Alayna Jacqueline is an accomplished playwright, dramaturg, and educator based in Minneapolis, with roots tracing back to Columbus, Ohio. A dedicated advocate for new plays, Alayna actively contributes to the vibrant Twin Cities Playwright Cabal. Renowned for her inventive and avant-garde approach to playwriting, she continually explores novel ways to bend, reshape, and deconstruct narratives for the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alayna\u2019s work delves into diverse themes, including identity, mental health, women\u2019s relationships, privilege, and the complexities of power dynamics. Her impactful plays have found stages at esteemed venues such as Theater Mu (MN), Phoenix Theater (MN), Market Garden Theatre (MN), Renaissance Theaterworks (WI), Playwrights\u2019 Center (MN), MadLab Theater (OH), Lincoln Theater (OH), Pythian Theater (OH), and Haybarn Theater (VT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notable among her accomplishments, Alayna\u2019s play \u201cALL OF THE EVERYTHING\u201d was featured at the 2019 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, and she further honed her craft during a writing residency at the William Inge Center later that year. In 2020, her play with music, \u201cTHE RETELLING,\u201d captivated audiences during the Twin Cities\u2019 Horrorfest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commissioned by Lakeshore Players Theatre, Alayna crafted \u201cAN EVENING WITH ELLA AND HAROLD,\u201d a compelling production that graced the stage throughout February. Her latest commissioned work, \u201cFOSTERING RESENTMENT,\u201d received acclaim through a staged reading at Daleko Arts\u2019 inaugural Cesta Festival in New Prague, MN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alayna earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Otterbein University and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her academic journey reflects her commitment to the intersection of theater and creative writing, a fusion that enriches her distinctive voice in the realm of contemporary playwriting.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":787,"featured_media":9529,"template":"","class_list":["post-9527","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9531,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9527\/revisions\/9531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}