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Blaire Baron

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Blaire Baron is an actor, playwright and stage director. Her acting career spans two decades with both indie and blockbuster films and over 40 television appearances. She is also Artistic Director of the prestigious L.A. Drama Club, the country's Youngest Shakespeare Ensemble, which trains children from all socio-economic backgrounds in Shakespeare. Via her prod. company, MicMack Prod (with writer/actor Robin Mcdonald) she recently co-wrote and co-produced The Candidate ('16) which is premiering at LA In'tl Shorts Fest in September '16. Blaire won Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting for The Milk Meetings (Ophelia Theatre Co, NYC). Before its New York Premiere, the Milk Meetings was a hit on Holllywood's Theatre Row, debuting in Spring of 2014.

Blaire currently has an award winning short film THE CANDIDATE,(2017) in multiple film festivals across 4 countries.

Blaire's play Outspoken: Shakespeare in Shackles has been called back for an encore run after standing room only houses this fall on Hollywood's Theatre Row; Her short play, The Below, debuted at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival and became a finalist at the 2015 New York New Works Festival in August. She has won numerous screen-writing awards (Atlanta, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Beverly Hills, Nicholl (semifinals) Blaire is widely known for her work as Founder/Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Drama Club (the youngest Shakespeare Troupe in the U.S.) for which she has received awards and honors - most recently from PBS as their Commuinty Champion. Blaire created and produced the Documentary, Women In Boxes, about Magic Assistants. The only film in which Teller of Penn&Teller Speaks on Camera. www.thecandidatethemovie.com

Blaire conceived and produced Women In Boxes, an award-winning documentary about female magic assistants.  She has won numerous screenwriting awards (Atlanta, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Beverly Hills, Nicholl (semifinals).   In 2014, Blaire was honored by PBS as a Community Champion (for her work with underserved youth and Shakespeare; she is prominently featured in an ongoing PBS Special, LA ART.) 
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LA's Shakespeare Youth Festival Unveils 2024 Season Featuring JULIUS CAESAR & More

Shakespeare Youth Festival - the country's youngest Shakespeare company will stage full productions of Shakespeare's classic plays, Julius Caesar, Richard II, and The Tempest in repertory. Learn more about the festival, and see how to purchase tickets.
Wake Up With BWW 8/7: Press Secretary Visits FUNNY GIRL, PARADE Closes, and More!

Top stories: Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre visits the cast of Funny Girl this weekend, Parade closes on Broadway, and more!
Artistic Director Blaire Baron to Step Down from Shakespeare Youth Festival

After seventeen years with Shakespeare Youth Festival, Blaire Baron is leaving Los Angeles as well as her position as Artistic Director of the youth arts non-profit that she founded. She will continue to serve on the Board of Directors and as a global ambassador from her new location in Staunton, Virginia (home of American Shakespeare Center).
Special Offer: Join Powerstories Theatre for the Voices of Women Theatre Festival on July 19-24, 2022

Special Offer: Join Powerstories Theatre for the Voices of Women Theatre Festival on July 19-24, 2022
BWW Previews: Women's Creative Voices Are Amplified During VOICES OF WOMEN THEATRE FESTIVAL at Powerstories Theatre

The 2022 Voices of Women Theatre Festival features two plays live in the theatre and live-streamed worldwide and six 48-hour view-on-demand productions.
Los Angeles Drama Club Partners With Auma Obama Foundation Sauti Kuu

Los Angeles Drama Club - the country's youngest Shakespeare company - is proud and honored to be invited by director, Dr. Auma Obama, as guest artists-in-residence at the Sauti Kuu Foundation (SKF) based in Alego Nyangoma, Siaya County, Western Kenya, August, 2019. Sauti Kuu - meaning "powerful voices" - is partnering with Los Angeles Drama Club to further their mission of enabling children and young people in Kenya and beyond to find and use their voice to positively change their lives.
BWW Review: Characters Defend Their Worth in UNSPOKEN: SHAKESPEARE'S PERSONAE IN PERIL

Los Angeles Drama Club jumps into the controversy about rewriting Shakespeare for modern audiences in UNSPOKEN: SHAKESPEARE'S PERSONAE IN PERIL. Part II of a trilogy exploring what has become a sore subject among Shakespeare circles, it takes a strong stand and presents persuasive food for thought in this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Los Angeles Drama Club presents Fringe Scholarship Selection UNSPOKEN

Los Angeles Drama Club, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization presents a diverse cast of 11 actors to stir the stage this June with the World Premiere of UNSPOKEN: Shakespeare's Personae in Peril by award-winning playwright, Blaire Baron.  Special press preview Saturday, June 3 at 4:00 to 5:00 PM (PST) at the Underground Theatre in Hollywood.  Production dates: 6/3 at 4:00 PM, 6/9 at 9:00 PM, 6/11 at 7:00 PM, 6/17 at 5:30 PM.  For more information, please visit:www.LosAngelesDramaClub.com.
LA Drama Club's UNSPOKEN: SHAKESPEARE'S PERSONAE IN PERIL to Play Hollywood Fringe 2017

Los Angeles Drama Club, a local nonprofit organization presents a diverse cast of 11 actors to stir the stage this June with the World Premiere of UNSPOKEN: Shakespeare's Personae in Peril by award-winning playwright, Blaire Baron.
The New York Public Library Presents RADICAL BODIES, 5/24

In August 1960, the choreographer Anna Halprin taught an experimental workshop attended by Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer on her dance deck on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, north of San Francisco.
Alex Kingston & Diedrich Bader to Perform with Students at LA Drama Club Fundraiser

Following in the footsteps of Mayor Eric Garcetti who recited Shakespeare for LA Drama Club's last fundraiser, celebrated Hollywood actors will soon take the stage opposite the Country's Youngest Shakespeare troupe on April 15 to launch the 10th season of the Los Angeles Drama Club bi-annual Shakespeare Youth Festival L.A.
Shakespeare's Loudmouths Speak Out on Hollywood's Theatre Row

OUTSPOKEN: SHAKESPEARE IN SHACKLES will make its national debut on Hollywood's Theatre Row at Studio C Artists on September 25th, 2015, with a large cast playing Shakespeare's most gregarious characters from multiple plays in the Canon. Penned by Blaire Baron Larsen (The Milk Meetings), OUTSPOKEN was workshopped last year at the famed Los Angeles Drama Club, where Larsen serves as Artistic Director.
STAY AWAY, 'SIMPLE STEPS' and EUGENICS Set for FRESH PRODUCE'd L.A. Workshop Tonight

FRESH PRODUCE'd L.A. has announced its July 2015 Workshop.
STAY AWAY, 'SIMPLE STEPS' and EUGENICS Set for FRESH PRODUCE'd L.A.'s 7/21 Workshop

FRESH PRODUCE'd L.A. has announced its July 2015 Workshop.
Samuel French Announces Final 30 Works for 2014 Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, Running 8/4-10

The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premiere short play competition, is excited to announce the Final 30 playwrights whose plays will be presented during the 2014 Festival Week, occurring August 4th-10th at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre.

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