Actor returns to Barrington's White House as Capote
After his acclaimed Churchill performances at Barrington's White House in 2018, Ron Keaton returns to Barrington's cultural and community center at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19, to bring to life one of America's most colorful and controversial figures - Truman Capote - in "TRU," a play by Jay Presson Allen.
A writer and socialite, Capote was famous for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood," and for his elite New York City cocktail parties, where anyone who was anyone waited anxiously to see if they'd be invited.
Keaton has been involved in the theater for more than 40 years. He took up professional residence in Chicago in 1987.
He has appeared on many Chicago-area stages - Goodman Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, First Folio Theatre, Theater At The Center, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, Theatre At The Center, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Porchlight Music Theatre, Mercury Theatre, to name a few.
Regional theaters include Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Alley Theatre in Houston, and the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami.
Keaton has also been a stage manager, director, playwright, fundraiser, lyricist and composer, and a singer at jazz and cabaret venues around Chicago.
He has a solo musical in the wings, "Whispers from the Moon," as well as an adaptation of the novel "The Last Hurrah," both created in collaboration with Chicago composer/lyricist William Underwood, music director at TATC.
For information and tickets, go to www.barringtonswhitehouse.com/events.