Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad

By: Nov. 03, 2015
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BRENDA BRAXTON PRESENTS VILLAIN: DEBLANKS began monthly performances Sunday night, November 1, The Triad NYC, and the audience and cast alike laughed themselves silly. Sometimes it was the script, sometimes it was the delivery, sometimes it was a brilliant combination of the two, but whichever it was, the room never got quiet from the opening line. Check out photos of the hijinks below!

Five first-timers made their DeBlanks debuts. Jeff Hiller, Keala Settle, Jessica Hendy, Mike Schwitter & Laura Yoder Witt joined 6-time DeBlanks veteran Bernard Dotson for an unrepeatable (and unpublishable) night of naughty words and ridiculous characters.

Don't miss the next installment on Sunday, December 6, starring the gloriously funny Geneva Carr (currently on Broadway in "Hand to God"), incisively witty Tony-winner Daisy Eagan ("Secret Garden"), the uniquely delightful Lauren Elder ("Sideshow," "HAIR"), multi-talented award-winning composer/lyricist Bobby Cronin ("Mary and Max," "(un)Lucky in Love"), hilarious and handsome Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (current revival of "Once Upon A Mattress," "A Little Night Music"), and inveterate reviewer, former president of the Drama Desk Awards, and champion of the theater, Peter Filichia.

Tickets and information available at villaindeblanks.com.

Photo Credit: Michael Hull

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Jeff Hiller catches Laura Yoder Witt & Mike Schwitter by surprise.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Bernard Dotson (far right) destroys everyone's composure with one simple phrase. Laura Yoder Witt & Mike Schwitter manage to keep their heads, while Jessica Hendy & Keala Settle literally lose theirs.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Laura Yoder Witt may or may not be feigning innocence. Mike Schwitter & Jessica Hendy are amused, either way.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Jeff Hiller mid-zinger.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Mike Schwitter and Jessica Hendy react to Keala Settle's unidentifiably-accented line reading.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Keala Settle clearly finds Bernard Dotson’s revelation surprisingly funny.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Jeff Hiller amuses himself ... and Laura Yoder Witt, Mike Schwitter & Jessica Hendy.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
The cast count along while DeBlanks' creator Billy Mitchell counts the ballots to determine 'whodunnit.'

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
Keala Settle is the culprit! Mike Schwitter & Jessica Hendy react to the news.

Photo Flash: Hiller, Settle, Hendy, Schwitter, Witt & Dotson Launch Laughs at VILLAIN: DEBLANKS at The Triad
The full cast of the November 1 performance of 'Brenda Braxon presents Villain: DeBlanks.' Standing: Laura Yoder Witt, Mike Schwitter, Keala Settle, Jessica Hendy & Bernard Dotson. In front: Jeff Hiller.



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