ain't Yo' Uncle; The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

Characters created by Harriet Beecher Stowe return to put the author on trial for creating pickaninny tropes and stereotypes and not getting their story right. They use their agency to re-tell the story from a modern Afrocentric perspective.

Characters created by Harriet Beecher Stowe return to put the author on trial for creating pickaninny tropes and stereotypes and not getting their story right. They use their agency to re-tell the story from a modern Afrocentric perspective.

The Content of Our Character

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

This is the companion piece to Speaking Truth to Power. After finding a job and getting a new roommate, Monica decides to end her podcast.

This is the companion piece to Speaking Truth to Power. After finding a job and getting a new roommate, Monica decides to end her podcast.

Speaking Truth to Power

by Robert Alexander

Synopsis

While reluctantly sheltering in place due to the COVID 19 pandemic and after witnessing the police murder of George Floyd on TV, three longtime roommates have difficult conversations on race, class and black and white privilege.

While reluctantly sheltering in place due to the COVID 19 pandemic and after witnessing the police murder of George Floyd on TV, three longtime roommates have difficult conversations on race, class and black and white privilege.