Playwright

Alexis
Roblan

(she/her)

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 M.F.A. 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 (New York Times Critic's Pick; 6 New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations), Daughters Of Lot (Edinburgh Fringe), You Feel So Far Away Right Now (Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference), The Andrew Play (Thomas Barbour Playwrights Award), and Samuel (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, and more. Credits for the screen include the series Guidance (2017) and Love Daily (2018 WGA Award nominee for Short Form New Media – Original); and feature horror film Pasture (2021).