Alix Sobler

Alix Sobler

Alix Sobler is writer and performer from New York. Her plays have won or been finalists for multiple awards including the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and the Jane Chambers Award, among others. She has had work read and produced at theaters around the world, including The Coronet Theatre (...
Alix Sobler is writer and performer from New York. Her plays have won or been finalists for multiple awards including the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and the Jane Chambers Award, among others. She has had work read and produced at theaters around the world, including The Coronet Theatre (London, UK), Roundabout Theater Company (New York, NY), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA), The Alliance Theater (Atlanta, GA), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), The Segal Centre (Montreal, QC), The Stratford Festival (Stratford, ON), and many more. She has written five solo shows which she has performed throughout North America. She has degrees from Brown University, and Columbia University. alixsobler.com

Plays

  • Sheltered by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 11
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    5
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: refugee, women in World War II + 3 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, period, political
    Keyword: refugee, women in World War II, History, rescue, fascism
    Evelyn and Leonard Kirsch were two ordinary Americans living and working in Providence when war broke out in Europe. In a moment that would change the lives of generations, they made an extraordinary decision: while millions of Jews were trying to escape Europe, Evelyn and Leonard were planning a trip into Nazi occupied Europe, and were making arrangements to take 40 children back out with them to the United...
    Evelyn and Leonard Kirsch were two ordinary Americans living and working in Providence when war broke out in Europe. In a moment that would change the lives of generations, they made an extraordinary decision: while millions of Jews were trying to escape Europe, Evelyn and Leonard were planning a trip into Nazi occupied Europe, and were making arrangements to take 40 children back out with them to the United States and to safety. Desperate to find enough places for the refugee children to live, the Kirsches resort to asking an estranged friend from a violent home to take in a child. But when trying to convince a mother to give over her child, they are forced to question that decision.
  • Last Night in Inwood by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 15
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: apocalypse, climate change + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, political, science fiction
    Keyword: apocalypse, climate change, Gen X, millennials, baby boomers, family, Inwood NYC, cultural differences
    A major disaster in Manhattan has everyone on the island looking for high ground. For Danny’s family and friends, that higher ground happens to be her one-bedroom apartment in Inwood. As the world outside goes to pieces, Danny tries to keep the peace among the assorted characters gathered in her space.
    They might make it through this crisis if they can manage to survive each other.
  • The Great Divide by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Triangle Fire, unions + 3 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, tragedy
    Keyword: Triangle Fire, unions, feminism, Immigrants, Jewish
    On Saturday, March 25, 1911, at 4:45 pm, someone started screaming “Fire!” on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on the lower east side of Manhattan. Within10 minutes, 146 workers, most of them young women, most of them recent immigrants from some of the most oppressed countries in the world at the time, lay dead, either on the floor of the sweatshop, or on the street nine stories below. The...
    On Saturday, March 25, 1911, at 4:45 pm, someone started screaming “Fire!” on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on the lower east side of Manhattan. Within10 minutes, 146 workers, most of them young women, most of them recent immigrants from some of the most oppressed countries in the world at the time, lay dead, either on the floor of the sweatshop, or on the street nine stories below. The Great Divide tells the story of just a few of these doomed workers, the lives they led, and the lessons they learned during their time in the American garment district. It is a tragic, and unfortunately timely, story that remains relevant today.
  • The Secret Annex by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: Anne Frank, Alternate history + 3 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: Anne Frank, Alternate history, speculative fiction, survivor, PTSD
    Anne Frank has survived the war, and at age 25, she’s ready to start a new chapter in New York City. Eager to publish a memoir of her time in hiding, Anne is sure it will launch her career as a writer. But when the only inte
    rested publisher demands drastic rewrites, Anne questions the meaning of her new life. Why did she survive, if not to share stories?
  • The Glass Piano by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, glass piano + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, period, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, glass piano, whimsical
    Alexandra thought her life would never change. Living in the castle with her father, the failed poet, her maid, the wise Galstina, and catching glimpses of her mother as she runs from the stables to the rose bushes, trying not get caught by the palace guard. And of course, there was the grand piano made of glass that she swallowed as a child, sitting inside her at all times. But then Lucien arrives and suddenly...
    Alexandra thought her life would never change. Living in the castle with her father, the failed poet, her maid, the wise Galstina, and catching glimpses of her mother as she runs from the stables to the rose bushes, trying not get caught by the palace guard. And of course, there was the grand piano made of glass that she swallowed as a child, sitting inside her at all times. But then Lucien arrives and suddenly, anything seems possible.

    Please message me to read this play.
  • Some Things You Keep by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: family, Jewish + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: family, Jewish, loss of parent, loss of a spouse, Inheritance, Winnipeg
    Harry and Rebecca are an estranged father and daughter struggling to find common ground after the death of their wife and mother respectively. Under the guise of hand delivering an inherited family heirloom, Harry drives from New York to Winnipeg and they are forced to confront what remains unspoken between them. Soon they find themselves going around and around in the same old circles, realizing more and more...
    Harry and Rebecca are an estranged father and daughter struggling to find common ground after the death of their wife and mother respectively. Under the guise of hand delivering an inherited family heirloom, Harry drives from New York to Winnipeg and they are forced to confront what remains unspoken between them. Soon they find themselves going around and around in the same old circles, realizing more and more that what always kept them together, what was always at the centre of things, was the woman they had in common, the woman that is no longer there. Ultimately, if they want to remain a family, they have to find a new way of relating to each other, while letting go of the past.
  • The Cloud Factory by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 1
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    1
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: magical realism, small town America + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fable/folktale
    Keyword: magical realism, small town America, dying industries, manufacturing plant closing
    Welcome to Summerville, the home of America’s last functioning cloud factory! Since most of the cloud industry has moved to imports from Asia, the Summerville Cloud Factory has become something of a relic, much like the town itself, serving as a museum of the way America used to be. But when the only person who knows how to run the factory dies, the town must figure out what to do in order to survive....
    Welcome to Summerville, the home of America’s last functioning cloud factory! Since most of the cloud industry has moved to imports from Asia, the Summerville Cloud Factory has become something of a relic, much like the town itself, serving as a museum of the way America used to be. But when the only person who knows how to run the factory dies, the town must figure out what to do in order to survive. Following the story of a young woman named Mary, and featuring members of the whole town The Cloud Factory tells a story of searching for identity in a world that is forever changing.
  • sleep wake hope and then by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 4
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    3
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: e.e. cummings, coming of age + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, fable/folktale, movement/physical
    Keyword: e.e. cummings, coming of age, death, life, love
    An adaptation of e.e. cummings' anyone lived in a pretty how town. A lyrical exploration of growing up, dealing with loss, and finding one's purpose.
  • Order & Law by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: sexual assault, gender + 3 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: sexual assault, gender, misogyny, Law and Order, Campus sexual assault
    Elle and Ollie have been partners for a long time on the force. Although the work well together, Ollie sometimes can't shake the notion that Elle thinks less of him because he is one of the few male police officers in the city. A recent sexual assault case involving a college campus has them at odds with each other, and calls into question whether Ollie can ever really be respected as "one of the gals...
    Elle and Ollie have been partners for a long time on the force. Although the work well together, Ollie sometimes can't shake the notion that Elle thinks less of him because he is one of the few male police officers in the city. A recent sexual assault case involving a college campus has them at odds with each other, and calls into question whether Ollie can ever really be respected as "one of the gals."

    A 10 minute play that turns gender norms on their head, and subverts our expectations of tropes and stereotypes surrounding men, women and sexual assault.
  • Bed Bug by Alix Sobler
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: Relationships, Surreal + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: Relationships, Surreal, bed bugs
    Floyd might be the world’s worst boyfriend…he’s lazy, he’s a mooch, he’s selfish, and did I mention he’s a bed bug? But when push comes to shove, Jane isn’t sure she can really live without him. Bed Bug is a play about a power struggle between two, cohabiting beings, and the sacrifices of self we make in order to not end up alone. You know…comedy!
  • Palimpsest by Alix Sobler
    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    When Steven tries to get her play canceled over a copyright dispute, Alix strikes back in the only way she knows how…she writes another play. About him. That’s this play. But what will she do when he tries to stop THIS play, already in progress? With the help of Bree, her best friend/lawyer; Leah, her agent/advocate, Dr. Nash, her therapist, and Jason, her long-suffering husband, Alix does her best to face...
    When Steven tries to get her play canceled over a copyright dispute, Alix strikes back in the only way she knows how…she writes another play. About him. That’s this play. But what will she do when he tries to stop THIS play, already in progress? With the help of Bree, her best friend/lawyer; Leah, her agent/advocate, Dr. Nash, her therapist, and Jason, her long-suffering husband, Alix does her best to face Steven’s challenge, and some of the memories and ghosts this whole drama has stirred up. Palimpsest is a self-referential, meta-comedy about who gets to tell what story, what it means to create art based on real events, and what we owe each other when it comes to telling the truth.
  • Miriam by Alix Sobler
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Yiddish, sex work + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, political
    Keyword: Yiddish, sex work, feminism, comedy, magical realism
    When Miriam, a Russian immigrant and sex worker shows up at Grace's door looking as though she's
    seen a ghost, Grace and Natalie begrudgingly take her in. Chased by something, and clearly afraid to go back outside, Miriam attempts to keep them in the room and win them to her side by telling them a story from her past. As they become more and more engaged, Grace and Natalie begin to play the...
    When Miriam, a Russian immigrant and sex worker shows up at Grace's door looking as though she's
    seen a ghost, Grace and Natalie begrudgingly take her in. Chased by something, and clearly afraid to go back outside, Miriam attempts to keep them in the room and win them to her side by telling them a story from her past. As they become more and more engaged, Grace and Natalie begin to play the characters that populate the story, and start to see some truths that apply to them. Throughout the telling, Miriam reveals something about herself that causes Grace and Natalie to lean in and take notice. Maybe they need her as much as she needs them, but with their different backgrounds, histories and outlooks on life, can they ever arrive at a place where they agree on something? Is it possible the story she is telling belongs to all of them?

    A modern retelling of a sexual morality tale, Miriam explores the way in which women police each other, even while they are still being haunted and hunted by external forces. Through storytelling and building of empathy, they attempt to find a common ground from which they can support each other.