Biography

Alexis Clements is a writer currently based in New York City. One of the 06/07 fellows of the Dramatists Guild of America, recipient of a Puffin Foundation Artists Grant and a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant, she writes plays, short stories, articles and is the founder of New Acquisition. Her work has been produced and published in both the US and the UK. Recent theatrical productions include: Your Own Personal Apocalypse (New York, NY); Conversation (New York, NY); The Interview (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, UK); Causality (Wheeling, WV); Three Choices (Chesterfield, UK); Pieces (Washington, DC, & Iowa City, IA); Class and The Great American Novel (Washington, DC); Finding Words and Unfettered (Kansas City, MO). Her play, Pieces, was also recently published by KNOCK Magazine. Her short stories have appeared a handful of literary magazines and collections, including two different anthologies published by Route (UK), Bonne Route and Ideas Above Our Station, and also on the Guardian's website, after winning a competition they co-sponsored with SciTalk. Her articles and reviews have appeared in magazines and newspapers such as The Brooklyn Rail, Nature, Aesthetica, The L Magazine, and Travel New England. In fall of 2007 she joined the America-in-Play workshop, where she is eager to reconnect with her Yankee roots. She has a M.Sc. in Philosophy & History of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Emerson College. She also works part-time as a web manager and analyst.

You can download a resume by clicking here and a play & publication list.