Fred Keating

Fred Keating has a long and multi-faceted career in theatre, radio, TV and film in character roles and as a host, motivational speaker and podcast producer/host. From high school productions to full scholarships in drama studies through grad school, Fred's first broadcast television appearance was in 1971 on WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio hosting holiday specials and doing commercial work. From 1971-1973, Fred was a writer and principal performer in The Goose Company, an improvisational troupe that toured and had a regular Saturday morning TV children's show commitment, again with WTOL. On a Teaching Fellowship at Eastern Michigan University, he directed the school-touring Caravan Players. Seasons of summer stock in Detroit, Boston and New York City (1969-1973) sharpened the skills that led to his live one-man show Country Cousins that toured schools, coffee houses, college campuses and folk clubs in England, Ireland, Scotland and Belgium (1975 - 1976). And a brief stint at