Alex Webb’s first play, Amelia, was published by Samuel French in 2017 and has had numerous productions across the country. Amelia had its world premiere at the Washington Stage Guild and was workshopped as part of the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage festival. Amelia was an Editor’s pick of the Washington Post, Helen Hayes Recommended and received tremendous critical response in Washington, DC and New York.
Alex was commissioned to write the book for a new Broadway musical about the battle of Gettysburg, which is in development.
His play, blackandblue, was a semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference.
His new play, Focus, is being presented in an industry reading directed by Jason Alexander.
FOCUS (3w, 2M, 1 black male, 1 latina, 2 white females, 1 white male): A, B and C have been offered a generous fee to participate in a focus group. What is the product and who is in control?
A group of strangers are brought together to conduct a focus group about an unknown product. Ice-breakers, artisanal snacks and clever banter get the group going. It’s fun and easy and there’s an envelope stuffed with cash waiting for them at the end … what could go wrong?
Burman New play Award semi-finalist
DEVeLOPMENTAL REAding with Theater 808
Developmental reading with Ground Up Productions
Upcoming Industry reading April 24 and 25 directed by Jason Alexander
Amelia (1m, 1w - any ethincity) is a heroic Civil War tale of one woman’s search for her husband across the battlefields of America. The story culminates at the gates of the notorious Andersonville Prison Camp. In its two-hander form, Amelia celebrates the inherent theatricality of two bodies on stage creating an epic and vast world.
Published by samuel French (now concord theatricals) - Licensing: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/61982/amelia-webb
Washington Post editor’s Pick
Helen hayes recommended
Milwaukee top ten productions of the year
reviews:
"Brings a corner of the Civil War vividly to life ... rich in language, history and ideas ... tour de force. Webb's play mines an intriguing sidebar of the Civil War - several hundred women fought in the war disguised as men."
(Editor's Pick) - The Washington Post
"Amelia recreates Civil War history with uncanny accuracy and delivers a knockout story of young lovers caught up in one of history’s great wars."
- History News Network
"Alex Webb has crafted an ingenious tale...The narrative is historical, yet relevantly feminist, emotionally brutal, yet romantic, and constantly upsetting, yet amusing."
- Backstage
"After 90 minutes in a room with just two bodies on stage, you leave with a head full of vivid pictures, indelible images of woman consumed by her purpose, and a nation consuming itself."
- Washington City Paper
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The Box (2w, 2m, 2 white females, 2 white males): Ed and Bonnie are living the dream in their state-of-the-art Manhattan high-rise apartment with a stunning view of the Chrysler Building. Their building is a virtual ghost-town due to shadow investors until one day a mysterious and sexy Russian neighbor asks Ed to hold a package for her. From the moment the box is brought into their apartment nothing will ever be the same. A dark comedy about people who have everything and nothing.
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blackandblue (4m,1w, 1 black male, 1 latino male, 2 white males, 1 white female): John Maitland, a white cop nearing retirement is caught between the promise of his new partnership with Officer Brian Rivers, young, black and idealistic and his haunted past.
semi-finalist at the o’neill national playwrights conference
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Tom Tom (2m,1w, 2 white actors, 1 white actress): Matt visits Dick and Bev (his father and stepmother) for a long weekend and is quickly reminded why he hasn’t seen them in years. Trapped with them in the Montana wilderness, he is forced to take a deep look into the family history where he uncovers layers of cultural appropriation, lies and dysfunction in this serio-comic journey of discovery.
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The Break
The Break (2w,2m, any ethnicities): Sebastian and Nadia are dancers who eke out a living at The Break (a New York java joint) while pursuing their artistic dreams. They get through the day with humor, hugs and the occasional dance break. The show of their dreams, Trip the Light, is casting but can they break on through to the other side? A New York comedy about how behind every server is an artist climbing towards the sunlight. A comedy with dance and heart.
99 names
99 Names (2w,2m 1 mena male, 1 mena female, 1 white female, 1 white male): A courageous American lawyer (Anna) helps defend a North African woman who is being held in prison after being raped. Anna’s battle to save this woman leaves her with as many questions as answers.
beautiful monster
Beautiful Monster (3w,3m): A young George Bernard Shaw, brand new to London, fights and claws to make his mark as a novelist, passionately speechifying on behalf of socialism and flirting mercilessly with every married woman he encounters. An iconoclastic and humorous look at the legendary playwright on his bruising journey to literary legend. Beautiful Monster ends as GBS is on the brink of his first great success. This is the story of a struggling artist and how his climb to immortality was anything but inevitable.
developmental reading at the washington stage guild
The Maestro
The Maestro (4 m, 4w) It’s 1962, the golden age of Italian cinema, the stars exude a sex appeal that spans the globe, their passions are large and their sunglasses are even larger. The world-renown Cinema-Sogni studios is in production on genius-auteur Bruno’s next masterpiece. No one in the cast or crew has seen the script and more importantly no one has seen Bruno, they’re losing thousands of lira a day - and their minds! - as they try to save a film that does not exist. (A Farce in two acts)
HIGH ENERGY TOP HIP HOP HITS
60-min easy-to-follow high energy hip hop dances with The best music. Dances change monthly.
60-min easy-to-follow high energy hip hop dances with The best music. Dances change monthly.
BODY BARRE SIGNATURE
60-min easy-to-follow high energy hip hop dances with The best music. Dances change monthly.
JAZZ FUNK HIIT
60-min easy-to-follow high energy hip hop dances with The best music. Dances change monthly.
20 MINUTE SCULPT WORKOUT
60-min easy-to-follow high energy hip hop dances with The best music. Dances change monthly.