WRITING
Eric McKeever is an exciting New York based screenwriter, opera singer, audio fiction podcast producer, and roller coaster enthusiast. He is currently in the Pre-Rainbow Pages WGA Mentorship Program where he is honing his queer, black-centered, and women over forty inspired works. He was named a Finalist in the Roadmap Writers Coletta Preacely-Garcia Diversity Fellowship Program and his audio fiction podcast, “The Coach” was named a 2024 LA Webfest Best Comedy/Adventure Podcast Nominee.
His scripts have been a Top 50 Selection in the ISA Fast Track Fellowship, and he’s received accolades from the competitions of Stage 32, Table Read My Screenplay, and Filmmatic. When he’s not singing, screenwriting, or producing audio fiction, he can be found adapting operas for various companies, being co-librettist for original stage works, or writing his column, “Inside the Industry” for Classical Singer Magazine.
As an opera singer, Eric has performed with opera companies and orchestras throughout the US and managed to rarely exhibit diva(o)-like behavior. He’s even a little famous in that world and can be heard on Bright Shiny Label’s recording of Kamala Sankaram’s Looking at You as well as on the Aqua Net and Funyuns podcast produced by NYC’s Experiments in Opera.
Eric is known for his sharp, quirky sense of humor and having ridden 28 of the top 100 roller coasters in the US. He loves to travel, cook, listen to music, drink coffee, and watch a TON of television and film. He’s based on Long-Island (moved there for love) and resides with his fantastic, grounded husband and two cats, Malbec and Merlot. When asked to describe his “brand,” he responds: Titus Andromedon from “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” meets John Waters mixed with a bit of heart.
SCREENWRITING
MELANIE VS. THE DEMON’S VENGEANCE - Feature (2026)
Genre - Dark Comedy
Logline: A woman, traumatized by a childhood roller coaster experience and being abandoned by her father on the same day, now lives a miserable life, complete with being haunted by a surly spirit. After receiving some dire medical news, she decides to take charge of her life and face her fears, including riding the very roller coaster that started it all, the Demon's Vengeance.
Quarterfinalist - 2026 Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition
UPTOWN - TV Pilot (2025)
GENRE - Drama/Period Piece
Logline: Set during the vibrancy of the Harlem Renaissance, three families navigate the trials and triumphs of a changing cultural landscape while also struggling to maintain love, loyalty, and identity.
Top 50 Selection - 2026 ISA Fast Track Fellowship
Finalist - 2026 Anarchists United Writers Discovery Fellowship
Semifinalist - 2026 Stage 32 + mark creative management + 831 ENTERTAINMENT Film + TV Drama Screenwriting Contest
Stage 32 “Double Recommend” and included in the November 2025 Look Book
TABLESCAPE - Feature (2025)
GENRE - Comedy/Murder Mystery
Logline: A savvy competitor enters a Tablescape Competition and finds herself embroiled in a series of murders. When the assembled clues make her the prime suspect, she decides to work alongside two bickering security guards and a wacky alien hunter to figure out how to stop the real killer while proving her own innocence.
Runner-Up , Round 5 - 2025 HollywoodGenre Comedy Screenplay Contest
Quarterfinalist - 2025 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Diversity Initiative XII
DON’T BE TOO BLACK - Former Feature, now TV Pilot (2023/revised 2025)
GENRE - Comedy
Logline: Luther, a queer, black actor must navigate his precarious career, pitiful love life, and puzzled parents, all while constantly questioning if he is, indeed, the right “type” of black.
Quarterfinalist - 2025 The Great Pitch Competition
Semifinalist - 2025 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards, Season 10
Semifinalist - 2025 Table Read My Screenplay Competition (Hollywood)
Finalist - 2025 9th Annual Stage 32 Comedy Feature Screenwriting Contest
Semi-Finalist - 2024 Table Read My Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2024 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition,
Quarterfinalist - 2024 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab, Spring
Semi-Finalist - 2023 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Diversity Initiative V
THE DIVA’S LAST ACT - TV Pilot (2022)
GENRE - Comedy
Logline: A reclusive opera diva is ready to return to the spotlight. But when she discovers that she is “dead” to the opera world and that the government thinks she’s actually dead, she, her scrappy assistant, and her new agent must find a way to bring her back to life, literally and figuratively.
Quarterfinalist - 2025 Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, Season 10
Quarterfinalist - 2025 Table Read My Screenplay Competition (Hollywood)
Quarterfinalist - 2025 Creative Screenwriting TV Pilot Screenplay Competition
Semi-Finalist - 2023 Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, Season 8
Second Rounder - 2023 10th Annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2022 Portland Screenplay Awards
MARINA WANTS TO BE A SPINSTER - Feature (2021)
GENRE - Broad Comedy/Rom-Com with a Twist
Logline: After breaking up with her boyfriend, a Romance Novelist is ready to become a spinster. But her story changes when she meets a handsome suitor and must choose between a happy ending or joining the mysterious Spinsterhood Sisterhood.
Quarterfinalist - 2026 Stage 32 + Color Farm Media Diversity Accelerator Screenwriting Contest
Quarterfinalist - 2025 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 10
Quarterfinalist - 2024 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2023 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 8
Quarterfinalist - 2023 Table Read My Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2023 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2023 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
Quarterfinalist - 2022 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
ESPIONAGE HITS THE HIGH “C”: A CHRISTOFF LEWIS MYSTERY - Short Feature (2021)
GENRE - Comedy/Mystery
Logline: After discovering that his favorite diva may be a clone, a geeky opera buff and his best friend must untangle a mysterious plot orchestrated by a secret organization.
Quarterfinalist - 2022 Portland Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist - 2021 New York City International Screenplay Awards
Quarterfinalist - Season 6 Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
Round One 5th Place - 2021 NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge
WE KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL - Feature (2020)
Genre - Comedy
Logline: When Drew surprises Kearstin by inviting her former friend, Nadia, to their wedding festivities, Nadia’s presence forces them to reveal hidden truths, test boundaries, and discover how well they actually know each other.
Quarterfinalist - 2021 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition
THE COACH - TV Pilot (2018)
Genre - Comedy, currently an Audio Fiction Podcast (2 Seasons)
Logline: Evan Nixon is a former performer-turned-Life-Coach. Aided by his huband, his BFF, and his mentor, Miss Erica, of Miss Erica’s Life-Coaching Institute and Cross-Dressing Academy, Evan navigates a host of zany clients, while also “life-coaching” his own journey.
Named to Feedspot.com’s “50 Best Comedy Fiction Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025”
Nominee - 2024 LA Webfest Awards: Best Comedy/Adventure Podcast and Best Director of a Podccast
Semi-Finalist - 2020 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Semi-Finalist - 2020 Page Turner Screenplays TV Pilot LGBTQ+ Competition
2nd Place - 2018 TVWriter.com People’s Pilot Competition
“The Coach” is now an Audio Comedy Podcast! LISTEN