Alex Keegan is a director of new work, adaptations, and devised pieces. She's a 2023 Drama League Directing Fellow, a 2022/2023 Directing Fellow at Rattlestick Theater, and a member of the New Georges Jam. In her work, she's committed to uplifting LGBTQ+ stories and exploring the dramatization of mental illness. 

Her upcoming directing includes the world premiere of Manning by Benjamin Benne (Portland Stage), a workshop production of Maiden Voyage by Cayenne Douglass (The Flea, recipient of the NYFA NYC Emerging Women's Fund for Theater), a workshop of Judith by Katie Bender (AFO at WP Theater), and a national tour of Charlotte's Web (TheaterWorksUSA). Recent directing includes The Incredible Book Eating Boy (The Hangar), Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench (Chester Theatre), Affinity, co-adapted with Ryan Adelsheim based on Sarah Waters' novel, Uhuru by Gloria Majule, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (Yale Drama), Auntie Vanya by Reed Northrup (Ars Nova ANT Fest), and new work in development with Primary Stages, Signature Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theater, Cherry Lane Theatre, MCC FreshPlay, The O'Neill YPF.

Alex is a recipient of an EST/Sloan Project Commission, The Drama League First Stage Artist Residency, NYTW's Adelphi Residency, Yale Drama's Julian Milton Kaufman Memorial Prize for Directing, and Brown University's Weston Award for Excellence in Directing. Member/Alum: Roundabout Directors Group, New Georges Jam, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Civilians R&D Group, Williamstown Directing Corps, Geva Directing Fellowship. She's previously taught or guest directed at NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Atlantic Acting School, Yale Young Global Scholars, Long Island University, and SUNY Brockport. In addition to her directing work, she also adapts and devises. Recent work includes: Affinity, which she co-adapted with Ryan Adelsheim from Sarah Waters' novel into a theater piece that follows one woman's search for lesbian connection amidst spiritualist Victorian London; and Aplomb, an ensemble piece exploring queer college students' experiences with anxiety disorder that she developed with NYTW and The Habitat. 

MFA in Directing: Yale School of Drama. BA: Brown University. Associate Member, SDC. At the Theater Department, Alex teaches Intro to Directing, Directing II, Performance Practice, and The Actor’s Experience.