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Blake Bradford

BLAKE BRADFORD  (1981 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Blake Bradford is an emmy award winning writer/director that hails from the small appalachian Mountains town of Marion, North Carolina. Blake's theatrical work has appeared all over the US and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Greece, Scotland/england, Denmark, Italy and South AfricA. His original plays I, Undertow, the Unfortunate Honeymoon of Tony and Steve, Dance at Bataan, the Last Cloud, Bitter, Bitter, Burnt and Gay Slave Handbook are actively seen in the regional circuits and have all been produced in NYC. as a director, his most acclaimed work has been with emmy-winner Joan Darling and Bill Svanoe. Blake has directed Ms. Darling all over the US in Svanoe's Quisisana, Lost and Found, Pants on Fire, Callback, the Last Silver Zephyer, and the Last Laugh. He currently serves as artistic Director of Off-Broadway's Phare Play Productions, where he has directed arcadia, the Twilight of the Golds, Snake in Fridge, Callback, the Cherry Orchard, the Tempest, and Dark of the Moon ("ingenious" - Backstage). He is also co-founder and head writer for Mindbleach, a sketch comedy group at Broadway Comedy Club. Blake is currently on the writing/script staff for Live from Lincoln Center (PBS), where he won a 2008 emmy for MAdama Butterfly. This season on LFLC he has worked with Gabriel Bynre (Camelot), Wynton Marsalis (We are Jazz), Peter Martins (Romeo + Juliet NYC Ballet), Lorin Maazel (NY Philharmonic) and Yo-Yo Ma (Silk Road Project). Other TV credits include the Big Gay Sketch Show (LOGO/MTV), Showtime at the apollo (NBC), Drama Desk awards (PBS) and arthur ashe Kids Day (CBS).

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below is a list of Blake Bradford's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bitter, Bitter, Burnt         Blessed Dachshund         Cherry Orchard, The         Dance At Bataan         Gay Slave Handbook         House Of Bernarda Alba         I, Undertow         Last Cloud, The         Pathetique         Unfortunate Honeymoon Of Tony And Steve, The

Bitter, Bitter, Burnt

Synopsis:
David's lover has just left him. For France. He's not too pleased about this. Bitter, Bitter, Burnt takes place over the course of David's first night alone after being dumped. His sardonic wit is all he has to keep him company in this dark comedy that explores that first night alone after a breakup.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    2006

Organisations:
Love Creek Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Blessed Dachshund

Synopsis:
When Satan gets an insider tip from Katie Couric that God is roaming the streets of Manhattan, she decides to pay a visit to earth, where she learns of God's plan to turn a befuddled gay lawyer into the patron saint of wiener dogs.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Kenan Theater, NC    2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/farce. - - Gay, theme/character, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Cherry Orchard, The

Synopsis:
Set in the 1920's in Charleston, South Carolina amidst the oncoming industrialism and decline of the slave-owning class, "the Cherry Orchard" is the story of one woman's return to her plantation after five years in Paris, where she fled after the death of her husband and young son, only to have to face the sale of her home to pay off debts. Presented with live music from the period and an ensemble cast of twelve, the fast paced comedy is sure to please Chekhov scholars and novices alike.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Beckmann - American Theater of Actors, NY    2007

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dance At Bataan

Synopsis:
While researching Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for her graduate thesis, Hannah Swindon comes across suspicious files regarding a WWII survivor of the Bataan Death March. Slowly becoming friends with Mr. edwards, she becomes engrossed in the incredible story of three friends that created a 'university' while POWs in order to survive brutal Japanese treatment. When Hannah finds out the incredible truth to Mr. edwards' time at Bataan, she is forced to decide whether to protect a friend or use his story to graduate
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street, Basement, New York, NY 10014    2008

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Gay Slave Handbook

Synopsis:
after the death of a local gay teen rocks a small Southern town, the lives of Giulia, Sebastian, and Jimmy become forever entwined. What starts as youthful love and exuberant innocence becomes a destructive pathological relationship that could have deadly consequences. Set in three different periods in their lives, these friends and lovers must find a way to move forward or stay bound to the past.

Notes:
By Blake Bradford. Also Available As three stand Alone one-acts (Graceland, Gay Slave Handbook, Redemptive Wedding)

1st Produced:
Producers Club 2, NY    2005

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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House Of Bernarda Alba

Synopsis:
after the death of her husband, Bernarda alba imposes a traditional mourning period of eight years on her household. Bernarda has always ruled her home with an iron fist and kept her five daughters on 'short chains'. Now that she is the sole dictator, her daughters are left with little escape from her oppression. as a consequence of their father's death, the eldest daughter is left wealthy, while the younger sisters are left with little. This new wealth attracts a suitor, which ignites jealousy and passion among the sisters whom have never been allowed a romance of their own. each of the sisters copes with their mother's violence, their sisters' jealousy and their repressed desires in her own way, but when the youngest decides to break free at all costs, her actions threaten to destroy them all.
- press release

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street, Basement, New York, NY 10014    2008

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  11            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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I, Undertow

Synopsis:
everyone has issues. all of Justin's live in North Carolina. Justin's an up and coming artist thriving in NYC whose world grinds to a halt when the worse thing possible happens to him - he gets the call to come home due to his grandmother's failing health. Slinking back to small town North Carolina with his latest one night stand forced upon him, he finds himself back neck deep in the family issues that he had been avoiding for more than a decade and facing the girl he left behind. In the midst of the culture clash between small town quirkiness and big city society behavior, Justin may actually discover what he had been running from for all of those years. Phare Play Productions is proud to present the world premiere of Blake Bradford's newest play - a hard look at the humor and heartache of going home.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    2009

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Last Cloud, The

Synopsis:
Taking place over the course of a year, the Last Cloud follows five friends as they navigate life after college, in the awkward phase before they have the skills to 'be' anything. Things go awry when Laura's younger brother moves in for the summer, showing everyone that there is more to life than office politics. Set against the metaphor of a Rubik's Cube, the Last Cloud is a coming-of-age story of how friends can get so intertwined that they lose their individuality.
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Producers Club - the Grand Theatre, NY    2006

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pathetique

Synopsis:
the tumultuous life of Tchaikovsky, from his disastrous married and failed suicide attempt to his redemption and salvation found in his nephew, Vlad Davidov, culminating in his mysterious death following the premiere of his masterpiece "fate" symphony, Pathetique.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Arizona Rep    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Historical Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 ensemble

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Unfortunate Honeymoon Of Tony And Steve, The

Synopsis:
Tony and Steve meet up again in a rundown Bahamas resort run by an aging Country Western showgirl when both decide to go on their prepaid honeymoon. When the friends they brought along fall madly in lust, the now bitter enemies are forced to deal with the underlying problems that caused the demise of their relationship.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto, Canada    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  3 female singing ensemble

Further Reference:
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