Denis McKeown
- Actor
- Manager
- Talent Agent
SAG actor Denis McKeown recently appeared as a New York City reporter
in the Richard Gere film "Hoax" being shot in New York, enabling him to
get his Screen Actors Guild Membership. It was a natural for him since
he started his career as a reporter/feature writer/editor with The New
York Daily News before moving into film work with a documentary film on
the NAACP and and another on Calvary Hospital in The Bronx. His
documentary on Calvary Hospital won the International Film and
Television Festival Grand Award/Multi-Image. His acting career started
in summer stock opposite Carly Simon in "Kiss Me, Kate!". His theater
career began with his original, full-length Viet-Nam-era play,
"Barracks", being given a Staged Reading at Theatre Studio Inc. in
Manhattan. His compassionate family-drama, drama "Companions", written
in honor of his Irish immigrant mother, Tessie, was first performed in
2003 at the Midtown International Theatre Festival at the Abingdon
Theatre in Manhattan. Other dramatic readings followed, including his
stylish Upscale drama, "The Duchess of The Dakota", inspired by
real-life "Woman of the Year" journalist/critic Harriet Van Horne. On
9/11/2005, McKeown's drama, "The Witching Hour" was produced at TSI in
2005 and 2006, hoping to awaken America to the hazards volunteers faced
working the World Trade Center site poisoned by tens of hazardous
chemicals, most importantly Mercury. "The Witching Hour" also
highlighted McKeown's original 9/11 anthem "The Fire Still Burns",
These plays were directed by Broadway Professional Jason Grant, also a
playwright/composer. McKeown has formed "Brooklyn the Film LLC" having
turned his play, "Companions", into a Final Draft Film Script called
"Brooklyn" with the help of Chicago Lawyer Hal "Corky" Kessler, who
formed the Deleware LLC. "The Duchess of The Dakota" is now in Pilot TV
Script format with Investors no interested in both projects.