In a small town library in the Deep South, two librarians share an unlikely close friendship, despite being on opposite sides of the culture war. But when a young runaway, global events, and the Sweep of Human History come crashing through their front door, what will it take for that friendship to survive?
Alexandria is a play about relationships that cross deep divides of belief and conviction: what those relationships are worth, and what they cost.
Cast:
BRENDA, 50-something white woman. Head librarian and a local, born and bred. Brenda has a jagged, unavoidable scar on her face. She flows like a wide river, calm, steady, and always forward.
RAY, white man anywhere in his 30s – 40s. Looks like a bespectacled hipster, or as close to a hipster as you can get in these parts. Smart, funny, warm, and hyper-verbal. Works at the library. His people go way back.
OL’ MO, African-American, no one knows how old exactly, but old. The library equivalent of a barfly, he’s always around, always carrying a violin case. An antisocial loner, he’s full of opinions he keeps to himself.
PAM, woman in her mid-40s to 50s, any ethnicity. From Chicago, and you can tell it from the sound of her. Loud, and with a low tolerance for bullshit.
MONTÉ, teen boy, African-American. Uninterested in and incapable of gender-conforming, he has pink nails, a regal demeanor, and the cuts, bruises, and scars that come with both. Determined, smart, and intuitive, he holds onto his self-worth like a treasure and a weapon. He’s from a place even smaller than here.
