JULY 2026 — Commission

Logo of the Speranza Theatre Company with a blue circular background, white outline, and pink accent.
Portrait of George Washington in historical attire with white wig and dark coat

Bradley Carrington as William Franklin

Directed by Diana Basmajian

Close-up portrait of a young woman with short brown hair and hazel eyes, wearing a black top, against a gray background.
A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, gray-green eyes, and hoop earrings, wearing a beige blouse with a ruffled neckline, smiling at the camera against a plain white background.

A commission from Speranza Theatre Company, Run away by the light of it, is a history-based monologue spoken by William Franklin, Royal Governor of New Jersey and illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin; the work is made possible by a Hudson County History Partnership Program Grant, and is being produced for the county-wide Rev250 celebration in a collection of monologues by local historical figures written by the members of the Speranza Women Playwrights Circle.  

Performances: Jul 4 IHF Rev 250 @ July 4th Celebration JCOCA (Jersey City); Jul 7 IHF Rev 250 @ East Newark Riverfront Park (East Newark); Jul 25 IHF Rev 250 @ Secaucus Library (Secaucus)

Logo of Speranza Women Playwrights Circle, featuring a circular design with a blue border and a central image of an open book and a pen.

JUNE 2026

Group of six actors standing on stage, one sitting in a chair holding a framed award for the play 'Dust To Dust' at Old Opera House Theatre, celebrating their win at the 26th New Voice Play Festival.
Poster for a play titled "Dust to Dust" at The Old Opera House Theatre Company, scheduled for June 19-21, 2026. The poster features a black urn with the play's title in large white letters on it. Written by Johanna Beale Keller and directed by Charlie Perkins, with cast members Linda Romero, Christine Brewer, Michael George, and Amy Hebb.

2026 WINNER OF

THE GOLDEN CURTAIN AWARD!

“DUST TO DUST”

Charles Town, W.V.

Poster for the 26th Annual New Voice Play Festival 2026 at Old Opera House Theatre. Includes event dates June 19, 20, & 21. Features a graphic of a pen writing on a yellow oval, with black and yellow color scheme.
Logo for The Old Opera House Theatre Company featuring a stylized stage with curtains

BROADCAST BEGINS Aug 12

Logo for the Shoestation Radio Theatre with a radio tower emitting red and blue lightning bolts, surrounded by the text 'Shoestation Radio theatre, Inc.'
Ancient stone relief sculpture of a woman with a headdress, holding a staff in each hand, surrounded by carved animals and decorative elements, with text overlayed on the image.

Broadcast on KXSF-FM San Francisco, WON The Apple, Bradley Stoke Radio, Shoestring Radio web site and the Public Radio Satellite System. 

JULY 2026

Tropical beach scene with palm leaves, a pineapply, a coconut drink with umbrellas, lemon, and straw, and the text 'Summer OnEacts' over the water and sky background.
Text reading 'Gulfport Community Players' in bold blue font.

KUDOS & MANY THANKS TO

Edna               Elaine Bovinette

Manny           Allen P. Coyle

Director        Stan Gurvitz

Stage Mgr     Donnette Marie Romero

Lighting        Tammy Lukas

Sound             Nona Edelson

JUNE 2026

Award graphic for Best Script at the 2026 New Media Film Festival, with laurel branches.
Night view of the Culver Theater located at 9500 Culver Blvd in Los Angeles-Culver City, CA, illuminated with blue and yellow neon lights.
Logo for the New Media Film Festival featuring colorful text reading 'New Media Film Festival' and the tagline 'Honoring Stories Worth Telling'.
A notebook with a pen resting on it, alongside text listing top scripts for theater. The text mentions 'Best Script - Top 3 Scripts' and details about premieres of various plays.

AUG 2026

Riley vs Riley, or How to Write a Play

Three groups of children and adults on theater stages in costume, with a banner at the bottom reading 'Enter Stage Left Theater'. The left group shows children, the middle group shows adults in costume, and the right group shows children in colorful outfits, all appearing to be performing or rehearsing.
Poster for the 6th Annual One-Act Play Festival 2026 titled 'A Play, A Pint & A Pie', produced by an Enter Stage Left Theater. The background has radial light green and white lines, with black and gold text and images of theater masks.

APR 2026

THE PERFECT MATCH Best Screenplay AWARD at the inaugural Syracuse Actors Studio Film Festival

Five people standing in front of a TV screen displaying the News Channel 9 logo, with a man on the far left in a blue shirt and red tie, a woman second from left wearing a striped hat, a woman in the center with glasses and white hair, a man on the far right in a leather jacket pointing at the woman, and another woman near the center wearing a red SAS shirt.
A man and woman holding hands and smiling at each other, both wearing blue hats with a decorative element, standing in front of a brick wall.
Three people sitting on stage during an event, with a dark curtain background. A man in a blue shirt and red tie is on the left, a woman with white hair and glasses in the middle, and a man in a red shirt and black jacket on the right. The bottom of the image has a news banner that says '21 CNY FILMS DEBUTING AT SAS FEST' and additional information about a local independent film celebration.
An Oscar-style award trophy with a gold-colored figure holding an upright award, set on a white base. Next to it is a black card with the words 'Best Screenplay' printed in large, bold letters.
Laurel wreath surrounding the text "SASFest 2026 Official Selection" in black font on a white background.
A woman adjusting a camera on a tripod in a dimly lit room, with two men in the background handling equipment, against a dark brick wall.
The image shows the marquee of a theater called the Palace Theatre, advertising the Syracuse Actors Studio presents SASEST at the Palace Theater, with the text mostly in red and white. The theater is illuminated at night, with a person and cars visible outside.

FEB & MAR 2026

Award laurel wreath with text 'Official Selection WRPN Women's International Film Festival 2026'

and one of the ten finalists for the 2026 Stanley Drama Award!

Promotional image featuring three women in a panel discussion titled "Final Round Judges." From left to right: Kate Hamill, MJ Kaufman, and Kira Coviello.
Logo for the 67th Annual Stanley Drama Award 2026 at Wagner College, featuring a large star design with text inside and around it.
Black and white badge with laurel wreaths around the text, which reads 'Winner Chicago Script Awards 2026'.
Black and white laurel wreath with text inside reading 'Official Selection New Media Film Festival 2026'.

SCRIPT: Daisy & Jordan (+Tom +Nick)

A LOOK-BACK at 2025

DEC 2025

St Petersburg, FL

Why Did They Get Me A Roomba?

A Holiday Comedy

PRODUCED AND BROADCAST ON

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Poster for The Radio Theatre Project event at The Studio @ 620, featuring a vintage microphone on the right, with event details: date December 22 at 7:00 PM, and a background with bokeh lights and concentric circles.

NOV 2025

The Acorn Theatre

Three Oaks, MI

Poster for the Acorn presents Spectacular Tournament of Playwrights, featuring photos of five diverse individuals. The poster states the event is on Saturday, November 15th at 7 pm ET, a 10-minute playwriting competition, hosted by acornlive.org, with a stage and red curtains background.
Vintage postcard map of Long Island featuring seaside scenes, beaches, and a lighthouse, with the text 'Greetings from Long Island' and a bold overlay that says 'Amicably, Kinda Sorta'.

Edna arrives home with Chinese take-out and a sneaky plan to get rid of her gambling-addicted real-estate husband Manny, whose greed makes it impossible for him to sniff out her scheme. But Manny has a plan too.

OCT

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse Actors Studio (SAS) Writers Panel

A panel discussion at an event with four people sitting on a stage, with a large screen behind them displaying text and images of speakers. The panelists include a woman with dark hair in a red dress holding a microphone, a man in a white tuxedo with a black bow tie, a woman with white hair and glasses, and another woman in a red jacket holding papers. The audience is visible in the foreground, and a potted plant is on the table in front of the panelists.
Group photo featuring headshots of five actors from the SAS 20: Play & Screen Writers Panel, including a woman with dark hair and a maroon sweater, a black-and-white portrait of a man with short hair, and a woman with gray hair and glasses, among others.

Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham moderator, with panelists Aaron Williams, Alexis Martin, James Marlowe & Johanna Beale Keller

SEPT

Folsom, CA

Logo for Free Fall Stage with a silhouette of a stage, a curtain, and a teapot, and text 'Free Fall Stage'
Black and white poster for the Sactown Play Festival 2025, featuring two theatrical masks, a stopwatch, and the logo of the Free Fall Stage.

WINNER of the

AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD 2025

Three actors in Johanna Beale Keller's play, "Riley vs Riley," winner of the Audience Favorite Award, and produced by FreeFall Stage, actors are sitting on a black sofa with a projected image of a stone room in the background.
Poster for a play titled 'Riley versus Riley' by Johanna Beale Keller. Features four headshots of cast members with their names and roles: Cassie Weissenberg as Director, Clinton Verge as Riley Armstrong, Willuam Weissenberg as Riley Ziegler, and Gwendolen Robison as Blake. The background depicts a textured, arched wall with a small window and light shining through.

SEPT

PREMIERE

The Marshallers

BABELFEST at Redhouse Arts Center Syracuse, NY

Three people on stage dressed as construction workers, two crouching and one standing. The person in the front right is wearing a yellow safety vest and headphones. The person in the center is crouching, wearing a black shirt. The person in the background is standing, holding traffic cones, and wearing a yellow safety vest over a black shirt.
Group of five diverse people standing together in front of a Redhouse Arts Center backdrop, smiling, with arms around each other.
Poster for Babel Fest 2025, a 10-minute play festival at Redhouse Arts Center in Central New York, September 27-28, 2025, featuring headshots and names of eight playwrights and their works.
A collage with a cartoon illustration of three marshals at the top, each holding a baton, and a photograph of three real-life marshals wearing reflective vests, standing against a black background, with one holding a red baton.

Cast : Cameron Jay Chamberlain, Evelyn Oliver & Donovan Stanfield

Directed by Joseph Whelan

OCT

San Francisco, CA

RADIO BCAST

Text that reads 'The Perfect Match' in black, casual font.
Logo for the Shockisting Radio the Aare Inc., featuring a radio tower emitting red and blue lightning bolts with the station's name curved around it.

Casey…….Tricia Callero

Chris…….Chris Olson

The Computer…….Kevin Meyer

Written by…..Johanna Beale Keller

Directed by……Kathy Domenici

Produced by….Steve Rubenstein

AUG

50th Anniversary Samuel French Concord Theatricals

NYC Off Off Broadway Festival

Event poster for the 50th OB Festival, featuring the top 30 kids, with dates July 29 to August 2, 2025, in New York City, and a list of performers' names.

That Hike to Hart Lake, a play about friendship and mortality that premiered last year at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, NY will be featured at the 50th Anniversary Off Off Broadway Festival presented by Samuel French Concord Theatricals. The original cast returned under Theatre Three’s executive artistic director, Jeffrey Sanzel. CAST: Julia Albino, Sean Amato, Jae Hughes, Cassidy Rose O’Brien, Steven Uihlein

A group of seven people, four women and three men, posing together in front of black banners with white text promoting the Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.

SEPT

Daisy & Jordan (+Tom +Nick)

A new Play In Progress

A laurel wreath design for the 2025 Austin Film Festival includes the text 'Script Competition Second Rounder Austin Film Festival 2025' in handwritten style.
A scene from the movie The Great Gatsby with text overlay, discussing Gatsby's lifestyle and the story's narration.

JULY

Redlands, CA

Logo for the Redlands Theatre Festival featuring a stylized citrus slice with black, gray, white, and orange segments, topped with silhouettes of palm trees and a flying witch on a broomstick at the top.

WINNER of the

BEST MONOLOGUE - COMEDY

AWARD 2025

Why Did They Get Me A Roomba? : Monologue for Actor & Robo-Vac

An outdoor theater or stage with seating, illuminated at dusk, with trees and a building in the background.
A certificate for the Redlands Theatre Festival, presenting the third annual New Works Collection in 2025, awarded to Johanna Beale Keller for the monologue comedy 'Why Did They Get Me a Roomba?'. The certificate features a vintage typewriter illustration and is signed by Carol Damgen, Stevie Taken, and David Pavao.

Starring Kirstie Elizabeth, Directed by Stevie Taken. Selected for this festival out of more than 600 submissions, the monologue is about our tendency to bond with our appliances —- especially when we’re lonely!

SEPT

The Village Playbox

Haddon Heights, NJ

Poster promoting an act one scene one festival weekend from September 11 to 13, 2025.
A woman with glasses sitting on a chair with her legs crossed, talking, with a man standing behind her, gently touching her shoulders. They are on a stage with a black background, and there is a table with a paper bag and a small white box on it.

Amicably, Kinda Sorta

MADCAP MARITAL REVENGE

ON LAWN-GUY-LAND

(Long Island)

Directed by Samantha Harner

Starring Fred DeFeo

& Kate Johnston

2025

Film Festivals

& Awards

Poster for the film 'The Perfect Match' featuring actors Derek Emerson Powell and Evelyn Oliver wearing blue hats, smiling at each other. The poster includes festival selections and screening dates and locations, with the film written and directed by Johanna Beale Keller.
Collection of eight award laurels and certificates for film festivals and awards, including Southern Shorts Awards, OniiROS Film Awards, Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Rogue Theatre Festival NYC, and Bedford International Film Festival, with categories such as Best Comedy, Best Screenplay, and official selections for the years 2023 and 2025.

JUNE

NYC

The New School University

READING at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society’s annual conference, devoted this year to the centennial of the publication of The Great Gatsby.

Logo for The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society with a circular portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald and text.

A READING of scenes from Daisy & Jordan (+Tom +Nick)

Evelyn Oliver & Lucy Purnine

Close-up portrait of a young woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a rust-colored top, smiling softly at the camera against a plain white background.
Portrait of a young woman with shoulder-length brown hair, blue eyes, and a bright smile, wearing a red top against a plain gray background.

JUNE

PREMIERE

Riley versus Riley, or How To Write A Play

Nova Scotia, Canada

Directed by Gregory Muskie

Katie Rose (as Blake), Ian Dunbar (Riley Armstrong) & Kate Silver (Riley Ziegler)

Logo of Kings Theatre with a graphic of green shorts and a crown, and the text 'King's Shorts'
Three women on a stage with black background, engaged in a theatrical performance. One woman is sitting on a bench to the left, the second woman is in the middle, and the third woman is standing on the right, pointing a finger.

MAY

In this radical re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan and her childhood friend, the celebrity golfer Jordan Baker have had a long-time love affair. When Daisy's husband Tom discovers the two women together, they concoct a plan to distract his attention toward the con man, Jay Gatsby, who is obsessed with Daisy. The naïve Nick Carraway, who idolizes Gatsby, is caught in the crossfire, but refuses to see the truth: that Gatsby is a con man, that Daisy loves Jordan, and that Gatsby is a pathological liar.

(90-minute stage-play for four actors).

Promotional poster for a play titled 'Daisy & Jordan (+Tom +Nick)'. The poster includes a quote from 'The Great American Novel' in the top section, a subtitle indicating it's a new play by Johanna Beale Keller, and photographs of four actors: Lucy Purnine, Magdalen Donnelly, Donovan Stanfield, and Derek Powell along with narrator Alexis Martin. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 2 pm at the Downtown YMCA in Syracuse, with live and Zoom options.

A reading series presented by

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