Keaton Brower is a Kernersville-based theatre artist, educator, and arts administrator. Since 2023 he has been the Lead Theatre Instructor at North Carolina Governor's School East; in 2025 he became the Artistic Director at Carolina Ensemble Theatre and Theatre Director at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts. Directing credits: A Christmas Carol (CET), the world premieres of Captive, Song of the Spinners, and Sunrise Reverie (NCGSE), James and the Giant Peach (Piedmont Players Theatre), and Deathtrap (Triad Pride Acting Company). Assistant directing: Dracula (Triad Stage), the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Ripe Frenzy (New Repertory Theatre/Boston Center for American Performance), The Odyssey (Southern Appalachian Historical Association), and more. Acting: Much Ado About Nothing (RhinoLeap Productions), A Christmas Carol (CET & NC Shakespeare Festival), Unto These Hills (Cherokee Historical Association), the upcoming short film Heaven't (JNR Productions), and more. Training: BFA in Theatre Arts (Performance) with a Minor in Arts Leadership from Boston University, a Diploma in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, a High School Diploma in Drama from UNC School of the Arts, and a Certificate in Theatre from NC Governor’s School East.