Christopher Kehoe

Captain Ahab arches back as he is struck by a lightning bolt
Book of Ishmael, University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Jared LeClaire.

Hi, I'm Christopher, and I write scripts for bodies.

Christopher Kehoe has created original solo performances, plays devised in-ensemble, and literary adaptations. The ensemble-created tragedy I Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust played to sold-out audiences at Dell’Arte International, and his meta-theatrical comedy Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet was named one of the best plays of 2012 by City Pages.

The blacksmith of the Peaquod sharpens harpoons by hammer and fire
Book of Ishmael, University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Jared LeClaire.
The crew of the Peaquod look out over the sea
Book of Ishmael, University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Jared LeClaire.
Humans and Martians dance at the masked Capulet ball
Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet, The Peanut Butter Factory. Photo by Dan Norman.
The balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, except in space
Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet, The Peanut Butter Factory. Photo by Dan Norman.
Mercutio and the understudy for Mercutio face off across duelling realities
Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet, The Peanut Butter Factory. Photo by Dan Norman.
Juliet pleads with FRI-R, the wise, robotic friar
Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet, The Peanut Butter Factory. Photo by Dan Norman.
Romeo, in full astronaut gear, enters the Capulet crypt to see Juliet
Joe Dowling's William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' on the Moon, featuring Kate Mulgrew as Lady Capulet, The Peanut Butter Factory. Photo by Dan Norman.