Denis McKeown

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.