{"id":117,"date":"2021-11-16T18:45:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echoholler.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:30:06","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/?page_id=117","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/echoholler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ron_hs0921-819&#215;1024.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;ron_hs0921&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>RONALD KEATON<\/strong> has distinguished himself as a dependable, versatile performer on the stage \u2013 First Folio Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, Theater Wit, Oak Park Festival Theatre and several others in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.\u00a0 His regional credits include roles at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Houston\u2019s Alley Theatre and New York\u2019s New World Stages off-Broadway.\u00a0 Ronald wears many hats as an actor\/writer\/singer, director, stage manager, fundraiser and an advocate for all the arts.\u00a0 With Artistic Director Kurt Johns, Keaton is the Founder\/Artistic Producer of SoloChicago Theatre, which is singularly devoted to the creation and development of solo theatrical narrative and performance.\u00a0 His solo play CHURCHILL had a highly successful six-month run off-Broadway in 2015 and received the Joseph Jefferson Award in Chicago for outstanding solo performance. In addition to ECHO HOLLER, Ronald has just begun work on a new solo piece about an American icon &#8212; Benjamin Franklin. \u00a0He\u2019s also the host of the history podcast THE FRONT PORCH.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RONALD KEATON has distinguished himself as a dependable, versatile performer on the stage \u2013 First Folio Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, Theater Wit, Oak Park Festival Theatre and several others in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.\u00a0 His regional credits include roles at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoholler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}