Amanda Keating (she/her) is a playwright and translator from Russell, MA currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Her plays include WITH FELLOWSHIP (EST/Sloan Commission, O'Neill Finalist), the fog comes on little cat feet (O'Neill Finalist, David Mark Cohen Award, Dreamwell Theatre), BOOTH (O'Neill Semifinalist), TEACH/TEACH (Playwrights Realm Finalist, Leah Ryan Honorable Mention, Studio '62), RETREAT (Ensemble Studio Theatre and Two Headed Rep), OF SOLITUDE (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse), GO THAT WAY (O'Neill Semifinalist, Studio '62), HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING (University of Iowa), The Cleanup Crew, and adaptations of TARTUFFE, MISS JULIE, and Hrotsvitha's Dulcitius (Two Headed Rep).
Amanda is a former member of EST/Youngblood and two-time EST/Sloan Commission recipient (2019 and 2025). Her short plays have been produced by The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Samuel French, Serials @The Flea, Tiny Rhino, the Suffield Players, and Rule of 7x7.
MFA: Iowa Playwrights' Workshop | BA: Williams College