Alex Keegan is a director and writer of new work, adaptations, and
devised theatre foregrounding women and LGBTQ+ stories. She often
explores narratives of mental illness in her work, and is committed to
creating inclusive, investigative, and collaborative processes.  

 

Alex's directing includes the world premiere of Manning by Benjamin Benne (Portland Stage), Maiden Voyage by Cayenne Douglass (The Flea), Charlotte's Web (National Tour remount, TheaterWorksUSA), Judith by Katie Bender

(AFO at WP Theater), Affinity based on Sarah Waters' novel, which she 

co-adapted with Ryan Adelsheim, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Uhuru by Gloria Majule (Yale Drama), Auntie Vanya by Reed Northrup (Ars Nova ANT Fest), Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench (Chester Theatre Co.), Aplomb

co-created with an ensemble (The Habitat), Tough by Margot Connolly 

(Williamstown Workshop), and new work in development with New Georges, Rattlestick, Primary Stages, the O’Neill Theater Center YPF, The Hangar,
Signature Theatre, MCC FreshPlay,24 Hour Plays.

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She is a 2024-2026 WP Lab Member, 2023 Drama League Directing Fellow, 2022/2023 Directing Fellow at Rattlestick Theater, a member of the New Georges Jam, a recipient of an EST/Sloan Project New Play Commission and NYTW's Adelphi Residency, and a former Artistic Director of Yale Summer Cabaret. Alum: Roundabout Directors Group, Rattlestick's Middle Voice Company, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Williamstown Directing Corps, The Civilians R&D Group, Geva Theatre Center Directing Fellowship, National Theater Institute.

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Currently, Alex is on the Theater faculty at Wesleyan University and she has previously taught or guest directed with The O'Neill Theater Center National Theater Institute, Yale Young Global Scholars, NYU Tisch, Atlantic Acting School, LIU-Post, American Academy of Dramatic Arts,and she ran Yale's New Voices in Theatre high school playwriting program from 2019-2022. As an assistant director, Alex has worked with directors including Lileana Blain-Cruz, Howard Shalwitz, and Moritz von Stuelpnagel on new plays by writers including Clare Barron, Jeremy O. Harris, Sam Hunter, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. 

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She holds an MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama, where she received the Julian Milton Kaufman Memorial Prize for directing. BA: Brown University,
Weston Award for Excellence in Directing. Proud Member of SDC.   

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