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Daniel Henning is an American writer, director, producer, actor and activist who founded and serves as Artistic Director of the Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles. Early life and educationHenning was born in Oakland, California. Henning graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts{{when}} and Circle in the Square Theatre School.{{when}} He studied at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where his scene study teacher was a 26-year-old Annette Bening, and one of his fellow classmates was a teenage Teri Hatcher.[1] Career{{close paraphrasing|section|reason=this is paraphrased from his official website profile and should be rewritten}}(When did he found The Blank Theatre? Was this right after ACT? Did he work any other places?) Henning founded and serves as the Artistic Director of The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles.[2] At The Blank Theatre, Henning has produced more than 70 Mainstage Productions, 28 seasons of the Living Room Series and 26 Young Playwrights Festivals. Henning has directed nearly 40 Mainstage productions for The Blank and other theatres. Under Henning's leadership The Blank has developed over 800 new plays including 300 by teen writers as part of The Blank's nationwide annual Young Playwrights Festival. Henning has also directed at Lincoln Center, Laguna Playhouse, 2017 Ovation Awards, and recently for the Los Angeles City Council LGBT Heritage Month Celebration at City Hall.{{cn}} Henning directed 2016 "Best Play" Tony Award Winner Stephen Karam's first play when Karam was 17 and was a winner in The Blank’s Young Playwrights Festival.[3] He has produced five of Karam’s plays. As author, his work includes The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare), Dickie & Babe: The Truth About Leopold & Loeb, and the Michael John LaChiusa revue Hotel C’est L’Amour. Henning's television and film work as writer and director includes MTV’s Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, the 30 minute film Critic’s Choice, The Tragedy of JFK (as told to Wm. Shakespeare) and producing the documentary Love 99, narrated by Dame Helen Mirren.{{cn|reason=do not cite IMDb}} Cast albums of Henning’s work include Michael John LaChiusa’s First Lady Suite (Director, Producer) & Tony Award winners Alice Ripley and Gregory Jbara in Little Fish (Producer), as well as a full recording of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock (Director, Producer, Actor). Henning has performed as an actor in television and films including The Black Stallion, HBO’s And the Band Played On, Beverly Hills 90210, Days of our Lives, and Designing Women{{cn}} He also narrates audiobooks.[4] Henning was Assistant Director on the World Premiere of Horton Foote’s play The Widow Claire at Circle in the Square Downtown in NYC, directed by Michael Lindsay Hogg starring Matthew Broderick.[5] It was there that he met an 8-year-old Sarah Michelle Gellar, who originated the role of “Molly”. They became long-time friends and they traveled to Sydney together for New Year’s Eve 2000.[6] Henning coached Gellar on her auditions for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.{{cn}}{{importance-inline}} Activism and philanthropyHenning created the public awareness program Stayin’ Live! to support the Intimate Theatre movement in LA achieving the official city declaration for Hollywood Theatre Row. Henning is on the Western Regional Council for the Actor’s Fund[7] and serves on the faculty of the Art of Acting Studio in L.A.[8] Henning has created, produced and directed several public community events including the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Rally for the 1967 Black Cat Protests in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA. The Black Cat was the site of the first major LGBT Demonstration in the US.[9] Awards and nominationsIn 2018, Henning was honored by the California State Legislature for his work towards LGBTQ Equality and his lifetime of support to young artists.[10] His productions have won 63 LA theatre awards (209 nominations). He has won “Best Production” awards from LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, NAACP Theatre Awards, Ovation Awards, LA Weekly Awards, and BackStage Garland Awards[11]{{Importance-inline|reason=are these notable awards or just local ones?}} He has won “Best Director” awards from NAACP Theatre Awards, Backstage Garland Awards and DramaLogue Awards.{{cn}} The filmed version of his play The Tragedy of JFK (as told by Wm. Shakespeare) won two 2017 Telly Awards for "Writing" and “Production.”{{cn}} Personal lifeHenning is an avid Paul Smith collector. For the 25th Anniversary of the Opening of his first US shoppe, English fashion designer Sir Paul Smith borrowed some of Henning’s collection for a retrospective exhibit.[12] References1. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQV56E5ZdC8 2. ^http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/12/entertainment/ca-38390 3. ^http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/may/25/entertainment/la-ca-young-playwrights-fesitval-20120527 4. ^https://www.audible.com/search?keywords=&title=&author_author=&narrator=Daniel+Henning 5. ^http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/12/entertainment/ca-38390 6. ^http://people.com/archive/cover-story-blast-off-2000-vol-53-no-2/ 7. ^https://actorsfund.org/western-council 8. ^http://www.artofactingstudio.com/about/faculty/ 9. ^https://thepridela.com/2017/02/50th-anniversary-black-cat-demonstration-celebrated-tonight-silverlake/ 10. ^https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Blank-Theatre-Founding-Artistic-Director-Daniel-Henning-Named-2018-Pride-Honoree-20180625 11. ^http://www.theblank.com 12. ^https://ny.racked.com/2012/3/30/7730991/paul-smith-25th-anniversary-windows External links
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