Announcing The Blank's 20th Anniversary Season

New Season Begins October 2.
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by Edmund White
Directed by Kirsten Sanderson

Starring Mike Farrell and Jim Parrack

October 2 - November 14, 2010   

2nd Stage Theatre

6500 Santa Monica Blvd.

Did you know that Timothy McVeigh and Gore Vidal were pen pals? What would their conversations have been like if they had ever met in person? Famed fiction writer Edmund White, has imagined just that; four prison house conversations between the nation’s deadliest domestic terrorist and one of the world’s most famous and opinionated gadflies. The names have been changed, the ideas have not. This intimate and fascinating portrait of two men, both firebrands who say and do as they believe, delves deeply into the idea of what it means to be American and what one believes they must do for their country.

"White has captured the amusingly constricted voices of the patrician novelist and the plebian terrorist cannily and cogently." -Charles Isherwood,  The New York Times

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by David Sedaris

Directed by Michael Matthews

Starring Nicholas Brendon

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT     

November 19 - December 19, 2010   

The Stella Adler Theatre 

6773 Hollywood Blvd.

Nicholas Brendon (Criminal Minds, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) brings his critically-acclaimed performance of THE SANTALAND DIARIES back to The Blank this holiday season. “SANTALAND” is an outrageously funny one-man play (from NPR’s David Sedaris) about the author’s experiences as an unemployed writer taking a job as an elf at Macy’s. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa's workshop, he becomes battle weary and bitter, occasionally taking out his frustrations on the children and parents alike.

For those who like a little spice with their Christmas sugar, this tale of mass marketing, stressed out sales clerks, drunk Santas, screaming kids and the general insanity of the holidays is hilarious, witty, sardonic and unpredictable; mercilessly cutting through the Christmas spirit to point out what crazy things we do as human beings during the holidays.

“Building comic steam with his deadpan delivery, Nicholas Brendon strikes the ideal mix of cynicism and dry wit to mine the material for maximum hilarity.”   -  Les Spindle, Backstage

Donor pre-sale October 1. General Public on sale October 8.

Words and music by Marc Blitzstein

Directed by Daniel Henning

February 5 – March 20, 2011      

The Stella Adler Theatre

6773 Hollywood Blvd.

 
Corporations and churches use their influence to shape laws to their favor, unemployment hits new heights, and millions of Americans are losing their homes. Sound like the New Millennium? In 1937, Mark Blitzstein’s musical called these issues into question with his scathing satire of greed, corruption and politics in the U.S. of A. So scandalous, in fact, was “The Cradle” that the U.S. Government tried to shut it down. But Blitzstein’s humor, music and agitprop parody ruled the day and the public got to hear this terrific, fun, jazzy score. Snappy tunes, wonderful characters and deep questions about our nation will take you on a rollercoaster ride through the American patriotic psyche.

In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, The Blank will revive its production of  “The Cradle” , which won the LA Weekly Award for “Musical of the Year”, 3 Drama-Logue Awards including “Production” and “Director”, and 2 Ovation Award nominations (“Best Musical”, “Best Director”) in 1995.

“Sophisticated, witty … Daniel Henning’s insightful staging and inspired performances showcase the enduring brilliance in the underappreciated watershed musical.” – Philip Brandes, LA Times

“Blitzstein’s fervent, catchy score and earthy humor complement the piece’s revolutionary politics.” - Martin Hernandez, LA Weekly

PREMIERE PLAY TO BE ANNOUNCED

April – May 2011

The Blank will present an exciting new American play to be announced later.

19th Annual Nationwide

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

12 WORLD PREMIERES       

June 2 - 26, 2011    

The Stella Adler Theatre

6773 Hollywood Blvd.

If we didn’t tell you the plays were by teenagers, you wouldn’t know. The 12 best plays in the nation are chosen by a panel of theatre professionals from submissions by teenage playwrights. Winning writers are next assigned a mentor and then a professional director who guide their scripts to the stage.  We then cast the plays with some of Hollywood’s hottest award-winning actors and present the work in a month-long Festival. You have to see it to believe it!