Sydni Alise

Sydni Alise

Sydni Alise is an aspiring playwright and stage manager from Kansas City, MO. She recently graduated from Iowa State University. Her personal mission statement is: To shed the weight of the past by translating my personal stories into works that can ignite a fire within young women to speak their truth.

Plays

  • THE ABORTION BUS by Sydni Alise
    Recommendations: 4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: abortion, self-harm + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: abortion, self-harm, ipecac, illegal medical procedures, male dominance, medical autonomy, the hanger technique, daughters, pregnancy
    In a probable future in which women do not have access to non-abortive birth control devices such as condoms or birth control pills, personal reproductive choice is limited to an array of dangerous and violent at-home abortion techniques.
  • DUTY by Sydni Alise
    Recommendations: 2
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    3
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    Genre: drama, melodrama + 1 more
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    Keyword: sanitarium, broken marriage + 7 more
    Genre: drama, melodrama, tragedy
    Keyword: sanitarium, broken marriage, manipulation, evil mother, submissive son, broken wife, broken memories, lost love, duty
    Hazel was committed to Hopewell Sanitarium 68 days ago. Hazel hopes to leave the Sanitarium and start anew with her husband, Edmund, but her mother-in-law Idina has other plans.

    Convinced Hazel is beyond saving, Idina does everything she can to convince her son to leave his wife.

    Inside Hopewell, Hazel fights the demons and guilt that consume her mind. Is she good or evil? A...
    Hazel was committed to Hopewell Sanitarium 68 days ago. Hazel hopes to leave the Sanitarium and start anew with her husband, Edmund, but her mother-in-law Idina has other plans.

    Convinced Hazel is beyond saving, Idina does everything she can to convince her son to leave his wife.

    Inside Hopewell, Hazel fights the demons and guilt that consume her mind. Is she good or evil? A murderer or weeping child?

    Will Edmund save Hazel from Hopewell or will he once again submit to his mother's demands?
  • FAMILY HOMICIDE by Sydni Alise
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family drama, Sisters + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family drama, Sisters, Necrophilia, suicide, teenage girls, drowning, grief, sexual assault
    Julia, Jennifer, and Jeanie are moving to Texas to be closer to Jackson, the eldest sibling, who is in prison for murdering a young girl.
  • WOMAN AT RISK by Sydni Alise
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Highschool, Schizophrenia + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Highschool, Schizophrenia, teenage girls, Locker room drama, abuse, injustice, Teacher vs. Students
    Emily returns to school visibly assaulted but doesn't want to report it.
  • THE PAPAYA MAN by Sydni Alise
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Brazil, papaya + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Brazil, papaya, drug cartel, pregnancy, daughter-father relationship, abusive boyfriend, Favela, Self-Defense
    Maya seeks protection from a local fruit vendor.
  • TRYING - A MONOLOGUE by Sydni Alise
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family, cycles + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family, cycles, trying, hate, conflicting responsibilities
    For those who have broken free from their destructive cycles, but can't save someone else. Family is tricky, but we can only try our best.