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📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

Blank Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the second musical of their 2025 season, PASSION, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by James Lapine and is based on the film “Passione d’Amore”, originally directed by Ettore Scola. PASSION is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

The cast features Blank Theatre Company alumni and newcomers alike. Evan Bradford (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) will play Giorgio, Brittney Brown (MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG) will play Fosca, and Rachel Guth (SHE LOVES ME, THE MAD ONES, Managing Director) will play Clara. The cast also features Myles Mattsey (Colonel Ricci), Kingsley Day (Doctor Tambourri), Sarah Sapperstein (Fosca’s Mother/Attendant, Fosca u/s), Korey White (Major Rizzoli/Fosca’s Father), Matthew Benenson Cruz (Lieutenant Barri), Christopher Ratliff (Lieutenant Torasso/Count Ludovic), Aidan Leake (Private Augenti), Ella Gatlin (Mistress/Attendant, u/s Clara), and Marc Bitler (Sergeant Lombardi). Jake Elkins, Joe Grudt, Brian James, and Halli Morgan (Blank Theatre Marketing Director) will understudy.

PASSION will be directed by Blank’s Artistic Director and Co-Founder Danny Kapinos with musical direction by Aaron Kaplan, associate music direction by Evelyn Ryan, and assistant direction by Sam Shankman. Shelby Burgus will stage manage. Cindy Moon will design costumes, Seojung Jang will design lighting, and Hayley Wallenfeldt will design scenery.
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Still can’t believe this happened?!? What an absolute pleasure to be at the Opera America conference this year as a recipient of the Robert L.B Tobin Award. To spend so much time building something we care about and believe in and then get recognized for it was simply an amazing feeling, especially for a group of young artists just itching to get our hands dirty! Being able to get up there and talk about a piece as frustratingly poignant as Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Breaking The Waves was nothing short of life changing. So yeah here I am (again) throwing a big ol’ thank you into the void that is the internet but I kinda wanna scream it on a mountaintop, so this less dramatic but lowkey similar alternative will suffice. Thank youuuu ahh omg!!! 🫶🏽🌊
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