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.

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.

Scripts

THE ABORTION BUS

by Sydni Alise

Synopsis

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.

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

Synopsis

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...

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

Synopsis

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.

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

Synopsis

Emily returns to school visibly assaulted but doesn't want to report it.

Emily returns to school visibly assaulted but doesn't want to report it.

THE PAPAYA MAN

by Sydni Alise

Synopsis

Maya seeks protection from a local fruit vendor.

Maya seeks protection from a local fruit vendor.

TRYING - A MONOLOGUE

by Sydni Alise

Synopsis

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.

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.