Bio
Keith Eckert lives in the Philadelphia area. His one-act play, The Cave at Hope’s End, won first prize in the Philadelphia Ethical Society’s One-Act Playwriting Contest in 2018 and was featured with a reading. His 10-minute play, No One Returns, was selected for a reading at Talking It Out held at the Dramatist Guild Foundation in New York City. This same play was featured in an episode of the Philadelphia Dramatists Center’s podcast, Philly Dramacast, in 2020. Previously, he founded and edited the online publication Polyphony, dedicated to narrative and dramatic poetry. He’s also had his work published in print and online magazines.
Now for sale: You can purchase Keith Eckert’s first collection of plays, The Other Plays and The Changeling. The set features nine plays including The Dream of the Seed Collector, Once Upon a Moonlit Wood, The Song of Miriam, and others.

Plays
A Pocket Full of Posies
Timon’s Tree
Orestes — Yes!
The Most Extraordinary Three Weeks in the Life of Not-Kotzebue
The Dream a Life by Franz Grillparzer (a Translation)
The Fire and the Flesh
In the Hush of the Darkness and the Dew
The True Story of Echo and Narcissus
No One Returns
Philly Dramacast Performance: https://philadelphiadramatistscenter.weebly.com/philly-drama-cast.html
Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man
The Changeling
Three Short Plays Philosophical:
- The Song of Miriam
- The Cave at Hopes’ End
- A Miracle Too Many
The Dream of the Seed Collector
Murder Outside the Cathedral
The Name of Treason
Humorous Sketches
Contact
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
kaxeckert@gmail.com
(717) 609-5410