Alex Keegan
THEATRE DIRECTOR & WRITER
NEWS & UPCOMING
MANNING
by Benjamin Benne
Alex will be directing a reading of Manning by Benjamin Benne, which won the 2022 Clauder Competition Grand Prize, at Portland Stage as part of the Little Festival of the Unexpected.
April 28th at 7 PM I Portland Stage I Tickets
DIRECTORGY
Created by Alex Keegan
As the culmination of her Directing Fellowship at Rattlestick, Alex will be sharing selections from her adapted and devised work alongside excerpts of Manning by Benjamin Benne, Quiz Out by Margot Connolly, Uhuru by Gloria Majule, and Wolfcrush by Haygen-Brice Walker. This presentation will be followed by a conversation between Rattlestick's incoming Artistic Director Will Davis and Alex Keegan.
April 14th at 4 PM I Rattlestick Theater I Tickets
NEW GEORGES
The Jam, 2023-2025 Member
Alex will be joining The Jam, New Georges' collaboration-based "performance-gym" for theatermakers for the
2023-2025 cycle where she'll develop new work.
THAT POOR GIRL
AND HOW HE KILLED HER
by Jen Silverman
Directed by Alex Keegan I April 2023
Alex will be directing That Poor Girl for American Academy of Dramatic Arts 2023 Graduation Showcase.
RATTLESTICK THEATER
Directing Fellow, 2022/2023 Season
Alex will be joining Rattlestick as the Directing Fellow
for the 2022/2023 season. In this role, she'll be part of Rattlestick's Artistic Team, manage the Terrence McNally Incubator, serve as Artistic Producer for the Lab at Rattlestick, produce and co-direct Rattlestick's Season Jam hosted by Jesse Eisenberg, direct readings of plays by artists including Basil Kreimendahl and Minghao Tu, and develop new work to be presented in April 2023.
DOGS OF PEACE
by Brett D. Wolfe
Directed by Alex Keegan I January 20-22, 2023
Alex will be directing Dogs of Peace: a Fantasia on the Hardship
of Being at LIU's Post Theatre Company 2022/2023 season.
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
by Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Alex Keegan I July 7-17, 2022
Alex will be directing Birds of North America as part of
Chester Theatre Company's 2022 season.
AFFINITY
by Rebecca Adelsheim and Alex Keegan
based on the novel by Sarah Waters
Directed by Alex Keegan I May 14-19, 2022
Alex is co-adapting and directing Sarah Waters' novel Affinity
as her MFA Thesis at Yale Drama, which will be performed
in the Iseman Theatre and will stream in early summer.
MANNING by Benjamin Benne
Directed by Alex Keegan I Dec. 2021 and May 2022
Alex is directing Benjamin Benne's new play as part of Yale Drama's Carlotta Festival in the Iseman Theatre, and is directing a reading of the play at Primary Stages.
ROUNDABOUT DIRECTORS GROUP
Member of Cohort 3 I 2021-2022
Alex will be part of a program for directors at Roundabout Theatre Company.
BEST FRIENDS by Lilly Camp
Directed by Alex Keegan I June 25, 2021
Alex will be collaborating with Lilly Camp on a virtual reading of her play as part of
Theatre [Untitled] Reading Series
EXPATS ANONYMOUS by Rachel Chin
Directed by Alex Keegan I March 2021
Alex will be collaborating with an international team of artists to create a virtual piece exploring Covid-19's impact on Singaporean immigration. Produced by Yuhan Zhang and streaming at Yale Cabaret.