Kim Blanck
Biography
Broadway debut! Six world premieres, including Octet, Alice by Heart, The Best We Could, and Folk Wandering Off-Broadway. Select regional: POTUS (Berkeley Rep), The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Barrymore Award nomination), Moby-Dick (A.R.T.). Film/TV: Gloria (writer, director), Call Jane, “WeCrashed,” “New Amsterdam.” BFA, NYU; MFA, UCSD. Boundless gratitude to my friends, family, team, teachers, and Alex. For Mom and Dad.
Credits
Suffs
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