Cliff Blake

Cliff Blake’s (Znorko) past roles include Samuel in The Tide (Manhattan Repertory Theater), The Father in Eurydice (Independent Drama Society), Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird, Otto in Diary of Anne Frank, George in Of Mice and Men (Roxbury Rep), Frank in Molly Sweeney, Michael in God of Carnage, George in Same Time Next Year (Amazing Things), Greg in Sylvia, Bruce in Beyond Therapy (CAT, Gloucester), Claudius in Hamlet (Psych Drama), John in Oleanna (Can’t Wait Productions), Joe the Retiree in Working (Metro Stage), Earl in The Late Henry Moss, and Paul Bonin in A Lesson Before Dying (EMACT Best Supporting Actor). Upcoming roles include Antonio in Merchant of Venus (Arsenal Black Box, June), Charlie Brown in Dog Sees God (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August) and Gooper in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, September). A playwright as well as actor, Cliff’s works have appeared in the last two Boston Theater Marathons (Pentagon Mashed Potatoes and Saving Walter Cronkite). Red Sox and Bruins fans may recognize him as a Bean Brain coffee salesman in WB Mason commercials.