- Asst Professor of Theatre, Roosevelt University
CCPA Faculty since 2009
Blake Hackler
Blake Hackler is an actor, writer, and teacher. As an actor, Blake has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country as well as in TV and film. As a teacher, he has held faculty positions at Yale University, AMDA, PPAS and the National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped. His musical The Boss in the Satin Kimono premiered to great acclaim – and some vilification – at the 2008 New York Fringe Festival. Other New York productions of his work in the 2008-2009 season include : Mother Courage of Westchester - NYTE Capture the Flag Festival, The Lady in Red – EndTimes Productions. His play, Beautiful Baby had a developmental reading at Yale in the summer of 2008. Currently he is working on several new projects including musical versions of The Wasp Woman and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Blake holds an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and is a member of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Program.