Archived entries for Ben Stillwell

NEWS RELEASE — MORE THAN 50 ACTORS SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S 23rd ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

DEBORAH S. CRAIG, JULIE GONZALO,
ECHO KELLUM, MISSI PYLE,
SARA RUE, LINDSEY SHAW,
VIRGINIA WILLIAMS, AND MORE
SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S
23RD ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
JUNE 4—28

Young Playwrights Festival 2015More than 50 actors are set to participate in The Blank Theatre’s 23rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival, including Deborah S. Craig (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Julie Gonzalo (Dallas), Echo Kellum (Sean Saves the World, Ben & Kate), Missi Pyle (Gone Girl), Sara Rue (Rules of Engagement, Impastor), Lindsey Shaw (Pretty Little Liars), and Virginia Williams (Fairly Legal). Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 12—19 from seven different states will be presented during this year’s festival at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, running from June 4—28.

Other notable performers appearing in the Festival are (in alphabetical order) Juliette Angelo, Makenna Ballard, Brielle Barbusca, Sarah Allyn Bauer, L.J. Benet, Jayson Blair, Zach Callison, Chloe Carabasi, Blaire Chandler, Joe DiGiovanni, Nik Dodani, Gabrielle Elyse, Cole Ewing, Nathan Frizzell, Ashlee Füss, Michael Grant, Anna Jacoby-Heron, Kaitlyn Jenkins, Elizabeth Knowelden, Layne Kula, Amir Levi, Max Lloyd-Jones, Jeff Marlow, Sydney Meyer, Nina Millin, Stephen Moffatt, Braxton Molinaro, Sara Montez, JT Neal, Eric Nenninger, Angel Parker, Larry Poindexter, Lurie Poston, Deborah Puette, Jaz Sinclair, Ptolemy Slocum, Ellery Sprayberry, Ben Stillwell, Jennifer Stone, Michael Grant Terry, Jeff Torres, Devon Werkheiser, and Micaela Wittman.

The Blank Theatre’s 23rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, beginning June 4 and running through June 28 at the Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Boulevard (at Highland), in Hollywood. Each week’s program includes three plays. Tickets are $20 for adults and $14 for students. Festival Passes, which include one ticket for each week, are $68 for adults and $48 for students. Tickets may be purchased online at www.theblank.com or by calling (323) 661-9827.

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06-01-15

PRESS RELEASE — MORE THAN 35 ACTORS SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

SARA GILBERT, SCOTT LOWELL,
MICHAEL GRANT TERRY, ANGEL PARKER,
ELLEN D. WILLIAMS, CURT HANSEN,
JESSY SCHRAM, AND MORE
SET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLANK THEATRE’S
22ND ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
JUNE 5—29

The Blank Theatre - Young Playwrights Festival LogoMore than 35 actors are set to participate in The Blank Theatre’s 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival, including Sara Gilbert (Roseanne, The Talk, The Big Bang Theory), Curt Hansen (A Snow White Christmas, Wicked), Scott Lowell (Queer As Folk), Michael Grant Terry (Bones), Angel Parker (Lab Rats), Ellen D. Williams (How I Met Your Mother), and Jessy Schram (Falling Skies, Mad Men). Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 16 -19 from seven different states will be presented during this year’s festival at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, running from June 5—29.

Other notable performers appearing in the Festival are (in alphabetical order) Sarah Allyn Bauer, Tim Cummings, Shaan Dasani, Aaron Fors, Alberto Frezza, Frank Gingerich, Zena Grey, Arjun Gupta, Paul Hodge, Juanita Jennings, Sophie Kargman, Caroline Lindy, Kayla Madison, Minni Jo Mazzola, Tyler Merna, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Larry Poindexter, John Posey, Romy Rosemont, Maite Schwartz, Patrick Stafford, David Starzyk, Liam Starzyk, Ben Stillwell, Jennifer Stone, Mandy Turpin, Mat Vairo, Tessa Williams, and Ellen Wong.

The Blank Theatre’s 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival plays Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm, beginning June 5 and running through June 29 at the Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Boulevard (at Highland), in Hollywood. Each week’s program includes three plays. Tickets are $20 for adults and $14 for students. Festival Passes, which include one ticket for each week, are $68 for adults and $48 for students. Tickets may be purchased at www.theblank.com.

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05-27-14