Alexis Scheer
Alexis Scheer
Alexis Scheer’s breakout play was the off-Broadway hit Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theater/Second Stage: NYT Critics Pick, John Gassner Award; LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work; Kilroy’s List), and she recently made her Broadway debut adapting the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella. Her other plays include Laughs in Spanish (Kennedy Center’s Harold & Mimi Steinberg Award) and Christina (Roe Green Award; O’Neill Finalist). Her work has been developed at the Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and more. Alexis is currently under commission by Second Stage, MTC, Miami New Drama and Seaview. Television: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (HBO Max), and projects developed for HBO Max and Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa.
Alexis was born and raised in Miami, Florida in a Jewish-Colombian household. She is a proud alum of New World School of the Arts and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. She also has an extensive acting background. Alexis is repped by Di Glazer and Ross Weiner at CAA. She resides in Boston with her music conductor husband and mini-Aussie Sagan.
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Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
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Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 1m, 1girl(s)
A thriller about four high school girls whose seemingly harmless fun turns into something threatening when the limits of imagination are tested.
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Breaking the Story
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Breaking the Story
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 2m
In Alexis Scheer’s bracing drama, a war correspondent returns from a particularly bloody conflict and attempts to take control of her life by addressing the grip that war has held on her.
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Laughs in Spanish
Alexis Scheer
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Laughs in Spanish
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 1m
This fast-paced, cafecíto-induced comedy – set at Art Basel, the annual high-stakes art fair in Miami – is a hilarious look at art and success... and mothers and daughters.
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Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Alexis Scheer
Full-Length Play, DramaOur Dear Dead Drug Lord
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 1m, 1girl(s)
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Laughs in Spanish
Alexis Scheer
Full-Length Play, ComedyLaughs in Spanish
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 1m