Blake Worthey

Blake Worthey
Blake Worthey - Artists 360 Project Grant Recipient 2021

Project Description

Blake will take classes from Dramatists Guild Institute, study under acting coach Bethany Caputo and work with Moscelyne Parke Harrison of BODYSONNET with the goal of developing his idea for a new kind of theater.

Artist Bio

Blake Worthey is a Black American, dance-theater and teaching artist from Memphis,Tennessee. Currently he is interested in dialectical technologies inherent in theater and how those technologies can be used to build a more equitable world in our non-artistic lives. His training includes a B.F.A in Dance Performance from University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Modus Operandi (Vancouver,BC), and imitating various kung fu movies circa 2004. As a guest artist with NWABT he performed the lead role in Immortal Beloved: Possessed By Genius by Ryan Nye. Most recently he collaborated with BODYSONNET in the performance I Woke Up on Skyline Drive.