I act and make theatre.
BRANDI ALEXANDER
The year is 1987 and Brandi's back from a long hiatus, eager to greet her fans and dish out the secret to her success: she got raped! Finally!
Practically speaking, Brandi Alexander is part spoken word, part stand-up gone radically wrong. Brandi Alexander is an assault on rape and a cry for righteous anger as it demands to have the word rape horrify once again, instead of lull us back to the everyday. It allows space for a woman's rage, instead of asking her to forgive. It demonstrates what it might mean to have a woman playing a man's game. And it explores how so much anger might be necessary to get to the laughter, or vice versa.
Available for touring. Show kit here
Production & Development History
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Gilded Balloon), Edinburgh UK, August 2019
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The Juilliard School, New York NY, April 2019
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Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis MN, Winter 2019
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Louisville Fringe Festival, Louisville KY July 2018
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Love City Love, Seattle WA, May 2018
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Recipient of 2017 Artist Trust GAP Award, Seattle WA
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EL DIABLO
El Diablo is a solo show for a woman on the run, for a woman who has killed her husband when she was just trying to change her silly little self. It's a prayer from someone who has given up on God and is looking for a last resort. It's an open call for a bad southern accent, a great vintage dress and an opportunity to use whiskey as holy water.
Development History
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Velocity Sh*t Gold Deep End, Seattle WA 2016
BUTTERCREAM & SCOTCH
A two-person comedy about women, food, breakups and booze.
Written & Performed by Paige Collette and Tatiana Pavela
People's Center Theater, Minneapolis MN, July 2011
Dixon Place, New York NY, November 2009
Development excerpts performed at:
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Jimmy's No. 43, NYC, June 2011
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Four Humors' First Thursday, Minneapolis, June 2011
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Tarnish & Gold, Minneapolis, April 2011
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Brooklyn Review release party, Jimmy's No. 43, NYC, June 2009
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Hearth Gods at Jimmy's No. 43, NYC, March 2009
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CATCH Series at Starr Space, Brooklyn, December 2008
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Dixon Place, A Little Taste of Paradise, NYC, September 2008
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Excerpt published by "The Brooklyn Review", June 2009
Buttercream & Scotch was also produced by Rogue Productions. Director, Jordyn Coleman, Tallahassee, FL 2016.
Twin Cities Daily Planet Article