On December 2nd at 8 pm and December 3rd at 10 am Keaton will be playing John Polk Richards in Beth Henley's Am I Blue as part of the Boston University School of Theatre's 2017 Directors' Project, a series of one-act performances.

In spring 2018 Keaton will be working on his BFA thesis production, the world premiere of Annalise Cain's play What Screams I Hear Are Mine, winner of the 2017 National Partners of the American Theater Playwriting Award at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Keaton will be playing the role of Nils Kaufmann and serving as Assistant Fight Choreographer/Fight Captain for the production.