Blank Theatre Company

Blank Theatre Company

= History =

The Blank Theatre Company was founded in 1990 as a non-profit corporation by its current Artistic Director/Producer Daniel Henning. With a BFA from New York University, Mr. Henning moved to Los Angeles and saw an opportunity to increase the quality of theatre in town. So at the age of 24, with settlement money from an assault he suffered in New York City, he started The Blank Theatre Company. In the past sixteen years, The Blank has won every major theatre production award in Los Angeles, raised thousands of dollars for worthy charities and produced 30 Mainstage Productions. The Blank Theatre Company also created its annual Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival (2007 will marks the Festival’s 15th anniversary) which has aided and encouraged 160 playwrights aged nineteen and younger. The Blank also presents its Living Room Series, workshop presentations of plays; most of which are new works. The series allows theatre artists a chance to perform their skills in a safe and nurturing environment. The Living Room Series culminates in a Monday night performance and is presented nearly every Monday night Labor Day to Memorial Day. In April 1996, The Blank Theatre Company took up residence at the 49-seat 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood. The 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Blvd at the corner of Santa Monica and Wilcox in Hollywood.

Mission

The Blank’s mission is to produce either premieres or “reinventions” of previously produced materials. The productions must be innovative and provocative and of the highest artistic quality.

Key Players

*Daniel Henning - Artistic Director/Producer
*Noah Wyle - Artistic Producer
*Stacy Reed - Producer

Select Alumni

*Ed Asner
*Amber Benson
*Nicholas Brendon
*Warren Davis
*Eliza Dushku
*Susan Egan
*Sarah Michelle Gellar
*Alyson Hannigan
*Sally Kellerman
*James Kerwin
*Richard Kind
*Ricki Lake
*Matthew Lillard
*Allison Mack
*James Marsters
*Debra Messing
*Molly Shannon
*Sherri Shepherd
*Kate Shindle
*Bruce Vilanch
*Gedde Watanabe
*Noah Wyle
*Constance Zimmer

Mainstage Productions

*LITTLE FISH (West Coast Premiere) 2007
*HEADS (World Premiere) 2007
*MISSOURI WALTZ (World Premiere) 2007
*HOTEL C'EST L'AMOUR (World Premiere) 2006
*LOBSTER ALICE (Los Angeles Premiere) 2006
*A HOLE IN THE DARK (West Coast Premiere) 2006
*THE WILD PARTY (West Coast Premiere) 2005
*THE BOOK OF LIZ (Los Angeles Premiere) 2005
*LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES 2005
*AMERICAN WAY (World Premiere) 2004
*AS IS 2004
*FUNNY... (2 World Premieres) 2003
*FILL IN THE BLANK (World Premiere) 2003
*JEREMY SISTO IN SANGUINE (World Premiere) 2003
*WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 2002
*FIRST LADY SUITE (West Coast Premiere) 2002
*PRECIOUS SONS (West Coast Premiere) 2000
*THE WHY (World Premiere) 2000
*A NIGHT OUT WITH YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS (2 World Premieres) 1999
*STARR STRUCK: A MUSICAL INVESTIGATION (World Premiere) 1999
*HELLO AGAIN (West Coast Premiere) 1998
*LOOT 1997
*SKY’S END (World Premiere) 1996
*BREAKING THE CODE (L.A. premiere) 1996
*YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS MAINSTAGE 95 (3 World Premieres) 1995
*CHESS (L.A. Premiere) 1995
*THE CRADLE WILL ROCK (Off Ramp Theatre) 1994
*GERTRUDE STEIN & A COMPANION (L.A. Premiere) 1994
*IN STITCHES (World Premiere) 1994
*ISN’T IT ROMANTIC 1993
*THE FANTASTICKS 1993
*A SNAKE IN THE VEIN (West Coast Premiere) 1993
*SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO/HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 1991
*THE WINTER’S TALE 1991
*HOSANNA 1990

External links

* [http://www.theblank.com The home page of the Blank Theatre Company]


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