Alexa

> This is my chance to take it to the field.
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"Ticket to Nowhere"

"What Money Can't Buy"

"Ticket To Somewhere New"

"A Home You Love"

## Musical

### Act One

> Originally from Prairieville, **Alexa** faced harsh criticism there and was refused to opportunity to play on the baseball team on account of their slow pitching speed. Not willing to give up, Alexa traveled to Mountport with little more than a ball cap on their head and a bindle over their shoulder in order to participate in the town's big tryouts. Unfamiliar with the local customs and referring to the town as "Mount-Town", she is quickly heckled by locals. Undeterred, she resolves to commit to training and improving even more in order to show the town what she is made of ("This Is My Chance").
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> On the way to the tryouts, Alexa runs into the Newsie while he distributes the midday news. Learning that the town lost both the star pitcher and batter, she asks the Newsie for advice. As the Newsie quickly lays out the local customs, Alexa follows along- picking things up quickly but still struggling with the details. While she is warned away from it as a final piece of advice, Alexa is captivated by the big 'ol tree nearby and the story of the evil woman who inhabits it ("How to Succeed in Mountport").
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> After making the team, Alexa travels on the train as it proceeds to Palm Springs for Mountport's Spring Training. Finding most of the seats completely full, Alexa proceeds deeper into the train where she finds a car empty except for Tina Johnson and her vast amounts of luggage. Despite trying to move on, Tina begins to ask her questions. Revealing that her favorite sport is baseball, that she's made the team, and that darkness is her one weakness in baseball, Alexa unknowingly confirms to Tina that she is the girl from The Prophecy. Tina in turn reveals that her goal is to ruin Alexa's baseball ambitions, but rather than be deterred Alexa feels a sense of destiny. Sensing a connection between Tina and the big 'ol tree, Alexa declares her intentions to persevere and put a stop to Tina's plans ("Ticket to Nowhere").
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### Act Two

> Following a week of spring training, Alexa has continued to adapt to Mountport's customs and is even recognized as a local by the train's Conductor. She also engages with the community, listening to Busker 1 sing about his dreams of business school- which she finds very compelling ("Business School").
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> Having had the time to give it some thought, Alexa realizes that due to the rapid construction of Tina's Tower, there is no way it had been built up to code. Considering this, she expresses to the Newsie that Mountport's citizens would be able to dismantle the tower if they banded together. When this is confirmed by the Newsie, Alexa convinces him to spread the word and rally the community to make a stand against Tina. Though initially skeptical, community members soon realize that the task is much easier than expected and get to work bringing the tower down ("What Money Can't Buy").
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> As the tide turns against Tina, Alexa leads several of Mountport's citizens to confront her. With their help, she successfully convinces Tina to accept their offer of a second chance as a member of the town in exchange for stopping her evil plans. Soon after, Alexa is reminded by the Newsie that the big baseball game is about to begin ("Ticket To Somewhere New").
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> Rushing over the the Mountport Baseball Field, Alexa prepares to face her destiny. Throwing the opening pitch to herself, she smashes the ball out of the park for a home run that crashes into and demolishes what remains of Tina's Tower. Now fully embraced by the community, Alexa recognizes Mountport as her new home, and expresses how her love of the town surpasses even her love for baseball ("Home Run").
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## Memorable Quotes

“When I hit that home run off my own pitch…” - "This Is My Chance"

"It's dark!" - "Ticket to Nowhere"

"No home run is worth it if you can’t run home to a home you love" - "Home Run"

## Trivia

* Alexa appears in more songs than any other character.
* Despite being the main character, Alexa is not introduced until the third song of the musical
* Throughout "Ticket to Nowhere", Alexa is sitting on a bag of Tina's luggage.
* in the newspaper at 23:30 she is called Alexa "I-couldn't-play-baseball-but-then-I-joined-the-Mountport-Baseball-Team-off-screen-and-we-went-to-Palm-Springs-for-a-week-and-now-I'm-like,-super-good-at-it" Smith[1]