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“I love plays that allow characters to confront the systems that shape them. Watching a character lean into tension between their own hopes and dreams and the world they find themselves in is electric for the audience.
Artistically, my work exists at the intersection of classical and contemporary storytelling. I’ve had the privilege of staging classic and new works alike, and I always begin by really getting familiar with the script’s central question for the audience. What does this show hope that we ask ourselves? From here I can get to playing- knowing who has traditionally occupied the center of this play- who gets to see themselves there now? How can we make this story undeniable? What conversations will this spark?
The joy of theatrical storytelling (for me) lies in bringing audiences together. To really recognize themselves, and one another, within the world on stage. That connection emerges most deeply if my storytelling is rooted in honesty and urgency.
I strive to build rehearsal rooms where artists feel empowered to take risks, challenge assumptions, and build the world of the play together through true collaboration.
I am committed to building theatre that asks not only who holds power, but who has been denied the opportunity to imagine themselves at its center. When the curtain falls, I hope audiences leave not with answers, but with a renewed curiosity for one another, and for the stories we inherit, challenge, and carry forward.
PRESS
“Hedda cheats, lies, seduces and steals. She doesn’t care if people like her. Watt and Alexander don’t care if the audience likes her, either. This mindset is an exciting inversion of an entire history of society plays. The team…respects the delicate structure of Ibsen’s household drama without shying away from making individual moments their own. ”
Houston Chronicle, HEDDA GABLER
“The stellar musical talents of the cast — including Camron Alexander, Dylan Paul, Heidi Hinkel, Mike Lee, Abraham Ntonya and Patrick Poole — is a recipe for success.The majority of the evening’s best moments involved a song, the audience breaking into well-deserved applause”
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream like you’ve never seen before- Camron Alexander reimagines the tired Shakespeare classic as a part of the Rec Room’s six-week residency festival.”
“Camron Alexander’s Allen anchors the play with a quiet, watchful grief that echoes the great realists of the British stage.”
“Camron Ross Alexander plays Scrub, a servant, turning a throwaway role into a richly comic character”