Alex Kingsley

Alex Kingsley

Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a SFF writer, comedian, and game designer. They are a co-founder of the new media company Strong Branch Productions, and the creator of the sci-fi comedy podcast The Stench of Adventure. Their fiction has appeared in Radon Journal, Sci-Fi Lampoon, Strangely Funny, and more. Their SFF-related non-fiction has appeared in Interstellar Flight Magazine, Ancillary Review of Books, and...
Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a SFF writer, comedian, and game designer. They are a co-founder of the new media company Strong Branch Productions, and the creator of the sci-fi comedy podcast The Stench of Adventure. Their fiction has appeared in Radon Journal, Sci-Fi Lampoon, Strangely Funny, and more. Their SFF-related non-fiction has appeared in Interstellar Flight Magazine, Ancillary Review of Books, and ASPEC Journal. Their games can be downloaded pay-what-you-will at alexyquest.itch.io

Plays

  • Unplanned Obsolescence by Alex Kingsley
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: sci-fi, comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: sci-fi, comedy, dark comedy, terminal illness, multiple endings
    [Full-length, sci-fi]
    A struggling children's entertainer discovers they may have a terminal illness, so they decide to train a robot to replace them if they die.
  • The Bearer of Bad News by Alex Kingsley
    Cast: 
    3–9
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: sci-fi, pregnancy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: sci-fi, pregnancy, future dystopia, tragicomedy, environmentalism, horse, family drama, Hospital
    [one-act sci-fi tragicomedy]
    In a future where humans must carry animal fetuses to ensure the survival of endangered species, a woman who bears the horse fetus struggles with her day-to-day life.
  • Unwanted Gods by Alex Kingsley
    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: comedy, Musical comedy + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, musical, science fiction
    Keyword: comedy, Musical comedy, folklore, religion, forgotten gods
    [one-act full-length musical comedy]
    Small gods that no one believes in search for meaning.
  • An Enchilda at the End of Everything by Alex Kingsley
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1–3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: comedy, Dystopia + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: comedy, Dystopia, apocalypse, sock puppets, Jesus, puppets
    [20-minute dark comedy puppet show]
    Two guys hang out outside an abandoned Taco Bell after the end of the world.
  • Sincerest Condolences by Alex Kingsley
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    8–9
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: 10 minute comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: 10 minute comedy, dark comedy, death, farce funeral, funeral, funeral home
    [10-minute comedy]
    A funeral director has started murdering people to drum up some business.
  • Summer Reading Champion by Alex Kingsley
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, horror, radio drama
    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy, Fantasy, horror, monologue, solo performance
    [20-minute solo performance/monologue]
    A high school girl recounts to the police her supernatural experience volunteering at the local library. Originally performed as an audio drama.
  • His Name Is Chad by Alex Kingsley
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, radio drama
    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy, monologue, solo performance, sexual assault, ghosts, ghost story
    [50-minute solo performance/monologue]
    A high school girl tells the story of the ghost of a fraternity brother that she encountered haunting her new house. Originally performed as a radio drama.