HERE THE FUTURE OF THEATRE IS - The Blank Theatre
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
THE 28TH ANNUAL NATIONWIDE
BLANK THEATRE
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS
AU G U ST 8 –
SE P T E M B E R FESTIVAL
1 9 , 2 0 2 0 ON VIMEO
w
Week 1
THE FUTURE
OF THEATRE IS
HERE
Support YPFuture and join
us in supporting the next
generation of playwrights.
CLICK
TO LEARN MORE
Click the icons below to stay up
to date with what’s happening at
The Blank!
www.theblank.com @theblank
WELCOME!
Thank you for joining us for the 28th Annual Young Play-
wright’s Festival ON VIMEO!
Over the Past 28 years,
years The Blank Theatre’s Young Play-
wrights Festival has produced 356 plays by young writers ages
9 to 19 selected from over 5,000 nationwide submissions.
The Blank is comitted to letting young playwrights see their
vision come to life on stage through professional actors and
directors, mentored along the way by amazing writers.
YPF has acted as marker for generations of playwrights.
Tony Award winner Stephen Karam and Kesselring and
Steinberg Award-winner Lauren Yee have already made strides
in reshaping how we see and make theater. Other Festival
Winsberg creator of NBC’s new Zoey’s
Alums include Austin Winsberg,
Extraordinary Playlist, Kit Steinkellner,
Steinkellner creator of the Face-
book watch series Sorry for Your Loss, and so many others
who have launched successful careers in film, television, me-
dia, and music.
We work hard to bring YPF together every year, but this
year we have been thrown an incredible curve ball. We are
so proud of each and every single person who has worked so
hard to keep the train moving, with the same love and atte-
nion they have always brought to a live room. They have come
togther when everyone is at wits end to yell: “The
The Future of
Theater is Here at The Blank!”
Blank
At the Blank, We have always sought to achieve the essence
of our winning YPF Plays. We’ve always had world-class act-
ing, but never world-class sets, world-class lights, and espcial-
ly not world-class wifi. But those are not important. If we can
tap the essence of each of these beautifully crafted plays that is
enough. The essence is what carries us. It’s all we need.
We think we’ve found it for you here.
We hope you agree.
W E E K 1 P L AY S
REMI
BY
MARK
Age 18
Miami, FL
Mentor - Ellen Byron
Director - Jesus Reyes
Production Assistant - Domenica Diaz
Daniella Izabella Alvarez
Juliana Isabella Gomez
Luisa Anamari Mesa
W E E K 1 P L AY S
CAROLINE
BY
CHOWN
Age 18
Virginia Beach, VA
Mentor - Adam Belanoff
Director - Angela Oh
Production Assistant - Trevor Lee
The Man Sean Durrie
Whiskers Madylin Sweeten
W E E K 1 P L AY S
BY
ZOE BORAY &
LEA MIHOK
Age 16
Burlington, VT
Mentor - Gary Tieche
Director - Ryan Bergmann
Production Assistant - Domenica Diaz
Ashley Nikki Hahn
Jo Donis Leonard, Jr
Phillip Austin Mincks
Mrs. Susan Louise
Roddin O’Conner
Rachel Emily Robinson
Harris Ben StillwellTHIS WEEK’S PLAYWRIGHTS
REMI MARK (PLAYWRIGHT – MIMA) is an 18 years old and
from Miami, FL and is thrilled to be back at YPF! She recently graduated
from New World School of the Arts after studying Music Theatre there
for 4 years. Show credits include The Addams Family (Morticia), Side-
show (Daisy), In The Heights (Ensemble), and Les Miserables (Fantine).
Her love for writing was discovered two years ago in a creative writ-
ing class. Her first play, Seatbelt, was chosen for the New World’s Young
Playwrights Festival in 2019 and her play, Blue-Tongued Skink, was a fi-
nalist at the one and only Young Playwrights Festival here at The Blank!
Remi thanks her Creative Writing teacher, Mr. Losa, and her family and
theatre professors for getting her to where she is today. A special thanks
to everyone at YPF, for always being a constant inspiration.
CAROLINE CHOWN (PLAYWRIGHT- DUST BUNNIES)
is a recent graduate in the theater strand of the Salem High
School Visual and Performing Arts Academy. In the fall, she
plans to attend James Madison University to study graphic de-
sign and art education. And she will continue to look for op-
portunities to be involved in theater. For her it’s a passion that
will never go away.
ZOE BORAY (PLAYWRIGHT – THE FIRST YEAR I
MISSED) is a junior at Burlington Highschool in Vermont,
where she has lived since fifth grade. This winter she co-wrote
and co-directed The First Year I Missed with Lea Mihok for
a one-act festival. Zoe has been a part of her school’s drama
programs since 1st grade and participated in Vermont Young
Playwrights for the last two years.
LEA MIHOK (PLAYWRIGHT – THE FIRST YEAR I
MISSED) is a junior at Burlington high school in Vermont. She
also attend the Digital Media program at the Burlington tech-
nical center where she studies film. Lea is am an active mem-
ber of the BHS drama club and this year she co-wrote The First
Year I Missed with her writing partner, Zoe Boray.THE BLANK THEATRE
Founding Artistic Director Producing Director
DANIEL HENNING BREE PAVEY
PRESENTS
THE 28TH ANNUAL NATIONWIDE
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Featuring Plays by:
BRIGITTE BOISSON, ZOE BORAY, JANE BRINKLEY, CAROLINE CHOWN, BAILEY JORDAN GARCIA,
JARED GOUDSMIT, ALYSSA HO, REMI MARK, MIYA MATSUMUNE, LEA MIHOK, MAGGIE MUNDAY
ODOM, ZANDER PRYOR, ALETHEA SHIRILAN-HOWLETT, ELIZABETH SHANNON, J. XIANG
Executive Producer Festival & Broadcast Producer
DANIEL HENNING BREE PAVEY
Producer Associate Producer
ANNIE MCGRATH AKELA MUNSEY
Production Assistants
DOMENICA DIAZ, TREVOR LEE, PETER NEWELL
Director of Mentor Program Graphic Designer & Vimeo Manager Sound Assistant
MARK ARNOLD RICK BAUMGARTNER BENJAMIN RAWLS
Virtual House Manager Press Representative
LUPE MEJIA KEN WERTHER PUBLICITY
Studio Teacher
DANA COHEN
Casting Directors
ERICA SILVERMAN BREAM, CSA CARA CHUTE ROSENBAUM,CSA
Selection Comittee
PAULO ANDRES, BETH BIGLER, JUNE CARRYL, DEIDRA EDWARDS, AARON FORS, ALIZA
GOLDSTEIN, MARIAN GONZALEZ, DANIEL HENNING, DAHN HIUNI, MICHELLE LANDER, ANNIE
MCGRATH, JONATHAN MESSER, MATTHEW SCOTT MONTGOMERY, GABRIEL NEUSTADT, BREE
PAVEY, DIANE RENEE, IREEN ROSEEN, LA’VEL STACY, KIT STEINKELLNER, GEDDE WATANABE
SPECIAL THANKS TO
TOR BROWN
SEAN DURRIE
ANDREW SCHMEDAKE
YPF IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY
The Rosenthal
Family Foundation
The Plum Foundation
And all of the Founding Members ofBOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paulo Andrés
CHAIR Pekka Kauranen Susie Landau Finch
Daniel Henning Laura Bousman Gale Harold Rick Baumgartner
Beth Bigler Karyn Cooks Angela Oh Ken Werther
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Martin Wiviott April Webster
Tiffani Thiessen John Holly Virginia Madsen
Vanessa Williams DB Sweeney John Bowab
YPFUTURE FOUNDING MEMBERS
Paulo Andres David & Kiki Gindler Michelle Lander
Frederick Baumgartner Frank Goudsmit Karl Maschek
Yvonne Bell & Michelle Zielinski Joan Messinger
John Bowab Marc Grock & Danny Mermel Angel Nenninger
Diana Buckhantz Cooper Hefner Loni Peristere
Laura & Ken Cantrell Gregory Jbara Lee Thompson
Eric Eichorn Lisa Kessler April Webster
Virginia Williams
DONORS
Harry Abrams Bernardo Cubria Mary-Pat Green Dominique Moreau Ryan Stevens
Adrienne Alitowski Jason Culp Jeff Greenstein William Murphy Kathleen Stoll
Tayo Amos Mark Curran Doris Haines Dania Myers Johanna Stone
David Anders Trevor Dauten Robert Hall Erika Nadir Haley Strode
Mary Apick Niko De La Rosa Evelyn Halus Jeffrey Neustadt Olivia Tapia
Leah Applebaum Melanie Del Toro John Hindman John & Cheryl Newell Andrew Teplitz
Mark Armstrong Rita De Matteis Richard Hirsch Angela Oh Miguel Valdes-Sueiras
Michael Beatty John Devine Sofia Hurtado & Pekka Kauranen Chris Valenti
Adam Belanoff Carimati Di carmate Karen Hyman Ruth Otero Velocity Entertainment
Joni & Miles Benickes Alastar Dimitrie Eric Johnson Bonnie Pan Partners
Matthew Berman Federico Donelli Tran Karrueche Deborah Pardes Joanne Viafora
Joni Berry Jennifer Dohr Tamika Katon-Donegal Berk Pearlstein John Paul Villacorta /
Allison Bergman-Evans Drew Droege Elisabeth Kealy Angela Pedraza ABC Entertainment
Jay Bevan Matthew Ducey Michael Kearns Joyce Penn Carolina
Jad Bitar Lady Edwards Henry Kelly Jonathan Perl Villate-Mendoza
Christopher Black Kerry Ehrin Daniel Knight Aubyn Philabaum Rhonda Wade
/Opus Entertainmet Joseph & Inez Jonathan Knight Nathan Pierce Gedde Watanabe
Madeleine Black Eichenbaum Foundation Vanessa Knutsen Tina Poppy Erin Walker
Shelbyrae Black Bixby Elliott Jason Ko Carol Powell Jana Walker
Yolanda Bordoni Daniel Ellis John Krueger Kristina Ramnarine Alyssa Weisberg
Laura Bousman Yasmine El-Tayeb Sarah Lang Judy Reyes Carrie Weisberg
Susan Boyd Julie Ann Emery Mildred Langford Lucas Reiner Harold Weiss
John Branan Eric England Jack Laufer Elizabeth Rian Timothy Weissman
Lindsay Bring Karlton Entertainment Paul Lazarus Lisa Richards Ashley Wellman
Jason Britt Christine Farah Christine Lanoie Irene Roseen Sophia Werthmann
Ryan Brophy Terry Fernandez Kris Lewis Rebecca Ruedy-whelan Tara Weyr
Kyle Brown Lisa Field Ryan Lisman Gary Robinson Ellen & Bob Williams
Dean Bruggeman Jacob Fielder Justin Lord Richard T.W. Roe Tessa Leigh Williams
John Buckley Stephen Fife/ Ronald Luebbert Scott Rudin Productions Jess Williard
Laura Byrnes The Joelson Foundation Oanh Ly Heath Rumble Jeffrey L. Wise
Nicholas Campbell/ Thomas Fiscella Yifan Ly Terrence Saffold Katie Witkowski
Commonwealth Talent Donald Fleck Daniel Mackenzie Kristina Sanborn Dania Wittmann
Group Andrew Frank Helen Magid Anna Sanders Jodi Wofford
Julia Carahan Cheryl Frank Cynthia Malouf Mark Sando Stephanie Wong-
Jonathan Caren Juli Frankel Augusta Mariano Lisa Siegel Harrison
Rachael Carnes Leland Frankel Julie Markowitz Leda Siskind Kate Wright
June Carryl Jill Franks Adam Matulonis Peter Smith Catherine Yagher
Cate Caplin/ Kirk Frederick John McAleer Stefanie Smithey Brittnay Yenser
Caplin Foundation James Freed Carolyn McCombs Leslie Smithy Alyssa Yoffie
Roneet & Gary Carmell Miguel Gallegos Jim McClintock Cameron Soliz Julie Zeiden
Ralph Centra Jeanne Garland Stacy McDonald Ingrid Sorin Brian Zeoli
Frances Chewning Alex Garcia Elena Menagarishvili Thomas Spath Kyle Zingler
Karen Chiella Richard Geye Denzil Meyers Dale Stamos Emily Zisko
Philip Clement Traute Gleeson Georgia Miller Lenny Steinberg
Lali Cola Aliza Goldstein Virginia Miller Cheri Steinkellner /
Andre Colon Jeffrey Lynn Miyamoto Steinkellner Family Trust
Daniel Croizat & Doris Goldstein M Montereale Laura StriblingCOMING UP NEXT WEEK
Join YPFuture and help
nurture the next generation of
young playwrights.
* The Blank is a 501(c)3 non- profit arts organization.
Deductions are deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.You can also read
