Theater

Produced

The Cry of Winnie Mandela

The Crusaders

A team is sent to India to finance the largest hydropower project ever. Once there, they encounter fierce opposition from a local activist who defends the rights of dalits. And then the ghosts start to appear . . . the wealthiest man who ever lived (Mansa Musa, a king from 13th century Mali), a eunuch from a King’s court in the 17th century Jaipur, and even Cecil Rhodes. The Crusaders is a wild and comedic romp into capitalism, colonialism, and the choices we all make each day.

The Cry of Winnie Mandela

The Cry of Winnie Mandela

Four women finds themselves waiting, their husbands lost to the mines, political and economic exile, or just philandering. They meet over tea and imagine the most famous woman in waiting, Winnie Mandela until one day the strength of their enquiries beckon her and she walks in. Adapted from the beloved novel by Njabulo Ndebele.
Performances 30 March – 21 April, 2024


Alex Burger - Theater - Fees Must Fall

Fees Must Fall

A play written and performed by students at Wits University chronicling the student movement of Fees Must Fall.

Alex Burger - Theater - Inkanyamba

The Inkanyamba

A children’s play performed for school groups by the students at the Market Laboratory for school children. The story of a village where the rain has stopped because they don’t believe in magic, until the day the children stumble upon an old rain brining serpent (Inkanyamba) and bring her back to life.


Alex Burger - Theater - Whose Blood

Whose Blood: A Tale of Desire and Despair Set in a 19th Century Operating Theatre

1832. A West African man falls sick in London and he and his wife seek help at a local hospital. View: Part I > | Part II > | Part III > | Part IV > | Part V >
Performances 22 February – 12 March, 2011
★★★★ “A must see”
– London Festival Fringe
★★★★ “Lasting and Memorable”
– Afridiziak

Alex Burger - 3/5ths - Theater

3/5s

A conversation between two men standing outside a gas station in Montgomery Alabama which moves from a dead body, to slave tunnels to civil rights, to their uncertain future.
3/5s Sample Page

Winner of the Harvardwood 2010 Playwriting competition


Scripts Developed

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The Magi and his Devotees

A seven year old boy witnesses the inner working of a magic troupe where the adults can’t tell the difference between reality and illusion.

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My Grandpa’s Dead Body

Three sisters return to Iowa after 30 years to bury their father and in the process unearth truths they would rather have left hidden.


Alex Burger - John Come Down - Theater

John Come Down

A sixty-year old black woman in Alabama sees visions of John the Baptist and reawakens the towns old wounds.
John Come Down Sample Page

Alex Burger - Theater - Rumble

Rumble

A play, in progress, to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle in 2014.