Alexis Scheer

Alexis Scheer
Born
South Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • Screenwriter
Education
Period2018-present

Alexis Scheer is an American playwright.

Early life and education

Scheer was born in South Miami, Florida, where she grew up in a middle-class household. Her mother emigrated to the U.S. from Medellín, Colombia. Her father is of Eastern European Jewish descent. She became interested in acting, music, and playwriting at a young age.[1] She graduated from New World School of the Arts in Miami in 2010, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater from the Boston Conservatory and a Master of Fine Arts in playwriting from Boston University.[2]

Career

Her play Our Dear Dead Drug Lord was first produced in Boston by Scheer's own Off the Grid Theatre Company in 2018, for which she was named The Improper Bostonian's Rising Theatre Star of 2018.[3] The show then played off-Broadway in 2019,[4] produced by the WP Theater and Second Stage Theater.[5][6]

For her thesis at Boston University, she wrote Laughs in Spanish, which premiered in 2019 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre,[7] next playing in 2022 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and was performed at GableStage in 2024 in Coral Gables, Florida.[8][9]

She made her Broadway debut in 2023, working on revisions to the book of Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of Cinderella], previously in the West End, which was retitled Bad Cinderella.[10] Her play Breaking the Story premiered off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater in June 2024.[11][12][13]

Scheer was a writer on the first season of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.[2]

Works

  • Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (2018)[2][4]
  • Laughs in Spanish (2019)[8][9]
  • Breaking the Story (2024)[11][13]

References

  1. ^ Brown, Joel (2019-02-21). "Two Wildly Different Miami Plays from One Rising BU Playwright". Boston University. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord". WP Theater. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  6. ^ Merrill, Mia J. (2019-12-27). "Meet the Jewish Colombian Playwright Giving Teenage Girls the Spotlight". Hey Alma. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  7. ^ Byrne, Terry (22 February 2019). "In 'Birdy,' the scars of war, the bonds of friendship". Boston Globe. ProQuest 2184343134.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b Aucoin, Don (September 19, 2024). "Laughs in Spanish, at SpeakEasy Stage, offers more than just laughs". The Boston Globe. p. B6 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Alexis Scheer". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Hall, Margaret (2024-05-31). "Photos: Get a 1st Look at Alexis Scheer's Breaking the Story Off-Broadway". Playbill.
  13. ^ 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.
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