Renowned daytime television stars Michael E. Knight (All My Children)and Robin Riker (The Bold and the Beautiful), along with Kal Bennett and James Louis Wagner star in The Blank Theatre’s production of The Cost of the Erection by Jon Marans. Blank Founding Artistic Director Daniel Henning directs the West Coast which opens Saturday, February 11, 2012at The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre.
"In The Cost of the Erection, wealthy Susu Ziegler has purchased an exclusive Manhattan raw space apartment overlooking the Hudson. She hopes to have her architect husband design this tricky space, but with their marriage on the rocks, she forces him to compete against a younger, hotshot architect. This sexy, funny tale is told in a heightened theatrical style, compressing and playing with time and space, and ultimately examines what makes a marriage work. Or not work."
Playwright Marans’ Old Wicked Songs was a 1996 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, the winner of a New York Drama League Award, a Los Angeles Drama Logue Award, and it was included in Otis Guernsey’s Best Plays of 1996-97. HIs other plays include A Strange and Separate People, Jumping For Joy, Legacy of the Dragonslayers (based on Studs Terkel’s Coming of Age), the musical Irrationals (Book & Lyrics by Marans, Music by Edward Thomas) and The Temperamentals, which had a successful run at The Blank Theatre in the spring of 2011.
Started in 1990 by Founding Artistic Director Daniel Henning, The Blank Theatre is Hollywood’s resident theatre, consistently offering some of the highest quality and entertaining productions in the area. Over its 20 year history, The Blank has won hundreds of awards, including every major award in Los Angelesfor Outstanding Production, such as the LA Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, LA Weekly, NAACP, and Back Stage Garland.
The Cost of the Erectionpreviews 8 p.m.Wednesday, February 8 – Friday, February 10, opens 8 p.m.Saturday, February 11 and performs 8 p.m.Thursday through Sunday and 2 p.m.Sunday through March 18. All preview seats are $26; regular performance prices are $26 on Thursday and Sunday, $30 on Friday and Saturday. Call 323-661-9827 or visit at www.TheBlank.com.
The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Boulevard(at Wilcox), in Hollywood. Secured valet parking is available.
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