Martin Blank | |
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| Born | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Occupation | playwright, screenwriter |
| Spouse | Penelope Blank (m. 2003) |
Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer.
Martin Blank | |
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| Born | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Occupation | playwright, screenwriter |
| Spouse | Penelope Blank (m. 2003) |
Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer.
Martin Blank was born in Bethesda, Maryland, where he attended Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. [1] He attended the University of Maryland and the Yale School of Drama. [2]
Two of Blank's plays were produced Off Broadway: The Law of Return at the Fourth Street Theatre, [3] and Avenue of Americas at The Tank Theater.
The Law of Return is a political thriller inspired by the real-life case involving Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel. [3] In 2017, he was developing a screenplay of The Law of Return for producers Rory Koslow and Gail Berman of The Jackal Group. [4] [5]
Blank's comedy Driving Green was produced at the Journeyman Theater in Washington, D.C. [6] Blank's comedy Read My Lips was produced by New Gate Theater in Providence, R.I. ' [7]
In 2018, a one-man musical adapted from talks by Booker T. Washington titled Character Building was produced at Capital Hill Arts Workshop. [8]
Blank was Founding Artistic Director of Theater J. [2]
Jonathan Jay Pollard is a former intelligence analyst for the US government. In 1984, Pollard sold numerous closely guarded state secrets, including the National Security Agency's ten-volume manual on how the U.S. gathers its signal intelligence, and disclosed the names of thousands of people who had cooperated with U.S. intelligence agencies. He was apprehended in 1985, and in subsequent proceedings agreed to a plea deal, pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. Pollard admitted shopping his services—successfully, in some cases—to other countries. In 1987, he was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act.
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