Blake Balu

Blake Balu

Vocal Range: Tenor    ·    Height: 5'9"    ·    Weight: 150#    ·    Hair Color: Brown    ·    Eye Color: Brown    ·    Special Skills: Singing; Skateboarding; Writing music/lyrics; Dialects    ·    Hometown: New Orleans, LA    ·    College: M.F.A. Acting (U.N.O.)  B.A. Psychology and Sociology (S.L.U.)      ·    Occupation: Theatre Teacher / Actor / Director


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Stage Credits:
LEE.... PROSPERITY   (1/2011)
Don John.... Much Ado About Nothing   (4/2009)
Available Jones.... Li'l Abner   (7/2008)
Ensemble/Midas/Sleep/Vertumnus *.... Metamorphoses   (4/2008)
Rodney *.... Katrina's Path   (2/2008)(10/2007)
Mark.... Putter   (11/2007)
Katurian *.... The Pillowman   (8/2007)
Patrick Dennis *.... Little Me   (6/2007)
Tuzenbach.... The Three Sisters   (4/2007)
Abdulrahman.... Fleeing Katrina   (11/2006)
Michael Evans *.... Dancing At Lughnasa   (9/2006)
Eddie *.... Thick As Thieves   (8/2006)
Arnold Epstein *.... Biloxi Blues   (11/2004)
Ensemble.... Brecht on Brecht   (10/2004)
Jerry *.... The Zoo Story   (5/2004)
Jay *.... The Haunted Host   (9/2003)
Jerry/Geri Van de Whore.... Aurora Borealis   (11/2002)
Beau *.... The Travelling Companion   (9/2002)
Eloi Duvenet *.... Auto Da-Fe'   (3/2002)
Beau *.... The Travelling Companion   (3/2002)
Three *.... Midgets from Uranus   (2/2002)
Charles *.... Teddy's Nightmare (as a part of "...a little of this, a little of that")   (11/2001)
Beau *.... The Travelling Companion   (3/2001)
*=leading role

Offstage Credits:
Assistant Director.... Singin' In The Rain   (11/2011)
Assistant Director.... Aladdin Jr.   (11/2010)
Assistant Director.... Scapino!   (3/2010)
Fight Choreographer.... Putter   (11/2007)
Director.... In The Bar Of A Tokyo Hotel   (4/2005)
Producer .... Boston Marriage   (12/2004)(9/2004)
Sound Design; Producer .... Park Stories   (5/2004)
Producer.... Something Cloudy, Something Clear   (3/2004)
Director.... Birds of a Feather (as part of Bar Stories)   (5/2003)
Director.... Bar Stories   (5/2003)
Asst. Stage Manager.... Hello From Bertha   (3/2003)
Director.... The Lady Of Larkspur Lotion   (3/2003)
Asst. Stage Manager.... I Can't Imagine Tomorrow   (3/2003)
Music & Lyrics.... The Travelling Companion   (3/2001)
Stage Manager.... Bad Dream   (1/2001)

Stage Awards and Nominations:
(2008) Storer Boone Award for the role of Katurian in The Pillowman
(2008) Big Easy Award nomination for the role of Katurian in The Pillowman
(2008) Marquee Award for the role of Katurian in The Pillowman
(2005) Big Easy Award nomination for the role of Arnold Epstein in Biloxi Blues
(2005) Storer Boone Award nomination for the role of Arnold Epstein in Biloxi Blues
(2005) Marquee Award for the role of Arnold Epstein in Biloxi Blues


Non-stage credits:
THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS Extra Ami Canaan Mann, Dir.
MY FRIEND, OSCAR as Oscar Reyo-San Pictures
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Extra David Fincher, Dir.
SCHITTEKATTER as Teddy French Quarter Features
WE ARE NOT ALONE as Daniel Reyo-San Pictures
THE DINNER GUEST as Dorian Reyo-San Pictures
ZERO as Kyle Reyo-San Pictures
CAJUN FRIED RICE as Frank Tricki Vicki Films
THE EXCHANGE as Oreo Reyo-San Pictures