Alex Hare is a director/writer of theater and film, focusing in particular on original musicals.
Recent directing: Topdog/Underdog (StageCenter Louisiana), Everyday Charlie (The Tank), The Judgment of Quintus (comedic video game by Greg Edwards, due out in 2024), We Take Pictures (short film in post-production).
His microbudget movie CAPRICORN 29 premiered online in 2021 and was praised by NY Magazine, the New Yorker, and more. Co-written with Julia Izumi, it featured original songs by Laura Galindo, Daniel & Patrick Lazour, Stompcat, and Storm Thomas.
Alex is currently developing the new musical A Burning Church with collaborators Zhailon Levingston and Nehemiah Luckett. The trio have worked on the show through New Ohio/IRT’s Archive Residency, Musical Theatre Factory’s MAKERS cohort, Goodspeed’s JMF Writers Grove, and fellowship with A Blade of Grass.
In 2020, Alex received the SDC Foundation’s Charles Abbott Fellowship for young musical theatre directors. Assistant credits include School of Rock and Side Show (Broadway).
For four years, Alex was the associate artistic director of Corkscrew Theater Festival, an NYC-based festival of new plays. He has frequently assisted director Bill Condon on film and stage projects. Columbia University alum.
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He’s motivated (ok, I’m motivated, no one else is behind this Squarespace page…) to create networks of artists mutually supporting each other in order to build a future that isn’t dictated by concentrated power held by the few. So, don’t hesitate to reach out!
RECENT projects:
We Take Pictures
a short film currently in post-production. DP Kevin Chiu, music by Daniel Lazour. Featuring Raquel Chavez, Zachary Desmond, and Brady Dalton Richards.
Topdog/Underdog
StageCenter LA, starring Zhailon Levingston and Mikah Thomas (January 2024). Set Design by Seth Taylor, lighting by Sam Copeland, costumes by Courtnei Gabriel. Photography by Terri Ostermeyer.
EVERYDAY CHARLIE
The Tank (November 2023). Music by Michael Alan Johnson, Summer Dregs & Paul Smallman. Book by Julie Drexler Johnson & Haley Tomsheck.
Choreography by Catrina Contini, music direction by Julie Johnson, lighting by Kristen Paige.
featuring Yasmin Ranz-Lind, Johnny Rabe, Michael Alan Johnson, Ella Baumann, Hannah Carter, Catrina Contini, Sydney Kenton, Leah Reineck, Jack Roden, and Miciah Wallace
Videography by Chris Warner, editing by Alex Hare
MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM (PODCAST)
Alex appeared on the podcast Movies vs. Capitalism to offer an anti-capitalist analysis of Little Shop of Horrors (plus trivia, gossip, personal anecdotes, and more).