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Blake Walton

BLAKE WALTON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Blake Walton is a New York City area based actor, director and playwright. Born and raised in Michigan, he majored in Dramatic Arts at Eastern Michigan University then moved to New York to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse School where mentor William Esper and legend Sandford Meisner were key influences in his development as an actor. He would not discover playwriting until acting in many new plays in New York, most notably as Mark in the original, now historic, production of Doric Wilsons The West Street Gang. Working in the box office at Circle Rep he saw the development of the plays of David Mamet (Reunion) and Lanford Wilson (The 5th of July, Talleys Folly) whose lyric realism style he would later emulate. When friend Amy Whitman displayed a similarity in writing style and substance they embarked on the adventure of writing a full-length play together. The result was Eb & Flo, produced at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia as part of an experimental theater series. Though acting, directing and teaching took precedence through the years, he wrote the plays Streetwalk Serenade, Out of My Mind, The Better Man and is finishing True Blue and Henry Three and is co-writing with Ann Morrison a two-hander for them to perform based on comedienne Beatrice Lillie Heard There Was A Party. Came. In addition he wrote and directed the web series The misAdventures of Wendell Burke, the TV pilot Bus and Truck and screenplays based on his plays Out of My Mind and The Better Man (Man Up). Under the pseudonym Walton Hawling he is writing a gay romance novel The Cairngorms Stone set in 1860. He travelled throughout Florida and the Southeastern U.S. with Florida Studio Theaters Write-A-Play , a workshop introducing playwriting to nearly 20,000 middle and high school students culminating in the Edward Albee Young Playwrights Festival. He has taught playwriting for teens and adults and has developed a workshop with Ann Morrison Thats My Story And Im Sticking To It, encouraging others to write solo plays based on life stories. He wrote his first solo play Leading Men (2013 United Solo Festival Award Best Premiere) after performing Ann Morrisons Trevors Fire (2012 United Solo Festival Award Best Premiere) in the 2012 United Solo Festival.

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

         Better Man, The         Eb and Flo         Heard There Was A Party. Came         Henry Three         Leading Men         Man Up         Out Of My Mind         Streetwalk Serenade         True Blue

Better Man, The

Synopsis:
Six years after Paul leaves Del to find a normal life, he invites him to be the best man in his wedding to Julie. But, after Del's arrival, it is clear that no one, not even Julie, is aware of Paul's past with him and though he is getting married, Paul is still in love with him.

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1st Produced:
Cabrini Repertory Theater in Washingtom heights    14 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Thespis Theater Festival

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one act 105 min

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Eb and Flo

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Written Blake Walton and Amy Whitman

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Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia    -

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Heard There Was A Party. Came

Synopsis:
The life of Beatrice Lillie

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Written Blake Walton and Ann Morrison

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Henry Three

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Leading Men

Synopsis:
Manhood and fatherhood in 1950s America

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won the award for Best Premiere at the 2013 United Solo Festival

1st Produced:
United Solo Festival, Theatre Row, New York    2013

Organisations:
Gotta Van Productions

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Genre:
Monologue play 90 min

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Man Up

Synopsis:
Del and Paul were lovers at college. Paul dumped Del to find a "normal" life. They are now thirty and Paul has invited Del to be his best man at his wedding. Paul has always regretted leaving Del

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Out Of My Mind

Synopsis:
Jack is writing a screenplay. His main character is Jake. Jake is an action movie star and so far back in the closet he is almost in Narnia. Jack mainly writes in Starbucks and he rights in a new character based on one of the staff that he has a crush on. The new character a handsome young photographer is there to tempt Jake. However, the characters in the screenplay know they are being written about and take their own action. Jake comes out on national television. Jack learns from Jake about being honest and looking for love in the real world

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There is also a one act version

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Streetwalk Serenade

Synopsis:
John is middle aged and lonely after his long term relationship turned into just friendship. He picks up hustler Jimmy. He only intends that the young man stay the one night but Jimmy keeps coming back. There is now a bond between them. Jimmy gives up hustling. John's friends do not approve of Jimmy. They verbally attack Jimmy during a Thanksgiving meal and John does not defend him. Things are fraught for a while. But by Christmas all is well. Jimmy wants to buy John a good Christmas present and goes out hustling one last time to get the money. Jimmy is murdered

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True Blue

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