Zeke Blackwell

Zeke Blackwell has been involved in over 80 productions as a director, actor, writer, designer, and technician, and has had the joy of making theater in Sitka, Fort Worth, New Haven, New York, and Costa Rica, where he directed the world premiere of the Spanish-language version of Once on this Island! With over a decade of improv comedy experience, he’s performed/taught improv around the country, and most recently at the Boston Comedy Arts Festival. His original play, Still Life, was produced in the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Cognitive Science. He served two years on the board of directors for Far Corners Community Musical Theatre, a non-profit dedicated to providing arts opportunities for underserved youth in isolated regions of the world. Once, he beat-boxed for Lin-Manuel Miranda. This is his fourth season year-round at SFAC as the Young Performers Theater Director.

If you could spend a week anywhere in the world, where would it be?
The bottom of the ocean. There's so much we don't know.

What is the most unusual place you have visited?
The Spiral Jetty at the Great Salt Lake. It's a massive piece of land art on the north side of the Great Lakes. Very isolated, very beautiful, very otherworldly. 

What is your favorite book or movie?
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter

What is your favorite activity outside of work?
Aerial arts - silks and trapeze

Any other interesting tidbit about yourself? 
When I was a child I wanted to be a train conductor, a magician, or a mathematician.