Alex Kingsley

Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a writer, comedian, game designer, and playwright. They are a co-founder of the new media company Strong Branch Productions. Alex is the author of Empress of Dust, Relic of Haven and The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales, as well as short fiction appearing in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal, Sci-Fi Lampoon, and more. Alex’s sci-fi plays have been produced in LA, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Their SFF-related non-fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Interstellar Flight Magazine, and Ancillary Review of Books. Their games can be downloaded pay-what-you-will at alexyquest.itch.io. Alex is currently a graduate student studying speculative fiction at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a writer, comedian, game designer, and playwright. They are a co-founder of the new media company Strong Branch Productions. Alex is the author of Empress of Dust, Relic of Haven and The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales, as well as short fiction appearing in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal, Sci-Fi Lampoon, and more. Alex’s sci-fi plays have been produced in LA, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Their SFF-related non-fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Interstellar Flight Magazine, and Ancillary Review of Books. Their games can be downloaded pay-what-you-will at alexyquest.itch.io. Alex is currently a graduate student studying speculative fiction at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Scripts

A Question of Legitimacy

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[10-minute, sci-fi]
A newly-sentient AI hoping to gain legal personhood seeks the assistance of the top robotics lawyer in the country.

[10-minute, sci-fi]
A newly-sentient AI hoping to gain legal personhood seeks the assistance of the top robotics lawyer in the country.

The Suit

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

The crew of the Starship Fidelity is on a mission to examine life forms on an alien planet. When Carol, the xenobiologist, is attacked by a hostile creature, the crew must process her abrupt and violent death. However, when Carol’s space suit makes a surprise reappearance, seemingly moving of its own accord, the crew questions whether or not she is still alive. Is the person in The Suit really Carol? If not...

The crew of the Starship Fidelity is on a mission to examine life forms on an alien planet. When Carol, the xenobiologist, is attacked by a hostile creature, the crew must process her abrupt and violent death. However, when Carol’s space suit makes a surprise reappearance, seemingly moving of its own accord, the crew questions whether or not she is still alive. Is the person in The Suit really Carol? If not, what does The Suit want?

Unplanned Obsolescence

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[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.

[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 Dreamless Patron

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[Full-length, sci-fi]
When a wealthy businessman announces he will pay any amount of money to whoever can help him have dreams when he sleeps, a team of artists decides to script and perform “dreams” for him in hopes he will mistake them for the real thing. A creative challenge becomes a high-stakes swindle as the dreamers get in over their heads.

The Dreamless Patron is a semi-scripted, semi-devised magical...

[Full-length, sci-fi]
When a wealthy businessman announces he will pay any amount of money to whoever can help him have dreams when he sleeps, a team of artists decides to script and perform “dreams” for him in hopes he will mistake them for the real thing. A creative challenge becomes a high-stakes swindle as the dreamers get in over their heads.

The Dreamless Patron is a semi-scripted, semi-devised magical realist comedy that explores dreams, art, money, and the relationship between the three.

Sincerest Condolences

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[10-minute comedy]
A funeral director has started murdering people to drum up some business.

[10-minute comedy]
A funeral director has started murdering people to drum up some business.

Unwanted Gods

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[one-act full-length musical comedy]
Small gods that no one believes in search for meaning.

[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

Synopsis

[20-minute dark comedy puppet show]
Two guys hang out outside an abandoned Taco Bell after the end of the world.

[20-minute dark comedy puppet show]
Two guys hang out outside an abandoned Taco Bell after the end of the world.

The House of Perceived Futures

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[monologue]
The proprietor of the House of Perceived Futures plys their trade, imagining all possibilities and holding them at once.

[monologue]
The proprietor of the House of Perceived Futures plys their trade, imagining all possibilities and holding them at once.

I'll See You In My Dreams

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[10 min, fantasy]
A woman visits a dreamery to buy a particular dream only to find that the seller not too keen to part with it.

[10 min, fantasy]
A woman visits a dreamery to buy a particular dream only to find that the seller not too keen to part with it.

Persuade Me What I Am

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[10 min, Shakespearean adaptation]
After the events of As You Like It, Touchstone tries to convince Jacques to stay in the forest of Arden with him. Rosalind, meanwhile, prefers to remain as Ganymede.

[10 min, Shakespearean adaptation]
After the events of As You Like It, Touchstone tries to convince Jacques to stay in the forest of Arden with him. Rosalind, meanwhile, prefers to remain as Ganymede.

You Don't Have to Put Out the Red Line

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[10 min, sci fi]
The CTA just added an AI assistant to the train cars. Not everyone is thrilled about the development.

[10 min, sci fi]
The CTA just added an AI assistant to the train cars. Not everyone is thrilled about the development.

The Bearer of Bad News

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[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.

[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.

Summer Reading Champion

by Alex Kingsley

Synopsis

[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.

[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

Synopsis

[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.

[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.