Articles and Reviews
#LouiseKeetonCreates
AN INTERVIEW WITH SOULVISION MAGAZINE
"Louise Keeton is an Ashland, Virginia, native of many talents. As the founding artistic director of the Whistle Stop Theatre Company, Louise creates stories that educate, empower, and inspire people to create real-world change." - SoulVison Magazine
A REVIEW OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE
"Simply put, Keeton was born to play [Laura Wingfield]. Her small stature and hesitant voice project her pain beautifully and she is totally mesmerizing in the role" - John Porter, VPM
A Review of See How They Run"Keeton is beautiful and funny, a master of the innocent face, while using her voice, expressions and the timing of her delivery to fuel the swift race to an hysterical climax." -Julinda Lewis
A REVIEW OF Every Brilliant Thing“What a wonderful vehicle for Keeton; I’ve never seen her stronger: sweet, sentimental, vulnerable, insightful, warm, reflective, caring. Each emotion is treated with integrity.” - Julinda D. Lewis
A Review of Perfect Arrangement"Keeton turns in a remarkable performance, achieving a delicate and dynamic balance between Millie the doting wife and Millie the budding LGBT activist." - Julinda Lewis
A Review of Da"Louise Keeton was the standout performance in 'Da'. Saucy and street smart." - Rick Warner
A REVIEW OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE"Louise Keeton captured Laura's look of mixed longing, crushing disappointment and resignation so perfectly in her eyes looking at Jim in the end. Best Laura in Menagerie I've ever seen, and I have seen lots of productions." - Mark Covington
A REVIEW OF Every Brilliant Thing“Sweet, sentimental, funny and sad, the play is consistently engaging. It's a triumph for Keeton, who shares her warmth generously.” - BroadwayWorld
A Review of See How They Run"Louise Keeton plays Penelope beautifully, she not only looks beautiful, she has a most pleasing stage personality, a commanding stage presence and a good sense of comedy. She is a newcomer to the Mill stage and I hope to see her again." - Una Harrison
A REVIEW OF Every Brilliant Thing"Fortunately, Keeton has an easy rapport with the audience, as she effortlessly switches from being the narrator to assuming the character. All the while, she inhabits the dialogue like it’s her own words." - Tvjerry Sifter
A Review of It Shoulda Been You"Louise Keeton is salacious as Aunt Sheila..." - Julinda Lewis, Richmond Times Dispatch
A Review of Love, Sex and the IRS"Louise is lovely as Kate, the woman who finds herself in love with both men. Her stage presence, line delivery and facial expressions are finely tuned with the happenings on stage." - Gil Benbrook
A REVIEW OF KNUFFLE BUNNY
“Ms. Keeton's expertise in children's theatre continues to radiate as she more than ably inhabits a role that plays to her many talent gifts.” - Broadway World
A REVIEW OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE"Louise Keeton, in the role of the daughter, Laura...walks with her head down, avoids eye contact, speaks softly, and seems to shrink before our very eyes. The sadness on her face is heartbreaking." - Julinda D. Lewis, RVArt Review
A Review of Perfect Arrangement"Louise Keeton pushes past her baby doll façade to find some real truth and sincerity in Millie." - Fred Kaufman
A REVIEW OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE"Louise Keeton [a Laura Wingfield] broke my heart in this role." - Claire Boswell, Curtain Call
An interview on Mercy Street"'Working on "Mercy Street" is as fun and rewarding', Keeton said. She has had run-ins with lead actors Josh Radnor and Norbert Leo Butz, but it's working alongside her colleagues and friends that she enjoys the most from the experience." - Sean Korsgaard
A REVIEW OF Every Brilliant Thing"She embodied it so well that I developed a whole new respect for her as an artist." - Curtain Call
An Interview with Louise on the
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AN INTERVIEW WITH LOVE LETTERS TO VIRGINIA
"Ms. Keeton is the embodiment of the heartwarming, family centric content that she produces." - Love Letters to Virginia
A Review of The Charitable Sisterhood
Louise Keeton, I started to say that fate smiled warmly upon you with this being your premier with Va Rep, but I think it more appropriate to say, the Va Rep enhanced their reputation by casting someone of your ability in the role. " - Tom Ficklin
A REVIEW OF KNUFFLE BUNNY
“Louise Keeton, who plays Trixie’s devoted and a bit frazzled mom, exudes warmth and love; her smile truly lights up the stage! ...Keeton sings masterfully and humorously about the love partners have for each other even when one of them parents less than perfectly.” - Richmond Family Magazine
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A Review of Psycho Beach Party
"Louise Keeton oozed Sex Appeal and had dead on timing!" -Katherine Wright
A REVIEW OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE
"I particularly loved Louise Keeton's performance as Laura Wingfield...Thank you, Louise, for a performance that moved me very deeply." - Mary Burruss, The Culture Maven
A Review of Perfect Arrangement
"Keeton, in particular, shows great range, projecting a textbook housewife fraying as an insurgent activism emerges." - David Timberline
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A Review of Nana's Naughty Knickers
"The Palms production does have a winning cast. As the concerned granddaughter, Keeton provides plenty of angst and frustration and makes a winning, realistic couple with Wilson."
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A Review of It Shoulda Been You
"Louise Keeton pulls double duty in this production, portraying the helpful and watchful hotel staff and garnering laughs as the boozy, bawdy Aunt Sheila." - Style Weekly
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A Review of the Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church
"Keeton is appropriately forlorn as Riley. On the lam from unspecified troubles, Riley (Louise Keeton) begs the sisterhood to let her help with the drive in return for food and shelter." -Richard Griset
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A Review of The Little Mermaid
"Since the set is nothing more than five chairs and a black curtain, director Louise Keeton, has tasked these five actors with using nothing more than their bodies and voices to simulate shipwrecks, crashing waves, and much more. At times, her choreography is both comical and eye-catching, while also providing for some of the show’s more dramatic moments as well." - Corbin Puryear
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An Interview on The Gift of the Magi
"For Louise Keeton, performance is a gift. It is not just a gift she has been given, it is a gift she can share with Ashland, her hometown." -Jodi Deal
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Cinderella: The Fairy Godmother's Tale
"In 21st century America...who has time for a passive fairy tale heroine? Not Louise Keeton." - Celia Wren
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An Article on Hugs and Kisses
"Actress Louise Keeton routinely experiences how her role as soft-spoken sexually abused girl named Emma resonates with elementary-age children and leads those in troubling situations to seek help." - Stacy Hawkins
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An Article on the Ashland Summer Theatre Festival, 2016
"Ashland’s own Whistle Stop Theatre Company will host its first annual Ashland Summer Theatre Festival Aug. 13. The festival features theatrical productions whose scripts were written by Whistle Stop’s artistic director and award-winning playwright, Louise Keeton." - Natalie Miller
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An Interview with Louise on the
New York Children's Theatre Festival
"Ms. Keeton is the first Richmond-area playwright to have a show accepted to the prestigious New York Children's Theater Festival." - Richmond Free Press
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An Interview on Louise
"It was in that moment Louise realized that children's theatre had a profound effect on its audience. If she wanted to have an effect on the world, she would focus on children."
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Cinderella: The Fairy Godmother's Tale Premier
"It's all about rising above your circumstances and making your own choices, which I think is really important for youth to understand." -Louise Keeton
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AN INTERVIEW WITH CURTAIN CALL