Elizabeth A. M. Keel is a Houstonian playwright, director, actress, dramaturg, producer, screenwriter, and novelist. Her plays have been read or produced by 14 Pews, Bootown, Cone Man Running, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Flexible Grey, Fresh Produce’d (NYC), The Growing Stage: Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, Haven Arts Theatre, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, Landing Theatre Company, METdance, Mildred's Umbrella, Nova Arts Project, Otherworld Theatre Company, Shattered Globe Theatre, Squeaky Bicycle, Stages, The Studio Theatre at Tierra Del Sol, T.E.T.A., This Is Water Theatre, Tokyo International Players, Voxfest, and Wordsmyth, among others. She currently works as a teaching artist for Grackle & Grackle, Stages, and the Alley. She is proud to serve as the Resident Playwright and Literary Manager for Mildred's Umbrella, and as a member of the Rec Room Writers Group. Her play Override won the second-place Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award. She is a double alumna of the University of Houston, where her graduate thesis encouraged the development of more meaningful science fiction onstage.
