Blake McCormack

Blake McCormack

Blake McCormack is a Los Angeles based actor and playwright of Scotch-Irish and Ecuadorian descent. He has created notable roles in new works, such as Choosing Us at the Long Beach Playhouse, and the full-length premiere of the John Cauble award-winning play Fledgling by Colleen McCandless at STAGES Theater. His plays include Flapper's Last Chance (California State University, Long Beach's Theatre...
Blake McCormack is a Los Angeles based actor and playwright of Scotch-Irish and Ecuadorian descent. He has created notable roles in new works, such as Choosing Us at the Long Beach Playhouse, and the full-length premiere of the John Cauble award-winning play Fledgling by Colleen McCandless at STAGES Theater. His plays include Flapper's Last Chance (California State University, Long Beach's Theatre Threshold, 2015) and The Shaman's Daughter (Found Theatre's Let's Create Festival, 2017).

Plays

  • Meet You at the Globe by Blake McCormack
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: food, climate change + 8 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: food, climate change, activism, family, farm, earth, self-worth, health, divorce, human condition
    Zavanna and her son Ewan must find an understanding of what it means to improve the future of Earth as they examine what's currently on their plate.
  • The Shaman's Daughter by Blake McCormack
    Cast: 
    4–10
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 4 more
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    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, Latinx + 8 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, fable/folktale, faith-based, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, Latinx, drug addiction, christianity, magical realism, monster, abuse, boyfriend, medical school, South America
    Melody and her father Sanuma are at odds on whether they should live according to Sanuma's old cultural customs as a shaman in the Amazon Rainforest, or whether to adapt to life in a modern U.S. setting.
  • Burnt Toast by Blake McCormack
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: brothers, adult + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: brothers, adult, seasons, dead father, unemployment, homelessness, dogs
    Following the sudden death of their father, Charles and Ruben Alvane are kicked into a year-long battle between brothers living with each other and taking control of their own personal journeys into adulthood.
  • Flapper's Last Chance by Blake McCormack
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: 1920s, New York + 8 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, melodrama, period, political, romantic comedy
    Keyword: 1920s, New York, flappers, feminist, gangsters, prohibition, speakeasy, police, government corruption, jazz
    A young woman challenges 1920s New York as she risks getting caught by a gangster.