Alexa Elmy in "Alexa, Play" At The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
‘Fun sorority president energy frequently crossing into expressions of aggression and rage.’ Rachel Goldman, w42st.nyc
Logline: Real-life human, Alexa Elmy is fed up with Amazon’s bastardization of her name, thus she creates a support group, “Alexa’s Anonymous”, to seek healing over the robot that has stolen their identity, as she takes on yet another mega conglomerate hell-bent on turning women into objects.
Title: Alexa, Play
Dates: August 12-17
Showtime: 14:55
Where: Venue 29: Paradise in the Vault - The Annexe, 11 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD
EdFringe Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alexa-play
This August, actor/writer Alexa Elmy’s one-woman comedy Alexa, Play is appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 12-17 at Paradise in the Vault with a 14:55 daily showtime.
Alexa, Play is a high energy response to the global abuse of the name ‘Alexa’. Our real live human being Alexa is fed up with Amazon’s bastardization of her name. She creates a support group, “Alexa’s Anonymous”, to seek healing over the robot that has stolen their identity, and to ultimately take on yet another mega conglomerate hell-bent on turning women into objects. The show positions the audience as members of the group, fellow Alexas, there to work through the damage that’s been done.
“The show was inspired by my own experiences of introducing myself to people and immediately having to suffer through an ‘Alexa joke.’ I often felt embarrassed in those moments, and I think the show was partially inspired by my desire to confront that,” says Alexa Elmy. “As a woman named Alexa, I have endured these jokes about the Amazon ‘Alexa’ since it came into the tech market.”
Naming products after women is a common practice tied to the capitalist patriarchy with deeply negative social impacts; a glaring and less discussed form of objectification, changing the perception of literal objects as female. This play finds itself at the intersection of feminism, comedy, and pain. The character oscillates between sane and erratic as she tries to help others while seeking peace for herself.
As stated by the director, Emma Shafer, in a w42ndst.nyc feature, “It’s about a strong, opinionated, messy, vulnerable woman trying to get what she wants and for me that just felt really empowering and exciting.”
Playwright and performer Alexa Elmy is a NYC based Actor, VO Artist, Audiobook Narrator, and Writer. She debuted the show Off-Broadway in NYC at Theatre Row as part of the United Solo Festival. The script was a Semifinalist in Screencraft's 2023 Stage Play Competition, and had its first public reading at the Chain Theater in 2022. Bringing a sharply defined solo show with roots in feminist comedy to Edinburgh Fringe has been a longtime goal that she is thrilled to achieve this year.
Listings Information
Venue: Paradise in The Vault - The Annexe (Venue 29)
Tickets: £12.00
Dates: 12-17 Aug 2024
Time: 14:55 (65 min)
Box Office: 0131 510 0022
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