Keith Reddin is a long established writer and actor who is considered by many to be a staple of Chicago theatre. He has written and acted in numerous plays with many local, regional, Off-Broadway, and Broadway theatres. Keith Reddin graduated from Northwestern University and attended The Yale School of Drama. As an actor, he achieved critical acclaim for his performance as a Russian clerk mistaken for a powerful official in The Goodman Theatre's 1985 production of "The Government Inspector." As a writer, Reddin made his debut with the dark comedy "Life and Limb" at Wisdom Bridge in 1984, and since then many of his plays have been produced around the world with considerable success. His works have been premiered in Chicago by such legendary theatre companies as Wisdom Bridge, Remains, American Blues Theatre (now American Theatre Company), and Goodman.

In addition to "Life and Limb," Reddin's canon also includes "Rum and Coke," "Highest Standard of Living," "Life During Wartime," "Big Time," "Nebraska," "Brutality of Fact," "Black Snow," "The Innocents Crusade," "Almost Blue," "Synergy," "All the Rage," "Can't Let Go," and his newest work "Frame 312." In 1993, "Black Snow" won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production of the year. In 1998, Reddin became a playwright in residence at The Goodman where many of his productions were staged by longtime friend and colleague, the late director Michael Maggio. For film, Reddin has written the successful screenplays "It's the Rage" and "The Alarmist," both of which were adapted from his plays. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1993 television film, "The Hearts of Justice." In addition to writing for film, he has also appeared in several films including "Lolita," "The Doors," "Reversal of Fortune," "Crossing Delancey," and "Big." Chicago Tribune Arts Critic Emeritus Richard Christiansen commented in a 1993 interview that "From the beginning of his career as a writer of darkly comic satires, in which, Reddin says, "bad things happen to good people," he has been transporting his characters into times that are often strange and disenchanting�Reddin's work has always had its dark side, but he has tried to leaven his views of the world through humor�"