I am a playwright interested in the relationship between the mental/meme space of humans and how that space can be personified, expanded, and shaped by culture, progress, chaos and the ideological structures of our ancestors. My goal is to reflect to the audience the universal inside joke that is human experience.

Downloads of most of my scripts can be found on the New Play Exchange : https://newplayexchange.org/users/11285/alex-fortune

Or just shoot me an email about what script you’re interested in, and I’ll send it to you! (alexpalmerfortune@gmail.com)

For my Production History, check out my resume in the “ About” tab

PLAYS + SUMMARIES

Forsythian Dweller’s Club (70-80 mins) cast: 5

A Forsythian Dweller's Club Magazine Staff meeting accelerates into an uncontrollable extrapolated future with the introduction of a mysterious brand consultant.

-If this play were a ride: That bus from the movie Speed that can’t slow down.

Cycles of Radical Centrism (or, That Freedom-Spaghetti!) (70-90 mins) cast: 4

a Poli-sci-fi play, taking place in a society which decides public policy by averages of polls. Through the action of a Poll-taker, an Analyst, a Citizen, and a Theorist, we follow the destruction of a political order through data outliers.

-If this play were a ride: A helicopter where everyone votes on what the pilot does.

The Turnip (80-100 mins) cast: 8

In an isolated forest, a mysterious green man is discovered growing in the ground. Political and cultural forces from every side are eager to point to him as a symbol. But is the green man here to save us, destroy us, or become us?

-If this play were a ride: A muddy log flume during a thunderstorm.

Desert, Island, Library (55-65 mins) cast: 6-8

Stuart attempts to r-e-create a map that his grandfather created, in turn creating new worlds that have a life of their own. Desert, Island, Library is a surreal play that examines questions of legacy, permanence, and human expansion.

-If this play were a ride: You are inside the game Rollercoaster Tycoon on a roller coaster being built while the ride is running, and you can’t get off, but also the game keeps getting paused.

Ossuary (75-85 mins) cast: 7

An eccentric start-up tries to build a computer god, and a techno-ossuary, but higher consciousnesses emerge from the realm of thought to stake their claim to existence.

-If this play were a ride: A fully enclosed Water-slide with the animatronic Chuck-E-Cheese band sitting next to you, and they begin to short-circuit. And you begin to short-circuit.

Beautiful Day (30-40 minutes) cast: 4

A beautiful day in the park, in which everyone supposedly knows exactly how much longer they have left to live.

-If this play were a ride: One of those circular-track train rides for children, but you are adults riding it ironically, and you want to make sure the kids on the ride know that you’re riding it ironically, but that they should still enjoy themselves.

Narrative Machine Broke (10 mins) cast: 2

Two busy and intense people get derailed, losing and finding their internal narratives.

-If this play were a ride: A trolley jerking around so much you forget who you are.

Certainty is Becoming a Queen (10 mins) cast: 2

One Queen prepares her successor in an intimate meeting the night before coronation

-If this play were a ride: rolling an office chair around an industrial refrigerator, whilst playing with kitchen knives.

We Know Nothing, Maybe (10-15 minutes) cast: 3

Philosopher and high priest Pyrrho teaches a student in a modern apartment. They are interrupted by a television messenger who bombards them with continuous updates of alarming news. Pyrrho continues the lesson, and student struggles between who to listen to.

-If this play were a ride: Watching the news.

The Hat-Walk (5 minutes) cast: 3

Mostly people walking in and out of hats

-If this play were a ride: The Hedonic Treadmill.

Beckless (5 minutes) cast: 2

A hasty rehashed Beckett satire

-If this play were a ride: The teacups, but it never starts.

Free Speech (10 mins) cast: 2

Nobody really knows what free speech means, right?

-If this play were a ride: The Tower of Terror, and the guy strapped in next to you is very vocal about men’s rights.