WHO WE ARE - The Blank Theatre

WINTER 2015 - 2016
THE BLANK THEATRE
An Introduction
“One of the Best Theatre Companies in America.”
– The Drama League
www.TheBlank.com
WeLoveOurDonors@TheBlank.com
PO Box 1094
Los Angeles, CA 90078
323.871.8018
The Blank is a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation
“The Blank is committed to the enrichment of Hollywood’s
cultural life through production of first-rate theatre,
education of current and future artists, and creation of
groundbreaking new works for the theatrical repertoire.”
We are a collection of artists who have come
together to create new works for the theatre.
The Blank has won every major “Best Production” Award in
Los Angeles in our 25 years
The Blank has professionally produced 272 plays by
playwrights aged 9 to 19
The Blank has developed and produced close to 600 new plays
The Blank was presented with a resolution by the LA City Council
to honor our excellence and commitment to the community
We want to reawaken theatre as a national pastime, and
provide our community with the notion that living, breathing
glimpses into human experience are a crucial part of the cultural
discourse of a city and should be accessible to everyone.
Dear Friend,
Each of us plays a leadership role
with The Blank Theatre because
as artists, audience and donors
we’ve experienced what The Blank
consistently offers.
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We’ve shared the explosive, life-changing
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sense of achievement of a teenage
playwright viewing his or her first play
performed by professionals. We’ve felt the intense hush of an audience riveted by a
provocative, intensely performed play on our mainstage. We’ve joined in the impassioned
exchanges between actors, playwrights, directors and audience after a staged reading of
a new play.This is more than entertainment, more than exciting theatre --The Blank is a
persistent, thriving voice in the cultural fabric of our city at a critical moment.
In this packet you’ll find more detailed descriptions of The Blank’s programs and
productions. You’ll also read about numerous artists of all ages who have gone on from
their success with The Blank to national and international achievement. You’ll see how
engagement between The Blank and the City has led to a stable core of live theatre
where film, TV and new media are dominant, and how that engagement has transformed
neighborhoods.
But theatre is never easy to sustain, and intimate theatre in Los Angeles has never been
more challenged. The Blank has taken a leadership role in recent struggles, organizing small
theatres to resolve conflicts with Actors Equity, successfully lobbying the city to designate
Theatre Row as an official district, and working with developers and property owners to
secure more spaces for live theatre. As The Blank celebrates its first 25 years, we’re working
to ensure that it thrives into its “second generation.”
Will you help us by making a significant gift and becoming a Major Donor? We are requesting
support as multi-year or one-time gifts. Naming opportunities for our celebrated programs
are available in connection with commensurate contributions: the nationally celebrated
Blank Theatre Young Playwrights Festival (going into its 24th year), The Blank Theatre Living
Room Series – developing new plays, our Mainstage Productions and our Apprenticeship
Program. Please join the Blank Family.
Sincerely,
Daniel Henning
Founding Artistic Director
Noah Wyle
Artistic Producer, Chairman
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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WHO WE ARE
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WHAT WE DO
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MAINSTAGE + ACCOLADES
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YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
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LIVING ROOM SERIES
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THE TEAM
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
WHO WE ARE
The Blank has won every major “Best Production” Award
in Los Angeles in our 25 years
The Blank has professionally produced 272 plays
by playwrights aged 9 to 19
The Blank is dedicated to new work and has developed
and produced close to 600 new plays
The Blank was presented with a resolution by the
LA City Council to honor our excellence and
commitment to the community
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WHO WE ARE
The Blank Theatre was founded in 1990
by Artistic Director Daniel Henning. In
April 1996, The Blank took up residence
at the 2nd Stage Theatre on Hollywood
Theatre Row.
Our goals are to produce new work,
give paying jobs to actors, directors
and theatre professionals, train and
inspire young people to pursue careers
in theatre and develop plays that will be
presented on stages around the world
for future generations.
We believe the development of new
plays is an essential component of a
thriving theatrical community, both here in Hollywood and in the nation at large. The Blank’s
Mainstage productions have garnered rave reviews, audience acclaim, and numerous
theatrical honors.
Recently, The Blank won the Broadway World Award for “Best Play – Los Angeles” and was
nominated for 4 L.A. Weekly Awards including “Production of the Year.” Over the years, The
Blank has won every “Best Production” award in town:
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5 Ovation Awards including “Best Musical”
13 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards including
“Outstanding Production”
8 LA Weekly Awards including “Musical of the Year”
4 NAACP Theatre Awards including “Best Production”
20 Back Stage West Garland Awards including
“Best Production”
The Blank Theatre is the recipient of the Hollywood Arts
Council’s Charlie Award “for pursuing artistic excellence,
for nurturing the next generation of playwrights and
challenging itself with a grand vision.”
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The Drama League designated The Blank as “one
of the best Theatre Companies in America” and
The Blank was also honored with a resolution
by the LA City Council for its commitment to
excellence and innovation in the Theatre Arts.
The Blank offers unique opportunities for
playwrights to see their works grow from a draft
script to a fully realized Mainstage production. We
attract the finest playwrights in America and are
entrusted by them to develop their plays which
will eventually be produced all around the world.
The Blank is one of this nation’s most important
developers of new work.
The Blank has many activities that are designed to reach
out to our local community. For example, we keep the
price of the tickets for our Young Playwrights Festival very
low and target our marketing program to attract younger
patrons.
This is meant to make theatre as accessible to the
mainstream population as film and television, fostering a
love for the art form that will persuade the general public
to become frequent theatregoers.
As of today, The Blank
has presented over 530 new plays free to the public and
offered more than 10,000 free tickets to local community
members.
We want to reawaken theatre as a national
pastime, and provide our community with
the notion that living, breathing glimpses into
human experience are a crucial part
of the cultural discourse of a city
and should be accessible to everyone.
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WHAT WE DO
We produce award-winning critically acclaimed
plays and musicals on our Mainstage
We educate emerging and established artists
through our arts incubator programs
We create between 40 and 50
new works each year
We lead through unique initiatives created to
bring our community together
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ARTISTIC PROGRAMS
MAINSTAGE SEASON
Plays and musicals are produced for six-week runs at The Blank’s 2nd
Stage Theatre and The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood focusing on
new works. Our Mainstages are often the culmination of our new play
development programs and have included the works of Tony Award
Winner George Furth, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Stephen Karam and Academy
Award nominee Karen Black.
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
In June, we produce the 12 best plays by playwrights ages 9 to 19, chosen
from a nationwide competition. In the past 23 years, we have produced
272 plays by these young writers. Nowhere else in the nation can young
playwrights receive the prize of seeing their vision come to life on stage
in a professional production.
LIVING ROOM SERIES
The Blank’s New Play Development Program embodies our commitment
to developing new writers and new works. Every Monday night, we
produce a “workshop” staged reading of a new play with a week of
rehearsal. We develop over 30 new plays a year in the LRS, rivaling any
theatre in the US.
LIVING ROOM SERIES
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The next step of new play development, we select two plays (or musicals)
each year to further develop toward full Mainstage Production. We
give these plays three weeks of rehearsal in a bare-bones production
that gives the author and other creatives an opportunity to explore the
material more fully. It also offers two weeks of performances in front of an
audience to gauge reaction and further develop the play.
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
STAYIN’ LIVE! & HOLLYWOOD THEATRE ROW
The Blank’s Founding Artistic Director, Daniel Henning, founded
Stayin’ Live! - a coalition of theatre, business, government and
neighborhood leaders to create the assured future of live
theatre in Los Angeles. Through Stayin’ Live! The Blank Theatre
spearheaded the drive to have the City of Los Angeles officially
name our stretch of Santa Monica Blvd as “Hollywood Theatre
Row” with a resolution, city hall ceremony and permanent
ceremonial signage on the corner of Santa Monica and Wilcox.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In May and June, 12 to 18 students (or sometimes returning
veterans) are given invaluable hands-on immersion training
in theatre as an integral part of the production team for
the Young Playwrights Festival. Throughout the year, we
offer similar opportunities to emerging producers, stage
managers and theatrical administrators. This job-training
program is free of charge.
ORPHAN’S HOME PROJECT
The Blank opens our theatrical home on Hollywood Theatre Row
(2nd Stage Theatre) to other theatre companies who have lost,
cannot afford, or do not have their own theatre space. We offer
reduced rent (covering our expenses only) to companies of high
caliber who need a home to do their work. It allows these theatre
professionals to continue to work in Hollywood, which has been
losing theatres and companies at an alarming rate.
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The Blank’s Mainstage productions have garnered rave reviews,
audience acclaim, and numerous theatrical honors
The Blank most recently won the Broadway World Award for
“Best Play – Los Angeles” and was nominated for 4 L.A. Weekly
Awards including “Production of the Year”
The Blank has won every “Best Production” Award in town:
5 Ovation Awards including “Best Musical”
13 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards including “Outstanding Production”
8 LA Weekly Awards including “Musical of the Year”
4 NAACP Theatre Awards including “Best Production”
20 Back Stage Garland Awards including “Best Production”
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You never know who you will see on The Blank’s
stage. You might catch Academy Award nominee Sally
Kellerman or Mike Farrell or Tony Award Winners
Daisy Eagan, Greg Jbara or Alice Ripley. Or you might
see a talented new actor who catches your eye, before
other roles make them famous like Chris Pine, Sherri
Shepherd, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Octavia Spencer and
Noah Wyle. All working together in the same intimate
theatre.
The Blank’s Mainstage productions have garnered rave
reviews, audience acclaim, and numerous theatrical
honors.
Recently, The Blank won the Broadway World Award for “Best Play – Los Angeles” and was
nominated for 4 L.A. Weekly Awards including “Production of the Year.” Over the years, The
Blank has won every “Best Production” award in town:
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5 Ovation Awards including “Best Musical”
13 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards including
“Outstanding Production”
8 LA Weekly Awards including
“Musical of the Year”
4 NAACP Theatre Awards including
“Best Production”
20 Back Stage West Garland Awards including
“Best Production”
We create theatre to build community. To build our artistic community, certainly. To build our
future artistic community, definitely. But mostly to build our global community.
We make theatre for you. We want you to be a part of it.
Without you, it’s not theatre, it’s just rehearsal.
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PRODUCTION HISTORY
SOMETHING TRULY MONSTROUS – 2015 World Premiere
SONS OF THE PROPHET – 2015 West Coast Premiere
THE WHY – 2014
PETER PAN: THE BOY WHO HATED MOTHERS – 2013 West Coast Premiere
VALENTINE TRIAGE – 2013 World Premiere
THE SANTALAND DIARIES – 2012
DR. KEELING’S CURVE – 2012 World Premiere
SUKIE & SUE: THEIR STORY – 2012 World Premiere
THE COST OF THE ERECTION – 2012 West Coast Premiere
THE SANTALAND DIARIES – 2011
DUSK RINGS A BELL – 2011 West Coast Premiere
THE TEMPERAMENTALS – 2011 West Coast Premiere
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK – 2011
THE SANTALAND DIARIES – 2010
TERRE HAUTE – 2010 West Coast Premiere
SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE – 2010 West Coast Premiere
WHY TORTURE IS WRONG,
AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM - 2010 West Coast Premiere
THE SANTALAND DIARIES – 2009
SETUP & PUNCH – 2009 World Premiere
THE JAZZ AGE – 2009 West Coast Premiere
SPEECH & DEBATE – 2008 West Coast Premiere
DICKIE & BABE: THE TRUTH ABOUT LEOPOLD & LOEB – 2008 World Premiere
LITTLE FISH – 2007 West Coast Premiere
HEADS – 2007 World Premiere
MISSOURI WALTZ – 2007 World Premiere
HOTEL C’EST L’AMOUR – 2006 World Premiere
LOBSTER ALICE – 2006 Southern California Premiere
A HOLE IN THE DARK – 2006 West Coast Premiere
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PRODUCTION HISTORY CONTINUED
THE WILD PARTY – 2005 West Coast Premiere
THE BOOK OF LIZ – 2005 & 2006 (year –long run) West Coast Premiere
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES – 2005
AS IS – 2004
AMERICAN WAY – 2004 World Premiere
FUNNY… – 2003 2 World Premieres
FILL IN THE BLANK – 2003 World Premiere
SANGUINE – 2003 World Premiere
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? – 2002
FIRST LADY SUITE – 2002 World Premiere
PRECIOUS SONS – 2000 West Coast Premiere
THE WHY – 2000 World Premiere
A NIGHT OUT WITH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS – 1999 2 World Premieres
STARR STRUCK: A MUSICAL INVESTIGATION – 1999 World Premiere
HELLO AGAIN – 1998 West Coast Premiere
LOOT – 1997
SKY’S END – 1996 World Premiere
BREAKING THE CODE – 1996 Los Angeles Premiere
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 95 – 1995 3 World Premieres
CHESS – 1995 Los Angeles Premiere
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK – 1994
GERTRUDE STEIN & A COMPANION – 1994 West Coast Premiere
IN STITCHES – 1994 World Premiere
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC – 1993
THE FANTASTICKS – 1993
A SNAKE IN THE VEIN – 1993 West Coast Premiere
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO/ HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS – 1991
THE WINTER’S TALE – 1991
HOSANNA – 1990
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AWARDS
L.A. DRAMA CRITIC CIRCLE AWARDS
13 Awards including
BEST PRODUCTION – Breaking the Code
BEST PRODUCTION – The Wild Party
16 nominations
OVATION AWARDS
5 Awards including
BEST MUSICAL – The Fantasticks
24 Nominations
N.A.A.C.P. THEATRE AWARDS
4 Awards including
BEST MUSICAL – The Wild Party
12 Nominations
BROADWAY WORLD AWARDS
BEST PRODUCTION – Peter Pan: The Boy
Who Hated Mothers
5 nominations
DRAMA-LOGUE AWARDS
9 Awards including
BEST PRODUCTION – Loot
BEST PRODUCTION – The Cradle Will Rock
ARTIOS AWARDS
3 nominations for Best Casting Los
Angeles Theatre:
The Temperamentals
The Cradle Will Rock
Why Torture is Wrong, and the People
Who Love Them
AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS’
PRIMUS PRIZE
E.M. Lewis for her play Heads
L.A WEEKLY AWARDS
8 Awards including
MUSICAL OF THE YEAR – The Cradle Will
Rock
37 nominations
BACKSTAGE GARLAND AWARDS
20 Awards including
BEST PRODUCTION – The Wild Party
83 Nominations
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ALUMNI
Here are just of few of the hundreds of actors The Blank has worked with
over the years.
(*INDICATES ACADEMY AWARD, TONY AWARD OR EMMY AWARD WINNER/NOMINEE)
MAX ADLER
EDWARD ASNER*
BARBARA BAIN*
AMBER BENSON
KAREN BLACK*
ALISON BRIE
BETH BRODERICK
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER
TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VEANNE COX*
QUINN CUMMINGS*
KEITH DAVID*
NORA DUNN
ELIZA DUSHKU
DAISY EAGAN*
JAMES ECKHOUSE
BLAKE EDWARDS*
SUSAN EGAN*
KAT FOSTER
JOHNNY GALECKI*
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR*
DELORES HALL*
ALYSON HANNIGAN
GALE HAROLD
ELAINE HENDRIX
AMY HILL
LENNY JACOBSON
GREGORY JBARA*
JAMES KAREN
ARIELLE KEBBEL
SALLY KELLERMAN *
CHAD KIMBALL *
RICHARD KIND
JUSTIN KIRK*
RICHARD KLINE
RICKI LAKE *
JANE LANIER*
TOM LENK
VICKI LEWIS
JUDITH LIGHT*
MATTHEW LILLARD
KATIE LOWES
JAMIE LUNER
KELLY LYNCH
MELANIE LYNSKEY
LUKE MACFARLANE
ALLISON MACK
VIRGINIA MADSEN*
ANN MAGNUSON
JOSEPH MARCELL
JAMES MARSTERS
KELLIE MARTIN*
DEBRA MESSING*
MARCIA MITZMAN*
DYLAN O’BRIEN
JERRY O’CONNELL
KEN PAGE
VALARIE PETTIFORD*
CHRIS PINE
JOSH RADNOR
ALICE RIPLEY*
MARION ROSS*
MOLLY SHANNON*
SHERRI SHEPHERD
KATE SHINDLE
DOUGLAS SILLS*
JEREMY SISTO
REX SMITH*
OCTAVIA SPENCER*
MARCIA STRASSMAN
DB SWEENEY
TIFFANI THIESSEN
TONY TODD
ROBERT TORTI*
MICHAEL URIE
MARK VALLEY
KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
BRUCE VILANCH*
DEE WALLACE
GEDDE WATANABE
MAE WHITMAN
VANESSA WILLIAMS*
NOAH WYLE*
BELLAMY YOUNG
CONSTANCE ZIMMER
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YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
The Young Playwrights Festival is the only
nationwide professional playwriting competition
for writers ages 9 to 19
In 23 years we have produced 272 plays
by young playwrights
Nowhere else in the nation can young playwrights receive
the prize of seeing their vision come to life on stage in a
professional production featuring known actors from film,
television and theatre
Our Young Playwrights Winners have gone on to become
Broadway Librettists, Television Creator/Showrunners,
Rock Stars and even a Pulitzer Prize Finalist
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ABOUT THE YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL!
The Young Playwrights Festival is a 23 year-old
nationwide playwriting competition for writers
ages 9 to 19.
In 2015, we completed our 23rd YPF and
produced 272 plays by playwrights ages 9 to19.
The 12 best plays are chosen by a panel of
theatre professionals from submissions across
America. Winning playwrights are provided
careful mentoring and direction from industry
professionals to help prepare their work for public performance and hone their skills, talent
and confidence.
Nowhere else in the nation can young playwrights receive the prize of seeing their vision
come to life on stage in a professional production featuring known actors from film, television
and theatre. The plays are crafted by seasoned professional directors and each is given
several public performances in a month-long Festival. There are no submission fees for this
program.
This Festival is unique in the United States. While there may be other young playwrights
programs, YPF differs from the rest in two ways: (1) we
fully produce the winning plays, and (2) we provide the
playwrights a professional experience from beginning
to end; they are never considered “students,” they are
the playwrights.
What began in 1993 as a one night only reading, with
scripts submitted from Los Angeles County, has become
a month-long festival of 12 plays professionally staged
for full weekend runs, with submissions from 27
different states.
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YPF plays a critical role in training and
supporting the next generation of theatre
artists. Many of these playwrights have
gone on to successful writing careers in the
theatre as well as film, TV, music, etc..
As we say in our curtain speech each
evening, ‘’These kids are the future of the
theatre. If we don’t support their work
today, we won’t have a generation of artists
tomorrow.”
IMPACT
The Young Playwrights Festival is a unique opportunity to amplify the voices of our youth, and
thus not only present their interpretations of the world but channel their vision into the public
consciousness.
Young Playwrights Festival brings a national audience to Los Angeles and builds the future
of theatre at the same time. This program is not only a sustainable event for The Blank, it is
also designed to sustain the art of Theatre for future
generations.
As part of the Festival we have created a flagship
Apprenticeship Program with tremendous
opportunities for the participants. Each summer 12
to 18 students (or sometimes returning veterans)
from around the world are given invaluable hands-on
immersion training in theatre as an integral part of the
production team.
They are stage managers, assistant directors, design
assistants and are offered a unique opportunity to
work with 12 different directors during the month-long
Festival. This job-training program is free of charge.
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Each year we inspire more and more young writers as
evidenced by the growing number of submissions. One of
the most important aspects of the Festival, and its most
enduring feature, is the legacy it continues to create. The
Festival plays a critical role in training and supporting the
next generation of theatre artists:
Stephen Karam, a three-time YPF winner, was a 2012
finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play Sons
of the Prophet. His new critically acclaimed play THE
HUMANS will open on Broadway in Spring 2016.
Victor Kaufold, a YPF winner, tackled the issue of school
shootings in THE WHY which was then produced on our
Mainstage for which Victor earned an Ovation Award
nomination for “Best Writing-World Premiere” at 19
years old.
Lauren Yee, a two-time YPF winner, is having her plays produced across the country and
was nominated for the prestigious John Gassner Award by the NY Outer Critics Circle.
Austin Winsberg, a five-time winner, recently had his musical FIRST DATE open on Broadway
in 2013 and adapted the highly-successful The Sound of Music Live! on NBC.
As a result of winning YPF, these exciting writers all made their professional stage debuts in
Los Angeles. Along with 268 others over the years.
The Blank Theatre’s Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival
brings attention to Los Angeles as an important creator
of new theatrical artists and work, gives young people a
chance to have their unique voices heard in a professional
setting, and gives audiences a glimpse into these young
hearts and minds — as well as the thrill of seeing future
Pulitzer Prize Finalists and Broadway librettists in their first
professional productions.
The future of the Theatre is here.
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On Monday nights we produce a “workshop” staged reading
of a new play with a week of rehearsals
New plays and playwrights are given a safe and nurturing
environment where they can explore their emerging vision and
present it to an eager audience who support new plays
The plays we develop have consistently gone on to The Blank’s
Mainstage as well as impressive venues throughout the world,
winning awards and audience acclaim along the way
Neil Benjamin’s play THE EXPLORER’S CLUB won the
NY Outer Critics Circle Award for “Outstanding New
Off-Broadway Play,” when produced by Manhattan Theatre Club
after two developmental workshops in our Living Room Series
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In 1991,The Blank Theatre created The Living Room
Series, a Monday night staged reading series.
In 2015, we began our 25th LRS season and have now
developed over 560 new plays.
The Living Room Series embodies our commitment to
developing new writers and new works. Every Monday
night from Labor Day to Memorial Day, we produce a
“workshop” staged reading of a new play with a week of
rehearsals.
The author is given access to experienced actors and
directors who interpret the play and help the writer hone
their story. New plays and playwrights are given a safe
and nurturing environment where they can explore their
emerging vision and present it to an eager audience who
support new plays.
It began as an artistic gymnasium; a place where actors,
directors, stage managers, playwrights and audience
members could stretch their collective wings and explore new aspects of themselves. While
established artists always took part, so did emerging artists; giving both the opportunity
to explore who they are as creative beings and who they could become. Noah Wyle, Molly
Shannon, Jennifer Aniston, Jeremy Sisto, Matthew Lillard all acted in the Living Room Series
(LRS) before their careers took off (and even afterwards.) While we explored published plays
as part of the LRS, we always worked on new plays as well. Tony Award winners George Furth
(COMPANY) and Steven Sater (SPRING AWAKENING) developed material in the LRS.
Along the way, we discovered that new play development in the U.S. was dwindling and that
we had created a structure that could help fill in the gap for getting a new play or musical
developed and born. So the LRS became “all new work.” Since then, more and more new
play programs have gone by the wayside, and we are still here making the new plays and
playwrights of the future.
We develop and present 34 new plays each year. We offer the playwright full support
in achieving his or her vision. We give our expertise and advise in the choice of director
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and casting. We support the play with a week of rehearsals in the theatre with talented
professionals all dedicated to assisting in the birth of a new work of art. And we supply an
appreciative audience to be a part of the final birthing process.
The plays and musicals in the Living Room Series are written by a vast array of writers from
Tony winners to local playwrights to 19 year old winners of our Young Playwrights Festival (the
only professional nationwide competition for playwrights 9 to 19) who are now exploring fulllength subject matter. We understand that we have an opportunity to support many different
levels of artist with the work we do in LRS, and we take that challenge seriously. The plays
we develop have consistently gone on to The Blank’s Mainstage as well as impressive venues
throughout the world, winning awards and audience acclaim along the way.
PROCESS
The Living Room Series features fully staged readings of new plays with actors “on book.”
These are not sit-down or even semi-staged readings. We have found that playwrights benefit
most from seeing their piece completely “on its feet” rather than just read around a table or
in spare pools of light. However, though the expectation is for the play to be largely blocked,
the intention of LRS is also to convey the essence of the play using only necessary props, a
suggestion of costumes, and minimal tech.
An Artistic Committee (AC) of eight writers, directors, and producers serve as the guiding
force for the Living Room Series. They meet and discuss plays and musicals submitted in an
open submission process, making the decisions about which plays will earn a spot in the LRS.
Then one of the AC members becomes the Creative Producer on the project, shepherding
the playwright through the LRS process from first notes to final comments from audience
members. They guide them through director choices, casting, rewrites and whatever else the
particular show requires.
Each play gets a week of rehearsals, with the playwright making necessary changes as they go.
There is a producer and a stage manager assigned to each LRS presentation supplied by The
Blank. There is a tech rehearsal as the final step and the play is presented free to an audience
on a Monday night at The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood.
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IMPACT
The Blank Theatre’s Living Room Series impacts multiple communities:
FOR THE PLAYWRIGHTS
It is a terrific opportunity to work on their play in collaboration with some of the best talent
Los Angles has to offer. In a way, a play needs to be a communal experience for it to take
shape, and we offer support for that experience. The playwright gets to see their play “on its
feet,” which is fairly unique in the play development world. Usually plays are developed in
readings with actors sitting in chairs using music stands; a fine way to “hear” a play, perhaps,
but not to “see it.” Plays come alive in the third dimension and we want the writer to “see”
their play. Playwrights thank us time and time again for that experience specifically, since it
is so rare and so valuable. And the writer gets to hear honest audience reaction to their play,
which is invaluable.
FOR THE BLANK
We get the opportunity to work with and support hundreds of artists each year, and create
working relationships that have, with some, now stretched decades. We also get to present
our audiences with exciting new plays before anyone else. We have a commitment to bring
the new plays we develop in the Living Room Series to our Mainstage each season. And we’re
glad to do it.
FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
We present over 30 evenings of free theatre to our neighbors in the local community. We
also get to introduce our theatrical colleagues to new plays and playwrights. Many LRS plays
have been produced in other theatres throughout Los Angeles. BILLY & RAY, a play about the
writing of the screenplay for Double Indemnity, was seen in the LRS by the Falcon Theatre
who picked it up, produced it to great success and recently BILLY & RAY opened in NYC at the
prestigious Vineyard Theatre directed by Garry Marshall. If we hadn’t produced the play in the
LRS, it is unlikely any of that would have happened.
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE SCENE
Playwrights know that The Blank’s Living Room Series is one of the best places to have their
work developed and we receive submissions from not only highly regarded literary agents
across the country but writers from all over the world. The work we present in the Living
Room Series goes on to impressive venues throughout the world, as do the artists we support
in the LRS.
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LIVING ROOM SERIES
These plays have consistently been produced by theatres such as Manhattan Theatre Club,
Vineyard Theatre, Manhattan Class Company & Transport Group (NYC), Laguna Playhouse,
and Brideswell Theatre (London). In fact, Neil Benjamin’s play THE EXPLORER’S CLUB recently won the NY Outer Critics Circle
Award for “Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play,” when it was produced by the multiple Tony
Award winning Manhattan Theatre Club after two developmental workshops in our Living
Room Series.
Another interesting aspect of the LRS is a rigorous job training program for producers
and stage managers. We supply emerging producers and stage managers with hands-on
immersion training in these valuable job skills. This gives these artists a way to develop
another part of their creative beings and learn skills to make some extra income in their
chosen profession; in what can be a challenging job climate.
The Blank Theatre’s Living Room Series has developed over 560 new plays and musicals
in two and a half decades. We help create new plays, new playwrights, directors, actors,
stage managers, producers, and thousands of delighted audience members who are
part of the birth of a new work of art.
Brand new plays. Made in L.A.
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LIVING ROOM SERIES
LIVING ROOM SERIES AROUND THE WORLD
THE EXPLORER’S CLUB
Tony Award nominee Neil Benjamin’s play won the NY
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New OffBroadway Play when produced by Manhattan Theatre
Club following two LRS presentations.
DR. KEELING’S CURVE
Mike Farrell starred in this one man show by George
Shea about Dr. David Keeling, who discovered climate
change. Produced by The Blank on the Mainstage, it
aired on KCET TV (PBS), and subsequently played at
USC, Cal Tech and other venues across the US.
HEADS
E.M. Lewis’ play had its world premiere at The Blank
and won the American Theatre Critics Primus Prize.
DON’T GO GENTLE
Stephen Belber’s controversial play opened at
the Manhattan Class Company, and has played
productions across the country.
I SEE YOU MADE AN EFFORT
Annabelle Gurwitch’s one woman show based on her
NY Times Best Selling memoir has played all over the
country and appeared on virtually every talk show
from CNN to NPR.
FIRST LADY SUITE
Revised Michael John LaChiusa musical about
America’s First Ladies played at The Blank then in
NYC at the Transport Group, subsequently at the NY
Historical Society with Audra McDonald and at the
Brideswell Theatre, London. The Blank’s production
was recorded and released on the PS Classics Label.
A SINGULAR THEY
Aliza Goldstein’s gender-busting play won the Ebell
Prize for Female Playwrights
SECRETS OF THE TRADE
Jonathan Tolins’ play ran successfully at the Black
Dahlia in LA and Primary Stages Off-Broadway in NYC.
SONG OF EXTINCTION
E.M. Lewis’ play won the prestigious Steinberg New
Play Prize and the LA Drama Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Play.
MR. SHAW GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Seven time Emmy winning writer Mark Saltzman’s play
premiered at the Laguna Playhouse and has gone on
to other productions including Chicago.
RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Billy Hayes solo show about his experiences in
a Turkish prison that led to “Midnight Express.”
Premiered at The Blank then seen Off Broadway Barrow St Theatre, Edinburgh, Melbourne.
BAD DOG
Jennifer Hoppe-House’s comedy had its World
Premiere at Orlando Shakespeare Festival and was
subsequently produced by Olney Theatre Center
in Maryland.
BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU
Musical based on the Kurt Vonnegut story played the
NY Musical Festival (NYMF). By Andrew Barrett and Ira
Antelis.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT A PANCREAS IS?
Carole Real’s comedy played Ensemble Studio
Theatre – L.A.
TRUE FANS
Bill Rosenfield’s play received its World Premiere in
Orlando at Florida Theatrical.
LOVE/SICK
John Cariani’s comedy about relationships opened Off
Broadway in Spring 2015.
FALSE SOLUTION
Oren Safdie’s play starred Daniel J. Travanti when it
opened at LA MaMa E.T.C. in NYC.
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THE TEAM
Daniel Henning Noah Wyle
Founding Artistic Director
Artistic Producer
Angel Parker CFO
Laura Bousman Secretary
Paulo Andres Fundraising Chair
Rick Baumgartner
Pekka Kauranen
Jack Kenny
Susie Landau Finch
Barbara Ligeti
Angela Oh
Priscilla Pesci
Marcia Seligson
Troy Thompsen
Ken Werther
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DANIEL HENNING
NOAH WYLE
Founding
Artistic Director
Artistic Producer,
Chairman
Daniel founded The Blank
Theatre and currently
serves as its Founding
Artistic Director.
Noah is best known as
Dr. John Carter on “ER”,
a role he played for over
ten years, which earned
him five Emmy and three
Golden Globe nominations
and won him three Screen
Actors Guild Awards for
“Outstanding Ensemble”.
He has produced over 60
Mainstage
Productions,
24 seasons of the Living
Room Series and 23 Young
Playwrights
Festivals.
He serves on the Western Regional Council for the
Actor’s Fund and is the former Vice-President of the
Hollywood Arts Council.
His initiative Stayin’ Live! to support the Intimate
Theatre Movement in LA most recently attained the
official city declaration of Hollywood Theatre Row. As
chief fundraiser for The Blank, he has secured grants
from the NEA, CAC, LA County Arts, LA Dept of Cultural
Affairs, Parsons Foundation, Irvine Foundation,
Steinberg Charitable Trust, Bloomberg Philanthropies
and many others.
Henning’s productions have been nominated for
189 LA theatre awards, winning 59 including “Best
Production” from LA Drama Critic Circle Awards, LA
Weekly Awards, Ovation Awards, NAACP Theatre
Awards, BackStage Garland Awards. Henning won the
NAACP Theatre Award for “Best Director of a Musical”
for Michael John LaChiusa’s THE WILD PARTY (“Best
Production” - LA Drama Critics Circle, NAACP Theatre,
BackStage Garland and 17 other awards).
He made his Lincoln Center directorial debut with
THE GIRLY SHOW and directed the world premiere
of MR. SHAW GOES TO HOLLYWOOD at Laguna
Playhouse. As director and writer, his television
and film work include MTV’s “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy
Factory” and the short film Critic’s Choice. His plays
include DICKIE & BABE: THE TRUTH ABOUT LEOPOLD
& LOEB.
He is currently in production on the second season
of TNT’s hit show “The Librarians” reprising the role
of Flynn Carsen which he originated in the movie
trilogy (The Librarian: Quest for the Spear,The Librarian
2: Return to King Solomon’s Mines and The Librarian 3:
Curse of the Judas Chalice).
Noah can also be seen in the final season of “Falling
Skies” on TNT and is about to begin pre-production on
the FX & Sony Television limited series “Those Angry
Days” alongside Graham Yost. His feature film credits
include Nothing But the Truth, Boy of Pigs, W, White
Oleander, Enough, Donnie Darko, and A Few Good Men.
He also received critical acclaim for his role as Steve
Jobs in the Emmy-nominated “Pirates of Silicon Valley”
for TNT.
Wyle portrayed Salvador Dali in The Blank’s production
of LOBSTER ALICE.
He is also involved in numerous issue-oriented
initiatives such as Physicians for Human Rights,
Partners in Health, Doctors of the World, Human
Rights Watch and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.
Daniel is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts,
Circle in the Square Theatre School, and American
Conservatory Theatre.
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THE TEAM
ANGEL PARKER
Chief Financial Officer
Angel is a proud LA native and a
conservatory-trained actress, mother
of two beautiful children, and a tireless
do-gooder who has somehow never
learned to ride a bicycle. She serves
on the board of The Blank Theatre
Company and is an active member of The New Hollywood,
a women’s philanthropic goal group. Since graduating from
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she’s amassed
numerous television, stage, voice, and commercial credits,
with roles ranging from Coochi Snorcher in THE VAGINA
MONOLOGUES to Olivia in TWELFTH NIGHT. Even with 9
consecutive years of varied roles in The Blank Theatre’s
Young Playwrights Festival, most younger fans will know
her as Tasha Davenport from Disney XD’s Lab Rats. She
spends as much time as possible mentoring young women
and children, as well as aspiring actors, helping them to set
and achieve their goals through hard work, passion, and
positivity. She absolutely plans to one day learn to ride a
bike, and maybe to swim as well. LAURA BOUSMAN
Secretary
Laura was born and raised in
Los Angeles, where she attended
Brentwood School. In 1999, her play,
HUNGER PAINS, was honored by
The Blank Theatre Company’s Young
Playwright’s Festival and performed
at Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre. Laura graduated from
UCLA in 2003 with a B.A. in Communication Studies. Laura
has devoted a great deal of time to the non-profit sector,
first performing administrative duties for the Independent
Film and Television Alliance and then assisting Holocaust
Survivors at Bet Tzedek Legal Services. After meeting her
future husband, Darren Lynn Bousman (Director, Saw IIIV, Repo!, Mother’s Day), Laura transitioned into the film
industry, first documenting “behind the scenes” footage
of Repo! and ultimately producing films such as 11-11-11 and
the cult hits, The Devil’s Carnival and Alleluia! Laura is an active
Docent at the Los Angeles Public Library in Downtown Los
Angeles and lives in Studio City with her husband and son,
Henry.
PAULO ANDRES
Fundraising Chair
Paulo is Partner at Rothman/Andres
Entertainment, a boutique
talent
management company. His style of
management is personal and he has
been fortunate to serve a small, select
group of working actors. Paulo’s nonprofit experience includes board member and then Board
President for Common Ground (now called Venice Family
Clinic). Critical services includes counseling, needle
exchange, active prevention through education, outreach
to minority and under represented, teen runaway assistance
and job placement. He also served as board member on
Century of Compassion, an organization dedicated to making
this century the most compassionate ever. He has run five
marathons –two of them fundraising for APLA. An avid cyclist,
Paulo is a three-time participant in the non-profit fundraiser
AIDS/LifeCycle, benefiting The LA Gay & Lesbian Center,
cycling 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles. His latest
passion has been participating in BGF’s Ultimate Frisbee.
RICK BAUMGARTNER
Board
Rick is a digital content producer,
designer and writer.
His areas of
expertise include graphic design (online
and print), 3D stereoscopic postproduction, visual effects and technical
writing. Rick has production credits on
six Activision videogames and several of his photographs and
graphics have appeared in The Los Angeles Times and other
print and online periodicals. His book 3D Post-Production:
Workflows and Techniques was published by Focal Press in
2014. Rick has provided imaging expertise to The Annenberg
Foundation, Guidance Solutions, Intel, Panasonic, Pepsico,
National Football League, National Geographic Films,
National Hockey League, Paramount Pictures, Sony
Pictures Imageworks, U.S. Army and many others. Rick
was nominated for an Emmy for Visual Effects for the cult
television show Buffy The Vampire Slayer and has worked on
such diverse award-winning feature films as 300, Idiocracy,
Monster House and U2 3D.
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THE TEAM
PEKKA KAURANEN
Board
Pekka serves as the Head of Commodities Sales & Trading
for Wells Fargo. Pekka started his career at Goldman Sachs in
New York City as an oil trader and besides a brief stint doing
a tech start-up with his brother at the worst possible timing
in history (a couple months before the tech bubble burst),
this has been his field of expertise. Although his career is in
finance, he has a great love of theater and has been an avid
audience member and supporter of The Blank Theatre for
many years. Pekka is an alum and sponsor of the high school
(United World College) Lester B. Pearson College in Victoria,
Canada. It is an international baccalaureate high school with
the mission “UWC makes education a force to unite people,
nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.”
Pekka then went on to MIT; and currently lives and works in
Houston, TX.
SUSIE LANDAU FINCH
Board
Susie is a producer-writer-director. She
has worked extensively for American
Zoetrope under the aegis of Francis
Ford Coppola’s Los Angeles and San
Francisco studios among others.
Various producing credits include:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Spirit of ‘76, Traveling Light, as
well as the independent feature Wake which received a
Prism Commendation Award. Susie has a passion for the
adaptation of books and plays for the screen and has
adapted the feature The Doctor’s Wife based on the novel
of the same name which she will direct with Fred Roos
and Patrick Cunningham producing. Susie is committed to
viable, maverick projects with scripts of exceptional literary
quality. She has served as US president for Vision Picture Co.
an Australian film company, consulted for the Annenberg
Foundation, Magnolia Mae and LucasFilm, among others.
She serves as a board member for the Melrose Hill HPOZ and
teaches Acting to Directors at Chapman University. She is the
proud mother of her daughter, Aria Isabel.
JACK KENNY
Board
Most recently, Jack was the showrunner
of Warehouse 13 on the Syfy channel,
and a consultant on TNT’s Falling Skies.
He also created the controversial NBC
series The Book of Daniel and FOX’s Titus,
and has written for In Case of Emergency,
Wanda At Large, Caroline in the City, Holding the Baby, Maggie
and Dave’s World, among others. He has directed episodes of
Titus, Reba, Roommates, Warehouse 13 and Norman Rockwell
is Bleeding, a comedy special for Showtime. Jack was also
an actor for 15 years, and has performed on Broadway
(FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, CAFÉ CROWN), off-Broadway (NYSF/
Public Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Manhattan Punch
Line, etc.), and in regional theatres across the country. He’s a
graduate of the Juilliard Theatre School and a member of The
Acting Company. He shares his life with Michael Goodell, his
partner of 33 years.
BARBARA LIGETI
Board
Barbara met Pierre Cardin while in college where she
was studying to become a dance therapist. He hired
her to choreograph fashion shows/industrials and as a
spokesperson and model. Favorite producing credits for New
York stage include David Rabe’s HURLYBURLY; August Wilson’s
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM; Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer
Prize winning NIGHT, MOTHER; Bridgette Wimberly’s SAINT
LUCY’S EYES starring Ruby Dee; 60 MINUTES IN NEGROLAND
and HARRIET AND PHYLLIS. She managed/produced Eric
Bogosian and Eduardo Machado. In 1989 Ligeti produced
Sean Penn in HURLYBURLY at the Westwood Playhouse (now
Geffen Theatre). She developed and has been touring with
RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS WITH BILLY HAYES written
and performed by Billy Hayes who wrote the book and was
the subject of the iconic film MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. This show’s
very first public presentation was as a fundraiser for The
Blank Theatre in 2013. Her book “I LIKE MYSELF TODAY”, a
primer on self-esteem for women of all ages, is due out for
Christmas of 2015.
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THE TEAM
ANGELA OH
Board
Angela is an actress, teacher, producer
and avid fan of The Blank. Her charity
work has included fundraising for Jennifer
Siebel Newsom’s MissRepresentation.
org, a project which examines how
women are portrayed in the media.
Through her business efforts, she has supported Nancy
Davis’ Race to Erase MS and Cedars Sinai Sports Spectacular.
She taught acting at the studio Lesly Kahn & Company. For
The Blank’s Young Playwrights Festival, she has served on
the YPF Selection Committee, as Hospitality Coordinator,
Weekly Producer, and finally as an actor. She has also acted
in the Living Room Series. Angela has volunteered at The
Blank’s offices and generally loves telling people about and
supporting Daniel Henning and The Blank Theatre. She is
deeply honored to be a Board Member of The Blank Theatre.
MARCIA SELIGSON
Board
Marcia
was
the
Founder
and
Producing Artistic Director of REPRISE!
BROADWAY’S BEST in Los Angeles for
ten years. She produced over forty
REPRISE! shows and events between
1997 and 2007. She co-produced a
new play, SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS starring David
Hyde Pierce and the late legendary Uta Hagen at the Geffen
Playhouse She co-created the FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN
MUSICALS in 2005 and has co-produced five immensely
successful festivals throughout Southern Caliornia between
2008-2012. Since its inception, the FESTIVAL has presented
over 150 shows and events and involved nearly 4,500 people
in productions. Enjoying a 20 year successful career as a prizewinning journalist and author, she wrote eight published
books, articles for virtually every major magazine in America,
as well as being a Contributing Editor of Lear’s, New Times,
New West and TV Guide. She lives in Marina del Rey with her
husband of 31 years, Tom Drucker.
PRISCILLA PESCI
Board
Priscilla is an entrepreneur, producer
and global marketer, specializing in
television, film, music, and global
consumer products. With extensive
cross-cultural and global experience
in over 150 countries at major motion
picture studios and broadcast networks in content creation,
social, digital media, television, film, and music, Priscilla’s
senior-level, executive posts include MGM Studios, Lionsgate,
Viacom / CBS Broadcast, and FOX Studios. As Founder and
CEO of Elumines, Inc., Priscilla spearheads her own sociallyconscious and award-winning marketing, music, and
production companies. She is a Partner in the luxury Italian
shoe company, Pasquale Fabrizio, and Maurice’s Valises, a
global children’s IP, based on the critically-acclaimed book
series. She attends The Berlin School of Creative Leadership
in Germany (Executive MBA) and is a graduate of the
University of San Francisco. She is a Board Member of the
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a voting
member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and a
Board Member for Public Works, Inc., a non-profit committed
to the betterment of high-risk, young adults.
TROY THOMPSEN
Board
Troy is the co-founder of TKOart,
a leading art consulting firm in Los
Angeles and Orange County. His clients
include MGM, Warner Bros., Steven
Spielberg, and many of Los Angeles’ top
interior designers. Thompsen is also the
founder of two successful retail galleries and has extensive
curatorial experience with his “finger on the pulse” of
emerging and established artists of Los Angeles and beyond.
Troy lectures to design students at UCLA, has been featured
on National Public Radio, and was recently named to OC
Register’s “Hot 25” list.
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THE TEAM
KEN WERTHER
Board
Ken began his career in public relations
at Norman Lear’s Embassy Television.
He later served as a unit publicist at
Lorimar Television. Werther joined the
Los Angeles office of Boneau/BryanBrown in December 1995, where he
served as the publicist for the Los
Angeles production of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST;
THE 24TH DAY starring Noah Wyle and Peter Berg; Sir Ian
McKellen’s A KNIGHT OUT IN LOS ANGELES; MASTER CLASS
starring Faye Dunaway. He spent five years as press associate
at the Mark Taper Forum, working on many productions
including Anna Deavere Smith’s TWILIGHT:LOS ANGELES,
1992; THE KENTUCKY CYCLE; MASTER CLASS (with Zoe
Caldwell); and ANGELS IN AMERICA (all prior to Broadway).
From 1989 to 1990, Ken partnered with Rick Miramontez in
the Miramontez/Werther Company. In addition, Ken worked
at Solters/Roskin/Friedman (42ND STREET, SWEET CHARITY
starring Debbie Allen) and at the Ahmanson Theatre (20002009). Member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents
and Managers and the Publicists Guild of America.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
Join The Blank Family and
help create the future of
the theatre
Give The Blank a
significant gift: multi-year
or one-time
Watch your investment
grow into new plays and new artists
Make a difference in the community
through the power of live theatre
We would be thrilled to have you part of
The Blank Family
PLEASE CONTACT US:
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
WHO SUPPORTS US?
Over the last few seasons The Blank has been supported by:
National Endowment for the Arts
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles City Council District 4
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Plum Foundation
The Rosenthal Family Foundation
Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
William C. Bannerman Foundation
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Hollywood Fringe Festival
The Guacamole Fund
Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo Securities
Amazon.com
Ralph’s
and many individual donors
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
Your gift will give life-changing experiences to artists and audiences alike. By supporting
The Blank Theatre, you will be helping to expose a new generation of artists to the grandest
of art forms through our Young Playwrights Festival, Living Room Series and Mainstage
Productions. Most importantly, you’ll be helping our local arts community to continue to
grow and thrive.
Also, your charitable contribution to The Blank Theatre is tax deductible, as The Blank
Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. When you donate to The Blank, everyone
wins.
Make a difference by making a donation today.
SUPPORT OPTIONS
NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
We are offering the chance to have your name on our Major Signature Programs for
the appropriate gift level:
Mainstage Productions
Young Playwrights Festival
Living Room Series
Apprenticeship Program
MULTI-YEAR GIFTS
We are seeking significant multi-year gifts to ensure the future of The Blank’s artistic
and community programs. We are inviting you to make a five year commitment to
support our important work.
ONE-TIME GIFTS
We are also seeking one-time donations to support this year’s budget and to ensure
our continued success. You would be joining other philanthropists in support of new
play development and production.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
EMPLOYEE MATCHING
PROGRAMS
Your employer may offer a donation
matching program so that you can double
your gift to The Blank.
SPONSOR AN EVENT
The Blank is always looking for philanthropic
individuals to become part of the team that
makes The Blank magic happen. If you are
interested, please let us know.
WHAT YOU GET
• Opening Night Invitations
• Special Invitations to exclusive events
• Complimentary Tickets to many of The Blank Theatre’s offerings
• The Best Seats in The House reserved for you
• The undying gratitude of hundreds of artists annually who are
supported by The Blank’s programs
• The thrill of knowing you may have just supported the burgeoning
career of a future Tony Award Winning Playwright or Academy Award
Winning Actress.
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