About the Playwright

Originally from the rural Oregon coast, Alexis Roblan was raised on dense forests, cold beaches, and X-Files internet fan culture, all of which bred in her a dark sense of humor and an acute sense of existential anxiety. She earned her MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California, and has written plays about theoretical physics, alien abductions, childhood monsters, centaur fetishes, Russo-American politics, and the shifting nature of reality. 

Those plays include RED EMMA & THE MAD MONK (The Tank; New York Times Critic’s Pick; 6 New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations), DAUGHTERS OF LOT (Edinburgh Fringe; 4-star review, The Scotsman), YOU FEEL SO FAR AWAY RIGHT NOW (Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference), THE ANDREW PLAY (Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award), AND IT SPINS TWICE (FringeNYC; Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference), OURS (Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference), LILIYA (Exquisite Corpse Company), JAVELINA (Winner: Echo Theater Company New Play Competition), and SAMUEL (The Tank; Grant recipient, NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre; Finalist, Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission; “superb” – Helen Shaw, for Vulture). Alexis has been supported and produced by theatre companies including Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Ars Nova, The Bushwick Starr, The Tank, Exquisite Corpse Company, Roundabout Theatre Company, New Perspectives Theatre Company, The Dennis & Victoria Ross Foundation, Project Y, The Blank Theatre (Los Angeles), Theatre 503 (London), and more. Credits for the screen include the half-hour teen drama “Guidance” (2017); 11-minute anthology series “Love Daily” (2018 WGA Award nominee for Short Form New Media – Original); and feature horror film “Pasture” (2021). Alexis is a member of the 2023-2024 Writers’ Room at The Geffen Playhouse.

 

Photo by Nick Grant.