Alexis Scheer
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| Born | South Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Period | 2018-present |
Alexis Scheer is an American playwright.
Early life and education
[edit]Scheer was born in South Miami, where she grew up in a middle-class neighborhood. Her mother emigrated to the U.S. from Medellin, Colombia, in 1978. Her father is Jewish. She became interested in acting, music, and playwriting from a young age.[1] She graduated from New World of the Arts High School in 2010, and holds a bachelor's degree in musical theater from the Boston Conservatory and a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Boston University.[2]
Career
[edit]While at Boston University, she premiered Our Dear Dead Drug Lord in 2018, for which she was named The Improper Bostonian's Rising Theatre Star of 2018.[3] She also had an apprenticeship at the Huntington Theatre Company.[1] For her thesis, she wrote Laughs in Spanish, which was first produced in 2019 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre,[4] premiering in 2022 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and was performed at GableStage in 2024 in Coral Gables, FL.[5] Our Dear Dead Drug Lord was produced Off-Broadway in 2019,[6] produced by the WP Theater and Second Stage Theater.[7][8]
Scheer was a writer on the first season of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.[2] She made her Broadway debut in 2023, working on the book adaptation of Bad Cinderella, previously on The West End.[9] Her play Breaking the Story had its world premiere off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater in June 2024.[10][11][12]
Scheer has been announced to write the book of the new musical Mrs. Santa Claus, based on the movie of the same name, at Goodspeed Musicals, which will premiere in November 2025.[13] She has also done voice acting.[1]
Works
[edit]- Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (2018)[2][6]
- Laughs in Spanish (2019)[5][14]
- Breaking the Story (2024)[10][12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Brown, Joel (2019-02-21). "Two Wildly Different Miami Plays from One Rising BU Playwright". Boston University. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ a b c Dolen, Christine (May 15, 2022). "Coming Home: Zoetic Stage presents Miami native, New World School of the Arts high school grad and award-winning playwright Alexis Scheer's 'Our Dear Drug Lord'". The Miami Herald. p. D3 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Brown, Joel (2 January 2023). "How Playwright Alexis Scheer's Laughs in Spanish Helped Land Her a Turn on Broadway". Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Byrne, Terry (22 February 2019). "In 'Birdy,' the scars of war, the bonds of friendship". Boston Globe. ProQuest 2184343134.
- ^ a b Sirgado, Miguel (May 23, 2024). "'Miami language' | Playwright Alexis Scheer celebrates the Spanglish side of Miami with this play at GableStage". The Miami Herald. pp. C1, C5 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Riley, Jenelle (2023-09-01). "Alexis Scheer Talks Mixing Magic and Politics in 'Our Dear Dead Drug Lord' Play: 'If People Are Offended, That's Fine'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord". WP Theater. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ Merrill, Mia J. (2019-12-27). "Meet the Jewish Colombian Playwright Giving Teenage Girls the Spotlight". Hey Alma. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ "Alexis Scheer". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ a b Gordon, David (2024-06-05). "Review: Alexis Scheer's Breaking the Story, an Ode to Journalism With a Nod to Ambrose Bierce". Theater Mania. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ Hall, Margaret (2024-05-31). "Photos: Get a 1st Look at Alexis Scheer's Breaking the Story Off-Broadway". Playbill.
- ^ a b Green, Jesse (2024-06-05). "Review: In 'Breaking the Story,' All's Unfair in Love and War". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan. "World Premiere Stage Version of Jerry Herman's Mrs. Santa Claus, More in Goodspeed's 2025 Season". Playbill. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Aucoin, Don (September 19, 2024). "'Laughs in Spanish', at SpeakEasy Stage, offers more than just laughs". The Boston Globe. p. B6 – via newspapers.com.
- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women writers
- American people of Colombian descent
- American voice actresses
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- Jewish American dramatists and playwrights
- Jews from Florida
- Jewish women writers
- Boston Conservatory at Berklee alumni
- Boston University alumni
- People from South Miami, Florida
- Writers from Florida