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Michael Keck Biography (1946-)

Born December 17, 1946, in Raleigh, NC; son of Dementrious Hiawatha (a university administrator) and Thelma Inez (in public relations; maiden name, Mitchell) Keck; married Rebecca Boyd, April 26, 1966 (divorced, 1976); children: Shannon Michele. Addresses: AGENT--Theresa Holden, Western and SouthernArts Management, P.O. Box 50120, Austin, TX 78763.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

December 17, 1946

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--Hollywood Scheherazade, 45th Street Theatre, 1989, for twenty performances.
• Spider Evans, Wasted, Seven Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1984.
• detective, Tales from Edgar Allan Poe, Atlanta Children's Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, 1986.
• Avery Arable and Zuckerman, Charlotte's Web, Atlanta Children's Theatre,Alliance Theatre Company, 1987.
• Jodie Montgomery, Ain't No Use in Going Home, Jodie's Got Your Gal and Gone, Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Oakland, CA, 1989.
• Also appeared as Jake, The Threepenny Opera, Nelson, Rising Upon the Land, Crow, The Tooth of Crime, title role, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, Spurlock, Earthling, Tonio, Victor, and Camilo, Dreams Against the State, Jingo, Burning Bridges and the Troll, and Tofie, Kanna He Is Coming Home, all Seven Stages Theatre; Lee Cocker, To Gleem It Around to Show My Shine, Alliance Theatre Company; street musician,A Christmas Carol, Academy Theatre, Atlanta; priest, Roshomon and Charlie, Split Second, both Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta; title role, Puss in Boots, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta; title role, Johnny Rucker, Intown Theatre; Tom Robinson, To Kill a Mockingbird, Avalon Theatre; Magnolia,Splendora; narrator and local lad, Tommy: The Rock Opera.
• Credits; STAGE WORK; SOUND DESIGNER
• The Blacks: A Clown Show, Seven Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1981.
• Wasted, Seven Stages Theatre, 1984.
• Tales from Edgar Allan Poe, Atlanta Children's Theatre, Alliance TheatreCompany, Atlanta, 1986.
• Charlotte's Web, Atlanta Children's Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, 1987.
• Hollywood Scheherazade, 45th Street Theatre, New York City, 1989.
• Ain't No Use in Going Home, Jodie's Got Your Gal and Gone, Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Oakland, CA, 1989.
• Also Burning Bridges and the Troll, Southern Comfort, Kanna He Is ComingHome, Dreams Against the State, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, Bang Bang Uber Alles, The Tooth of Crime, and Black Cat Bones, all Seven Stages Theatre; A ChristmasCarol, People of the Brick, Cyparis, and The Keepers, all Academy Theatre, Atlanta; Laundry and Bourbon, Lone Star, Fool for Love, Othello, The Hobbit, Return to Middle Earth, Lysistrata, Terra Nova, The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, and Roshomon, all Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta; The Rainmaker, On Stage Atlanta, Atlanta; Prior Engagements, Two Masters, The Changeling, Pericles, The House of Bernada Alba, and Moby Dick Rehearsed, all Theatre Emory, Atlanta; Henry V and As You Like It, both CallanwoldeFine Arts Center, Atlanta; Gardinia, Homesteaders, and Waiting for the Parade, all Horizon Theatre, Atlanta; A Doll's House, Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta; Puss In Boots, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta; Mr. Universe, HenryStreet Settlement Theatre, New York City; Flowers for Algernon and To Kill aMockingbird, both Avalon Theatre; King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Winter's Tale, all Georgia Shakespeare Festival; Macbeth, Performace Gallery;The Andersonville Trial, Theatre in the Square; Sluts, Southern Theatre Conspiracy; Freedom for the City, Theatre Gale; Splendora; Tommy: The Rock Opera;Out of Florida; Sea Scape; Bananaland; Rhodes Hall (Haunted House); You Can'tJudge a Book.
• and for the dance pieces Earth, Sea, and Sky, Room to Move; Seven Exits,Solo to Solo with June Schneider; Cycles and Plants, both Dance South; and Rainforest and Modern Art, both Carl Ratcliff Dance Theatre.
• Writings;STAGE; COMPOSER
• The Blacks: A Clown Show, Seven Stages Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1981.
• Wasted, Seven Stages Theatre, 1984.
• Tales from Edgar Allan Poe, Atlanta Children's Theatre, Alliance TheatreCompany, Atlanta, 1986.
• Charlotte's Web, Atlanta Children's Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, 1987.
• Hollywood Scheherazade, 45th Street Theatre, New York City, 1989.
• Ain't No Use in Going Home, Jodie's Got Your Gal and Gone, Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Oakland, CA, 1989.
• Also Burning Bridges and the Troll, Southern Comfort, Kanna He Is ComingHome, Dreams Against the State, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, Bang Bang Uber Alles, The Tooth of Crime, and Black Cat Bones, all Seven Stages Theatre; A ChristmasCarol, People of the Brick, Cyparis, and The Keepers, all Academy Theatre, Atlanta; Laundry and Bourbon, Lone Star, Fool for Love, Othello, The Hobbit, Return to Middle Earth, Lysistrata, Terra Nova, The Actor's Nightmare, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, and Roshomon, all Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta; The Rainmaker, On Stage Atlanta, Atlanta; Prior Engagements, Two Masters, The Changeling, Pericles, The House of Bernada Alba, and Moby Dick Rehearsed, all Theatre Emory, Atlanta; Henry V and As You Like It, both CallanwoldeFine Arts Center, Atlanta; Gardinia, Homesteaders, and Waiting for the Parade, all Horizon Theatre, Atlanta; A Doll's House, Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta; Puss In Boots, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta; Mr; Universe, HenryStreet Settlement Theatre, New York City; Flowers for Algernon and To Kill aMockingbird, both Avalon Theatre; King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Winter's Tale, all Georgia Shakespeare Festival; Macbeth, Performace Gallery;The Andersonville Trial, Theatre in the Square; Sluts, Southern Theatre Conspiracy; Freedom for the City, Theatre Gale; Splendora; Tommy: The Rock Opera;Out of Florida; Sea Scape; Bananaland; Rhodes Hall (Haunted House); You Can'tJudge a Book; and for the dance pieces Earth, Sea, and Sky, Room to Move; Seven Exits, Solo to Solo with June Schneider; Cycles and Plants, both Dance South; and Rainforest and Modern Art, both Carl Ratcliff Dance Theatre.