Schoolhouse Rocking - George Keating and Scott Ferguson, co-creators of Schoolhouse Rock Live!

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GEORGE KEATING (Associate Artistic Director, Voice and Movement Core) is a longtime member of Actors’ Equity Association. He holds a B.F.A. in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Movement to BFA and MFA Acting majors. George is co-founder of Theatrebam Chicago and co-creator of the award-winning hit show Schoolhouse Rock Live!. He appeared in SRL! in Chicago, on tour and off-Broadway. George was honored to train in kabuki with Shozo Sato, Royal Treasure of Japan, culminating in a performance in the world premiere Kabuki Lady Macbeth at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. George was honored with the inaugural Angela Lansbury Award for Best Supporting Actor at the International Mystery Writers’ Festival. He appears on Chicago’s many stages such as: Paramount, Goodman, Northlight and Court. Notable roles: Baptista Minola, The Taming of the Shrew; Felix Ungar, The Odd Couple: George Banks, Mary Poppins; Thenardier, Les Miserables; The Baron, Grand Hotel and Gould in Grey Gardens. This is George’s fifteenth summer as core faculty at NHSI where he previously directed The Serpent, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Other Shore, Strider, Find Hakamadare!, The Scarecrow, The Handmaid’s Tale, A Dream Play, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings and Animal Farm.

SCOTT FERGUSON is a teacher, writer, director and entrepreneur. He has taught theatre at the Northwestern University National High School Institute, “Cherubs,” for 22 years. Scott is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Theatrebam Chicago where he wrote and created the hit shows, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Schoolhouse Rock Live Too! and The Main Street Kids’ Club: A MathStart Musical. Some favorite shows he has directed: The Rocky Horror Show, Xanadu, Pippin, A Year With Frog And Toad (3 times), Altar Boyz, Big River, Saucy Jack & The Space Vixens, Aida, Beauty And The Beast, Floyd Collins, Jekyll & Hyde, Bat Boy, Evita, Return To The Forbidden Planet and The Mystery Of Irma Vep. In Chicago, Scott is also loving his career as a Realtor and raising his puppy Rufus!

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