Alexander's shows different events in history happen through the use of written monologues, it all revolves around a bar called alexanders which is the starting point where things start to transition into the monologues. The performance's purpose is to educate people on history, For example in the second half of the play, everything is about revolutions, riots, and protests.
this monologue is about a 16 year old girl in the french revolution, the monologue conveys the personality of the girl by showing anger, and fear, because at that time people were mad at the french republic, but it was also a very violent time so fear was also there, especially for a 16 year old girl. it's relevant to revisit this event now because of the riots in Hong Kong and the riots in Paris against the government.

It’s 1792 and riots and protests have gotten more and more intense. It’s getting dangerous outside. My dad wants me to stay inside so I don’t get hurt. 3 months ago people lead by the extremist Jacobins went to storm Versailles, They arrested the king and Marie Antoinette, the queen who was not even from France. And now rumors are going around that Marie said “let them eat cake” while the country was suffering due to widespread bread shortages. Louie he 16th left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. He spent so much money helping the Americans in their revolution. Because of that France is now in a revolution. Now when I go outside I see violence, I wonder if this will ever be over.

The play is a collection of characters who deliver monologues throughout the course of the show. The purpose of the show is to show how different events in history reflect the present day. These monologues represent powerful events in human history. 

My monologue is about a survivor of the battle of the Alamo. I show how an experience like that changes your perspective of the world. It also shows that when living in hard circumstances, you adapt and find a different way to feel like you are at home.

 I'm John. I survived the siege on the Alamo, in 1836. I'm a Texan, born and bred. When you have a childhood like mine, you learn to love your country. Because that's all you have. I was born at the US-Mexico border, at the turn of the century. My mother died a few months after I was born. Cholera got to her before my father could. Him? He died of hanging when I was 14. I don’t feel too bad, seeing as he was a bad father and an even worse thief. Anyways, when I was 14, I went and started to work on a ranch. Bought me a cabin, got a horse, and some decent food by 23. Then it started. In 1824, Texas was combined with Coahuila, and we formed a province. Some of us Texans were not too thrilled about that, and by 1834 we were getting excited. The USA had just offered to buy texas, and we saw a new future for ourselves. The truth got out. The offer was declined, by the president. Suddenly, President Santa Anna tried to take our home and our freedom. We fought back. I decided to join up with Mr. William Travis, and we marched on the alamo. We thought it would be an easy takeover, and it was. Then, Santa Anna decided to send 4000 soldiers against our 200. They conducted a siege, and only a few dozen survived, including me. We just had to run for our lives and hope we didn’t get spotted. Now, today, 7 years after the siege, I remain alone, telling my story to any who will listen.

“Alexander’s”: An original play that illustrates the differences and similarities between rebellions and riots throughout history. This play is a great example of how events, that are seemingly different, can easily be linked together by one central theme. Every event revolves around the bar the play takes place in. 

After receiving an alarming text about a school shorting nearby, Sara Davis, a patron of the bar, recalls the time she too was a victim of a school shooting. In her monologue, she is in the midst of a school shooting and doesn’t know if she will make it out alive. This monologue is heavily based on the infamous shooting and bomb threats at Columbine High school in Columbine, Colorado in 1999. On April 20, 1999, high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and 1 teacher in this horrifying event. Throughout the entirety of the monologue, there is a sense of panic, fear, and hopelessness. Sara is unsure whether or not she will make it out alive. She doesn’t know if that day will be her last and she doesn’t know if she’ll ever see the people she loves again. Although this monologue is based on the Columbine shootings, it can easily be tied to the major school shootings that have come after. School shootings are sadly still very prevalent and have greatly affected society. This monologue sheds light on the issue by not harboring on facts alone, but by really focusing on the emotion behind it all.

Alexanders is a play that views moments in history that resemble current events in 2019. In the play, there is a bar where different people come in and out and tell their stories.  There is a group of people that are somehow related to the event and they all share their stories at the bar.

This monologue is about Harriet Tuban freeing slaves through the underground railroad, written from her brother Ben Ross Jr. 's perspective. The scene captures Ben Ross Jr. describing the process of escaping from slavery.

I was sitting on my bed getting ready to go to sleep when my sister touched me and my brother and said we're going to go today. Next thing I remember was going out the door of the house and sprinting towards the tree line, in the distance I heard dogs barking and someone yelling the slaves are running so we quickly got to the river where we jumped in so we could lose the scent and the dogs wouldn't be able to chase us we swim through the water and got out I was not sure how far we went but it felt like years that we were walking and running but soon right next to the river we got to a house it was almost morning. My sister ran up to the door and knocked, on the other side someone said whos there and my sister replied “a friend with friends” the door opened and we entered.

We went down into the basement there had been prepared place for us to sleep and food to eat. Soon later the next night our sister ran off again she said I will be back and seem like days and days she had not come back but very soon she appeared again she came back with more people, we were amazed then she got even more people and kept going back and forth until there were multiple houses with freed slaves I remember feeling fear of the police coming or slave owners coming and finding us in the basement I always thought of myself as brave man, but in this moment I felt the most fear I have ever felt the fear of being killed in the fear that if we run we may never find another place to stay. Soon later sister took us again and this time she brought the others with us currently we were  in Pennsylvania but we went to British North America where there was little to no slavery we got there and we found freedom, home and jobs.

My name is Ben Ross.jr Harriet Tubman's brother.

I am. Free African American man.

Alexander's is a performance which aims to bring to light the similarities and differences of important events that went on in the past, focusing on character's emotions and bringing those characters into the modern day.

My monologue is based on an adolescent girl named Elaine, who is contemplating whether or not to join the riots outside of the Stonewall Inn. The character's personality and her time period is conveyed through the way that the monologue is performed, and the emotional words and thoughts in the writing itself. It's fairly relevant to revisit modern issues through the perspective of this character, because it is still hard to come out of the closet, even now, and LGBTQ+ people are still discriminated against in our society.

Alexanders is a play that illustrates how the various riots, rebellions, and revolutions through history are connected, and how history keeps repeating itself. Each of these events are brought up in one place which is a bar where stories can intermix.

In my monologue, we meet a character named Katya she is a grandma who has lived through all of the shit that has happened in Russia. In the monologue, she tells the story of Bloody Sunday, which started the Russian revolution of 1917. In this monologue, we see the progression of her loving and trusting the Tsar, to realizing that he is cruel and wanting him dead. I think that it is very important to talk about such moments in history to make sure that they never happen ever again.

When I look back on my life I remember only horror. Whether it be the multiple revolutions, the hunger during WW2, or Stalin’s oppressive rule. I can’t remember a single moment without fear or anger or despair, but I do remember when it all started.

By the time I was 15 years old, I understood that the new reforms that the Tsar was trying to enforce were not only wrong but also inhumane. Like any patriotic citizen, I decided to march on the Winter Palace. We thought that if we marched, the Tsar would finally hear us, and decide to change his mind. Sadly, we didn’t know what would later that day. When we got to the palace the security told us to leave immediately or else they would shoot. No one believed this because the Tsar is a kind and fair man, after all. Right? Then the massacre began. None of us were expecting it, so none of us knew what to do. After a few moments of shock and fear so strong that we all froze in place, we all started running. Running away, running to safety,  running anywhere that wasn’t here. The next part was a blur, all I can remember are people, bullets, and bodies hitting the ground with no warning. Honestly, I don’t even know how I got out alive. All I know is that when I got out, my clothes were torn from almost being trampled to death in the frantic mob. My mind was hardened from seeing so many people dead, and my heart shattered from witnessing all of the cruelty that the Tsar could unleash. There was no longer the young girl who believed and respected the Tsar. Now there was only the grown woman who wanted him gone, who wanted him dead. He was no longer our kind and benevolent leader. In reality, he was a cruel ruler who didn’t care about his subjects.

The intention of our play is to tell stories about remarkable events in history, both famous and less-known, from a unique or specific perspective. Our goal for the performances is to tell these stories in a clever, humorous, and powerful way. Our production accomplishes this by having relatively lighthearted and simple dialogue broken up with powerful monologues. This takes the audience on an intentional emotional roller coaster. 

My monologue is based on the events experienced by Cpl Kyle Carpenter in Afghanistan when he jumped on a grenade to save the life of a fellow marine. I write from the perspective of the person that has to call Cpl Carpenter’s parents telling them that he’s injured. In it, I tried to use shorter sentences to make it seem like the character is nervous and has a high heart rate. I also included some longer sentences that had words that no human would ever actually say without reading them to show that he is reading from a piece of paper in front of him. At the end of the call the mood changes when the character begins the call to Cpl Carpenter’s parents. 

The intention of the play is to show that history repeats itself. The performance is trying to portray history from different points of view. The play accomplished showing what it takes to put on a play and the struggles of writing a story.

The monologue is based off the midnight ride of paul revere and how samuel and william were forgotten. My character is based off paul revere when he is about to go warn the town the redcoats are coming. It helps convey that they were scared to go warn the town and that they were aware of the danger. It is relevant because the other people were as brave as Paul but they aren't as remembered

My project was creating multi purpose cubes for the set of the play.
Before settling on making them out of plywood I explored a design with a cardboard lattice structure.
This would give them the stability needed with a lower weight and material cost, however this design proved too susceptible to wear.
Even in the plywood design the cubes are light enough to be quickly moved around the stage during transitions, one of the vital design constraints.
This is also aided by the handles on the sides of the cubes.

I also ran the lighting for the show.
This involved controlling different lights to highlight a particular person or mood.