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MARTIN BLANK |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Beacon Artists Agency (agent: Patricia McLaughlin) |
Martin Blank (Playwright) is the author of ten plays. His full-length drama, The Law of Return, was produced at Center Stage Theater, Jerusalem, Maryland Ensemble Theatre, and was optioned for Broadway. His one-act comedy, Avenue of the Americas, was produced Off Broadway at the Tank Theater. He has received new play commissions from the American Jewish Theater, Theatre Ariel, and the Georgetown Theatre Company and is published by Smith & Kraus. He has served as Artistic Associate for the American Jewish Theatre and American Place Theatre, New York City, as well as Literary Manager, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Founding Artistic Director, Theater J. Currently, he is Artistic Director for American Ensemble Theater. He attended the University of Maryland and the Yale School of Drama.
Plays by Martin Blank
Avenue Of The Americas | ||
| 1st Produced: | Source Theater Company | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59849 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A woman escapes a mental institution to write television advertisements that become dangerously successful. | |||||
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Big John | ||
| 1st Produced: | D.C. Arts Center | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59850 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | For adult audiences - a con man and woman struggle to make their way across the U.S. to meet porn star John Holmes. | |||||
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Crossing Israel | ||
| 1st Produced: | JCC Youth Theater, Springfield MA | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61797 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | For young audiences - the history of Israel through historical figures and people one would meet in modern day Israel | |||||
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Driving Green | ||
| 1st Produced: | Journeymen Theater | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in 2010 The Best 10-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus (September 1, 2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257723 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99095 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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| A politically opposite married couple tries to survive going green and a morning commute without killing each other. | |||||
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Hamlet 44 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Georgetown Theater Company | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69403 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Madonna brings Shakespeare back from the dead to rewrite Hamlet for her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Law Of Return, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage Theatre Jerusalem | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59852 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A spy thriller depicts the true-life events surrounding the Jay Pollard spy case. | |||||
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New York Miracle, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jewish Theatre Workshop | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75190 | |||
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Genre: | drama short play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A Jewish immigrant's husband suddenly dies, leaving her and her daughter to struggle for their family's survival. | |||||
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Read My Lips | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Gate Theatre | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59853 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Comedy with dance One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A play with dance in which a young man comes to terms with the loss of the grandmother that raised him. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scenes From Life In America | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theater - OctoberFest | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59854 | |||
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Genre: | full legth Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Follows a group of friends from the time they finish college for ten years after as they struggle to survive in a competitive world. | |||||
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