J.B. Alexander

J.B. Alexander

J.B. Alexander is an actor and playwright based in New York City. His plays have been produced in Prague, Budapest and New York City.

Plays

  • The Metamorphosis by J.B. Alexander
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: kafka, Franz Kafka + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: kafka, Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis, transformation, self-transformation, Struggle and transformation, one man show, one person play, existentialism, Existential Absurdism
    "As I awoke one morning from disturbing dreams, I found myself, in my bed, transformed into FRANZ KAFKA."

    The Metamorphosis is a one-man exploration of personal identity, creativity, and transformation inspired by the life and work of Franz Kafka.
  • Karlos Before the Law by J.B. Alexander
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: absurd, absurdist + 7 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, mystery/thriller, political, translation
    Keyword: absurd, absurdist, dark comedy, kafkaesque, immigration, prison, Incarceration, parable, Beckettian
    In a darkened cell near the border, a silent prisoner stands accused. Why has he sought to infiltrate our country? And how has he slipped past our defenses? Who will prevail -- prisoner or guard? Or are they both merely characters in someone else’s story?
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    Karlos Before the Law premiered at the 2018 Prague Fringe Festival. Author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Antonio Vega to the final script.
  • @Vanek.cz by J.B. Alexander
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: Vaclav Havel, Czech + 6 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: Vaclav Havel, Czech, political, theater politics, integrity, Artistic Integrity, wokeness, woke culture
    When 29-year old Czech wunderkind Vanek Novak wins a prestigious fellowship to an American university, he finds a kindred spirit in African-American theater professor Angela Jackson. But will identity politics and political correctness thwart their mission to introduce the work of Vaclav Havel to the younger generation?
  • Hermann and Julie Kafka request the pleasure of your company as our son Franz is called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah, Saturday, the second of Tammuz, 5656, at 9.30 a.m. (corresponding to 13 June 1896 of the Common Era) by J.B. Alexander
    Cast: 
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 5 more
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    Keyword: kafka, Jewish + 8 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, period, young audiences
    Keyword: kafka, Jewish, Adolescence, bar mitzvah, Czech, antisemitism, theology, Bible, Zionism, religion
    Prague, 1896 -- As their eldest child comes of age, prosperous merchant Hermann Kafka and his wife Julie plan a lavish celebration to show-off their material success to the cream of Prague's German-Jewish bourgeoisie. But is young Franz Kafka ready to become a subject of the Law?
  • Three Sisters From Scarsdale by J.B. Alexander
    Cast: 
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Chekhov, adaptation + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, drama, tragedy
    Keyword: Chekhov, adaptation, three sisters, American suburbs, suburbia, Anton Chekhov, Jewish
    A reimagining of Chekhov's masterpiece of failed loves and thwarted dreams, set in contemporary American suburbia.
  • Melting the ICE by J.B. Alexander
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: immigration, illegal immigration + 3 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: immigration, illegal immigration, Legal drama, bureaucracy, government bureaucracy
    Mark is determined to help his client reunite with her son, who was separated from her at the border. Finding he has a special relationship with the ICE agent in charge gives him hope. But loyalties are challenged in the face of red tape and bureaucracies.
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    Melting the ICE premiered in New York City, at the 2019 Art of Protest festival of Articulate Theatre Company.