Creative Staff:

Blake Bradford (Director)
is an Emmy Award-winning writer/director whose theatrical work has appeared all over the US and internationally in Canada, Mexico, Greece, Scotland/England, Denmark, Italy and South Africa. His original plays I, Undertow, The Unfortunate Honeymoon of Tony and Steve, Dance at Bataan, The Last Cloud, and Gay Slave Handbook are actively seen in the regional circuits and NYC. As a director, his most acclaimed work has been with two time Emmy Winner Joan Darling and Bill Svanoe. Blake has directed Ms. Darling all over the US in Svanoe's Quisisana, Lost and Found, Pants on Fire, Callback, The Last Silver Zephyer, and The Last Laugh. He currently serves as Artistic Director of Phare Play Productions and is co-founder and head writer for Mindbleach, an NYC sketch comedy group. Blake is currently on the writing/script staff for Live from Lincoln Center (PBS), where he won a 2008 Emmy for Madama Butterfly. This season on LFLC he has worked with Gabriel Bynre (Camelot), Wynton Marsalis (We Are Jazz), Peter Martins (Romeo + Juliet NYC Ballet), Lorin Maazel (NY Philharmonic) and Yo-Yo Ma (Silk Road Project). Other TV credits include The Big Gay Sketch Show (LOGO/MTV), Showtime at the Apollo (NBC), Drama Desk Awards (PBS) and Arthur Ashe Kids Day (CBS).