Alex Lyras is a multi-talented artist, boasting a diverse range of accomplishments as a playwright, screenwriter, actor, producer, and director. His extensive repertoire includes the critically acclaimed productions "Plasticity", "Heterosexuals", "Californication", "Tut", and "The Common Air".
As a producer and actor, Lyras collaborated on the film "Heterosexuals", which starred the talented Natasha Lyonne. Furthermore, he has successfully sold TV pilots to renowned networks such as FOX and Warner Brothers, developed an action comedy for the esteemed producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and a drama for the acclaimed producer Joel Silver. His screenplay, "Edison Illuminated", was granted the prestigious TriBeCa Film Institute Sloan Foundation award and optioned by Castle Rock.
Lyras' roots in the New York theater scene are profound, having written and produced several Off-Broadway plays. Notable among these are "Plasticity", which earned the Ovation Award and was hailed as one of the Best Plays by Huff Post, as well as its successful opening at the Greenwich Street Theater. "The Common Air" also received the Ovation Award and premiered at the Bleecker Street Theater. Additionally, "Unequalibrium" was recognized as one of the Best Plays and Best Men's Monologues for the Twenty-First Century. Most recently, "Aristotle/Alexander" was produced at the Getty Villa, with Lyras serving as the director. Smith & Kraus has published a "Trilogy" of his work, and he is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, West.
