Blank Space Workshop is thrilled to present "Unwritten," an original podcast hosted by University of Michigan Theatre students Dana Pierangeli and MacKenzie Mollison. From professional advice to college do’s and don'ts, we cover everything — all to the tune of Natasha Bedingfield’s hit single of course. Join us as we speak to industry professionals about their work, experiences, and advice for a new generation of creatives. On this platform, we will also be streaming our regularly scheduled season of readings of workshopped student works. Stream from Spotify, SoundCloud, and Apple Podcast. UNWRITTEN Powered by Blank Space Workshop at the University of Michigan Creator and Producer: Amelia Baumann, @amelia.baumann Hosts and Associate Producers: Dana Pierangeli, @danapierangeli, and MacKenzie Mollison, @mmollison BLANK SPACE WORKSHOP Artistic Director: Kellie M. Beck, @kelliembeck Executive Director: Claire Sweeney, @claireesweeney Producer: Caitlin McCoy, @bycaitlinm Associate Artistic Director: Amelia Baumann, @amelia.baumann Assistant Artistic Director: Scotty Lockwood, @scotty.lockwood
It takes approximately 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth. If the sun went dark right now, what would you do with those last 8 minutes? No heroics, no trying to save the world, just normal people grappling with their impending extinction. This play explores 8 different viewpoints — from doctors to ex-lovers to estranged brothers — for their final 8 minutes of certainty, of safety, of light on the earth.
Welcome to the behind the scenes world of "Love in a Hot Tub", the hottest reality dating show about one man looking for love with 25 women in one hot tub. Through this play, we follow up and coming producer, Jennifer, as she navigates her job and manipulates the women contestants to create great tv, but in doing so, she creates a great enemy in 'Blonde Woman' who is a lot more than she seems to the average viewer. This play explores reality dating television and its effects on how women perceive and compete with one another using subtle tactics of emotional manipulation. It also explores the question of what exactly it means to be "looking for love."
Kicking off the 2020 season, Blank Space Workshop presents “Heretics”, by Alix Lila Curnow, a radio play podcast experience. In a small town in the Midwest, riots have broken out over the persecution of real Wiccan witches. Greta and her mother, Esmerelda aren’t new in town by happenstance. When Greta’s new boyfriend Josh comes over for dinner with his father, the two families clash in more ways than one. Greta: Emma Singleton Josh: Kieran Westphal, @kieranwestphal Esmerelda: Sophie Thurschwell, @sophaloaf4 Mr. Brown: Cortez Hill, @c.hill1129 Directed by Kellie M. Beck, @kelliembeck
Mark Mauriello @ratraceonbroadway by Blank Space Workshop
MacKenzie and Dana sit down with writer/director/theatre-maker, Ryan Dobrin, for their first installment of Blank Space Workshop’s “Unwritten.” Dobrin shares his experiences with devised original work, the transition to the Zoom Theatre platform, and his own performance duo, Those Guilty Creatures. Still new to the business himself, Dobrin gives an insightful and youthful voice about what it means to live creatively during a global pandemic. With great advice and humor to spare, Ryan was the perfect guest to help us kick off our first episode.
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