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DIRECTING

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PRODUCTIONS​

  • THE MOORS by Jen Silverman // Wesleyan University CFA  // Upcoming 2025 

  • MANNING  by Benjamin Benne // Portland Stage // World Premiere // 2024 

  • MAIDEN VOYAGE  by Cayenne Douglass  // The Flea—NYFA NYC Emerging Women's Fund //  2024 

  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM  by William Shakespeare // Wesleyan University CFA // 2024 

  • CHARLOTTE'S WEB ad. by Joseph Robinette, novel by E.B. White  // TheaterWorksUSA—National Tour Remount  // 2024 

  • WOLFCRUSH  by Haygen-Brice Walker  // Wesleyan University CFA // 2023 

  • THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY music & lyrics by Christian Magby & Christian Albright, book by Madhuri Shekar // The Hangar // 2023

  • THAT POOR GIRL AND HOW HE KILLED HER  by Jen Silverman  // American Academy of Dramatic Arts // 2023 

  • DOGS OF PEACE by Brett Wolfe // Post Theatre Company at LIU // 2023 

  • BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA by Anna Ouyang Moench // Chester Theatre Company // 2022 

  • AFFINITY by Alex Keegan and Ryan Adelsheim, based on the novel by Sarah Waters // Yale Drama MFA Thesis // 2022  

  • MANNING by Benjamin Benne // Yale Drama Carlotta Festival // 2021

  • EXPATS ANONYMOUS by Rachel Chin // Yale Cabaret (Virtual, performers from Singapore, India, Malaysia, USA) // 2021

  • MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare // Yale Drama // 2020

  • COCK by Mike Bartlett // Yale Cabaret // 2020

  • UHURU by Gloria Majule // Yale Drama Langston Hughes Festival // 2019

  • AUNTIE VANYA by Reed Northrup // Ars Nova ANT Fest // 2019

  • LENNY'S FAST FOOD KIDS GANG by Angie Jones // Yale Cabaret // 2019

  • THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL by Sophie Netanel // SheNYC Festival at The Connelly Theatre // 2018

  • THE MELTING POT by Carol Lashof // Everyday Inferno at Access Theatre  // 2018

  • SHE KILLS MONSTERS by Qui Nguyen // Geva Fellowship at SUNY Brockport //  2017

  • APLOMB created by Alex Keegan & Company // The Habitat // 2017

  • LOST/NOT FOUND by Kirby Fields // UP Theater Company // 2017

  • SHADES by Paula J. Caplan // Cherry Lane Theatre // 2016

  • TOUGH by Margot Connolly // Williamstown Theatre Festival (Directing Studio) // 2016

  • SELKIE by Krista Knight // Williamstown Theatre Festival (Directing Studio) // 2016

  • PRIMARY by Gracie Gardner // Sanguine Theatre Company at IRT // 2016

  • QUESTIONS FOR SNOWLESS CHILDREN by Sarah Ruhl // NYU Tisch—Atlantic Acting Studio // 2015

  • KING SISYPHUS by Brian Quick // The Wild Project // 2015

  • CLASS MOTHER by Rachel Mann // Hudson Guild Theatre // 2015

  • THE COWARD by Kati Schwartz // Standard Toykraft and Next Stage Arts Project //  2014

  • THE AMISH PROJECT by Jessica Dickey // Circuit Theatre Company // 2013

  • DEAD CITY by Sheila Callaghan // Brown University //  2011

  • HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel // Brown University // 2011

  • INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine // Brown University // 2010

​SELECT READINGS AND WORKSHOPS​

  • UNTITLED SOFTBALL PLAY by EllaRose Chary // New Georges  // Upcoming August 2024

  • HAVURAH  by Margot Connolly // Hope Repertory Theater // 2024 

  • THE TWO OF THEM  by Joe Sutton  // Urban Stages //  2024 

  • THE REPUBLICANS  by Chris Welles  // NYU Tisch MFA Thesis //  2024 

  • IDEE FIXE  by Joe Sutton // ARTC at The Drama League // 2024 

  • III, a new musical by Luke Holloway and Molly Rydzel  // NYU Tisch  // 2024 

  • JUDITH  by Katie Bender  // AFO at WP Theater // 2023 

  • MANNING by Benjamin Benne // Portland Stage—Little Festival of the Unexpected // 2023

  • HELLO, WORLD by Margot Connolly  // Ensemble Studio Theater // 2023 + 2020

  • SOHO HIGH, a new musical by A.C. Rose  // Small Farm Productions // 2023 

  • DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP SHOWCASE  // Rattlestick Theater // 2023 

    • Featuring excerpts of MANNING by Benjamin Benne, QUIZ OUT by Margot Connolly, UHURU by Gloria Majule, WOLFCRUSH
      by Haygen-Brice Walker, APLOMB created by Alex Keegan, and AWFUL DISCLOSURES by Alex Keegan. ​

  • DREAM PHONE by Margot Connolly // Rattlestick Theater // 2023  

  • DYE HOUSE by Minghao Tu  // Rattlestick Theater // 2022

  • SADIE RIVER'S DRAG BALL ON THE LAWN  by Basil Kreimendahl // Rattlestick Theater // 2022

  • MAY DAY, a new musical by Daniel Rudin & Abie Sidell // Signature Theater (VA) // 2022

  • MANNING by Benjamin Benne // Primary Stages // 2022

  • BLESSINGS by Gloria Majule // Yale Summer Cabaret // 2020

  • STRAWBERRIES AT THE DATCHA by Gena Treyvus // MCC FreshPlay // 2019

  • GOOD OPPORTUNITY by Dominic Brunacionni // The O'Neill YPF // 2019

  • TUMBLEWEEDS by Julian Valgora // MCC FreshPlay // 2018

  • BEST FRIENDS by Lilly Camp // NYU Tisch Goldberg Prize // 2017

  • THE ORANGE INTERVAL by Karlo Yao // MCC FreshPlay  // 2017

  • MOLLY'S HAMMER by Tammy Ryan // Geva Theater Center //  2017

  • KIRK AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT HYATT by Krista Knight // The Civilians R&D Group // 2015

  • SPARE RIB by Winter Miller // The Civilians R&D Group // 2015

FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/AFFILIATIONS​

  • SDC,  Member 2024-present, Associate Member 2016-2024 

  • NEW GEORGES JAM, Member, 2023-present

  • THE DRAMA LEAGUE, FutureNOW Directing Fellow, 2023-2024

  • RATTLESTICK THEATER, Directing Fellow, 2022-2023, Terrence McNally Incubator Line Producer, 2023

  • ROUNDABOUT DIRECTORS GROUP, Member of Cohort 3, 2021-2022 

  • YALE SUMMER CABARET, Artistic Director, 2020

  • ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE / SLOAN PROJECT, New Play Commission Recipient, 2019

  • MIDDLE VOICE COMPANY AT RATTLESTICK THEATER, Member, 2016-2019

  • NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP, Adelphi Residency, 2017

  • THE DRAMA LEAGUE, First Stage Artist Residency, 2017

  • GEVA THEATRE CENTER, Directing Fellow, 2017

  • THE HABITAT DIRECTORS PLAYGROUND, Member, 2015-2017

  • WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL, Directing Assistant, 2016

  • LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS LAB, Lab Member, 2015

  • THE CIVILIANS R&D GROUP, Member, 2014-2015

  • WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL, Directing Intern, 2014

  • 24 HOUR PLAYS NATIONALS, Member, 2013

  • THE CIVILIANS, Artistic Assistant, 2013

  • WP THEATER, Artistic Intern, 2012-2013

  • NEW DRAMATISTS, Intern, 2013

TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL DIRECTING​

  • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater, 2023-present

    • Courses Taught: Introduction to Directing; Directing II; Acting I; Advanced Acting: Shakespeare/Shakespeare Deconstructed;
      The Actor's Experience; Voice & Movement, Reading Plays for Production; Performance Practice; Technical Practice. 

    • Advisor for B.A. Theater Honors Thesis in Directing and B.A Theater Senior Capstone Projects in Directing/Performance 

  • YALE YOUNG GLOBAL SCHOLARS, Instructor in the Literature, Philosophy, and Culture Division, 2021 & 2022

    • Courses Taught: Introduction to Directing; (Re) define (Ab) normal: Mental Illness' Dramatization​

  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, Guest Director, 2023

  • LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY/CW POST, Guest Director, 2022-2023

  • NEW VOICES IN THEATER AT YALE UNIVERSITY, Co-Leader of High School Playwriting Program, 2019-2022 

  • YALE SUMMER DIRECTING PROGRAM, Program Assistant, 2019

  • MCC YOUTH COMPANY, Guest Director for FreshPlay, 2017-2019

  • O'NEILL THEATER CENTER YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, Guest Director, 2014 & 2019

  • SUNY BROCKPORT, Guest Director, 2017

  • NYU TISCH—ATLANTIC ACTING STUDIO, Guest Director, 2015

  • THE SPENCE SCHOOL, Guest Director, 2015

  • WRITOPIA LAB WORLDWIDE PLAYS FESTIVAL, Guest Director, 2013-2015 

  • NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE, Guest Director for Advanced Playwrights Week, 2012

WRITING

AFFINITY co-Written with Ryan Adelsheim, Adapted from Sarah Waters' Novel 

  • Restless and bereft in Victorian England, Margaret Prior finds herself at Millbank Women's Prison as a "lady visitor." With a furtive flash of violet, Margaret's world spins wildly out of control as she's introduced to a new world of seances and queer influences. Part romance, part ghost story, Affinity examines one woman's quest for connection, liberty, and even love in a strait-laced society. 

    • Production, Yale School of Drama MFA Thesis (2022)​

    • Workshops, Yale School of Drama (2020-2021) 

 

AWFUL DISCLOSURES (a riff on the confessional by Maria Monk) by Alex Keegan

  • In 1836, Maria Monk wrote a confessional the caused public hysteria over her allegations of enduring psychology horror in a convent. This play riffs on the text, framework, and public response to Monk's confessional to investigate questions of truth and disinformation within organized religion in Trump era USA. Set in 2017, the play considers how a conservative town reckons with its treatment of queer youth when an anon Twitter account start reporting secret maps and scandalous allegations of abuse inside a conversion therapy center.​

    • Excerpt Reading, Rattlestick Theater (2023)​

    • Finalist, The Orchard Project Adaptation Lab (2022) 

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APLOMB created by Alex Keegan and generated with an ensemble 

  • Amidst pounding chaos, college senior Hayden Daniels has a dissociative panic attack at a rave where she knows no one. In the wake of comorbid anxiety disorder diagnoses, Hayden must reframe herself and her relationship with her ex-girlfriend after realizing she's been perceiving the world through a distorted lens. 

    • Excerpt Reading, Rattlestick Theater (2023)

    • Workshop Production, The Habitat (2017)

    • Adelphi Residency, New York Theatre Workshop (2017)  ​​

SELECT ASSISTANT DIRECTING​

  • GIRLS by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, dir. by Lileana Blain-Cruz // Yale Repertory Theatre

  • WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME by Heidi Schreck, dir. by Shirley Serotsky // The Hangar Theatre

  • YELL: A DOCUMENTARY OF MY TIME HERE by Jeremy O. Harris, dir. by Jecamiah Ybañez // Yale Drama 

  • BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE by Clare Barron, dir. by Howard Shalwitz // Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

  • ROMANCE NOVELS FOR DUMMIES by Boo Killebrew, dir. by Moritz von Stuelpnagel // Williamstown Theatre Festival

  • A GREAT WILDERNESS by Samuel D. Hunter, dir. by Eric Ting // Williamstown Theatre Festival

  • THE DIXON FAMILY ALBUM by Andrew Butler and Anna Kerrigan, dir. by Jordan Fein // Williamstown Theatre Festival

  • THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES by Kooman & Dimond, dir. by Gabriel Barre // O'Neill NMTC

  • BURNT UMBER by Erik Ehn, dir. by Mia Rovegno // La Mama ETC

  • ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT by Keith Reddin, dir. by Mark Wing-Davey // O'Neill NPC

  • 24 HOUR PLAYS ON BROADWAY by Various, dir. by Ari Edelson // American Airlines Theater 

EDUCATION 

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  • YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA, MFA in Directing

    • Julian Milton Kaufman Memorial Prize for Directing​
       

  • BROWN UNIVERSITY, BA with Honors, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies and English 

    • Weston Award for Excellence in Directing

    • Robinson Potter Dunn Premium for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Arts 

    • Honors Thesis on Mental Illness' Dramatization on the Contemporary Stage
       

  • THE NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE, Theatermakers Directing Program

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