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The Blank's 21st Season
DUSK RINGS A BELL
A new play by Stephen Belber
Directed by Daniel Henning
Starring Thea Gill & Josh Randall
October 1 - November 13, 2011
2nd Stage Theatre
6500 Santa Monica Blvd.
Molly and Ray spent a romantic summer afternoon together when they were teens, but went their separate ways; until they meet, by chance, 25 years later. Both begin to romanticize their reunion, but a renewed connection is disrupted when Ray reveals the sordid details of a crime that left him incarcerated for 10 years. Their encounter reveals two vastly different paths taken and two lonely souls attempting to reclaim a moment of possibility, when they were young and perhaps at their very best.
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
by David Sedaris
Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello
Directed by Michael Matthews
Starring Paolo Andino
Hollywood's New Holiday Tradition!!
November 19 - December 18, 2011
The Stella Adler Theatre
6773 Hollywood Blvd.
“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.
"If you’d like a bracing dash of bitters at this sticky-sweet time of year, you might want to belly up and drink in the fun....If you’re in the mood to get goofy and giggle, don’t deprive yourself of this holiday treat."
-- F. Kathleen Foley, LA Times
First Staging Rehearsal Video!
THE COST OF THE ERECTION
A new play by Jon Marans
Directed by Daniel Henning
February 4 – March 18, 2012
2nd Stage Theatre
6500 Santa Monica Blvd.
Wealthy Susu Ziegler has purchased an exclusive Manhattan raw space apartment overlooking the Hudson. She hopes to have her architect husband design this tricky space, but with their marriage virtually on the rocks, she forces him to compete against a younger, hotshot architect. This sexy, funny tale is told in a heightened theatrical style, compressing and playing with time and space and ultimately examines what makes marriages work. Or not work.
(L-R) Three-time Emmy Award winner Michael E. Knight (All My Children) and Robin Riker (The Bold and the Beautiful) will be joined by Kal Bennet and James Louis Wagner in The Blank's West Coast Premiere.
SUKIE & SUE: THEIR STORY
A new comedy by
Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Kirsten Sanderson
April 7-May 20, 2012
2nd Stage Theatre
6500 Santa Monica Blvd
The “true” story of two young nurses who have everything to live for: great boyfriends, jobs that actually help people and as much weed as they can smoke. That is until their Raggedy Ann doll becomes possessed and destroys their lives. This creepy yet hysterically funny story will have you laughing in the aisles and checking under your bed for demons with red yarn hair.
20th Annual Nationwide
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
12 WORLD PREMIERES
May 31 - June 24, 2012
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!
