Philip DeBlanks is dead!
The audience provides nouns, verbs, adjectives, desserts and body parts, and the actors provide the laughs — uncensored and unrehearsed — as the cast enacts the story using the words put in their mouths. It's "Clue" meets adult "Mad Libs," performed by some of the funniest people in show biz.
Our first-ever NYC cast: Barrett Foa, Ryann Redmond, Bobby Cronin, Leslie Margherita, Nancy Opel, Bernard Dotson
A Time Out NY Critics’ Pick written by Billy Mitchell, Villain: DeBlanks is an uproarious improvisational comedy where the cast says words you put in their mouths! The audience provides nouns, adjectives, and verbs (the wilder, the better), and the actors provide the laughs—uncensored and unrehearsed—as they solve the mystery of Philip DeBlanks’ untimely demise. It’s “Clue” meets adult Mad Libs, performed by the funniest people in show biz. Like a ride to summer camp in the back of a station wagon, each hilarious performance is ridiculously one-of-a-kind.
But, how does it work?
Good question! It goes something like this:
Sometimes things get a little “adulty”
Villain: DeBlanks is basically a long form mash-up of Mad Libs and Clue. The audience provides nouns, adjectives, and verbs (the wilder, the better), and the actors provide the laughs — uncensored and unrehearsed — as they solve the mystery of Philip DeBlanks’ untimely demise. The tone of the evening is determined by the words our audiences contribute.
Greg Ainsworth
Lori Alan
Brendan Applegate
Annaleigh Ashford
Glynis Barber
David Bedella
John Behlmann
Mary Birdsong
Amy Bizjak
Klea Blackhurst
John Bolton
Brenda Braxton
Laura Bell Bundy
Todd Buonopane
Arnie Burton
Andrew Call
Josh Canfield
Hunter Canning
Eddie Capuano
John Cariani
Geneva Carr
Jim Caruso
Allison Castillo
Nick Cearley
Max Chernin
Jen Cody
Eddie Cooper
Bobby Cronin
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Paige Davis
Bradley Dean
Frank DeCaro
Colin Donnell
Bernard Dotson
Natalie Douglas
Robin Atkin Downes
Bridget Dunn
Mark Dunn
Daisy Eagan
Lauren Elder
Mary Faber
Adam Feldman
Peter Filichia
Elizabeth Findlay
Barrett Foa
Shaun Bennet Fountleroy
Hunter Foster
Don Gallagher
Noah Galvin
Robert Gonzales Jr
Randy Graff
Justin Guarini
Our hooligans … so far:
Lena Hall
Julie Halston
Ann Harada
F. Michael Haynie
Jessica Hendy
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Laura Heywood
Jeff Hiller
Patrick Hinds
Benjamin Holmes
Cady Huffman
Carly Hughes
Hugh Hysell
Julie James
Lowell Jeffers
Francesca Jellison
Capathia Jenkins
Zonya Love Johnson
Laura Jordan
Trent Armand Kendall
Sarah Knittell
Marc Kudisch
LaChanze
Lacretta
Nikka Graff Lanzarone
Beth Leavel
Kingsley Leggs
Tom Lenk
Eric Lesh
Hedda Lettuce
Erik Liberman
Erin Flanagan Lind
Kelvin Moon Loh
Leon Lopez
Rebecca Luker
Allison Mackie
Lesli Margherita
Jan Maxwell
Jeff McCarthy
Leslie McDonel
William McDonough III
Richard McGonagle
Austin Miller
Lauren Molina
Jeanne Montano
Hank Morris
Rob Morrison
Patti Murin
Bebe Neuwirth
Jim Newman
Nancy Opel
Dana Packard
Maulik Pancholy
Nicole Parker
Christine Pedi
Doug Plaut
Jack Plotnick
Eve Plumb
Liza Poor
Molly Pope
Jennifer Porter
Michael Potts
Ryann Redmond
Michael Riedel
Ben Rimalower
Molly Bryant Roberts
Angela Robinson
Jordan Roth
Adam Rothenberg
Gabrielle Ruiz
Sandy Rustin
Steve Schonberg
Mike Schwitter
Kathy Searle
Tally Sessions
Keala Settle
Jeremy Shamos
Tony Sheldon
Heather Shisler
Christopher Sieber
Cherrelle Skeete
Dale Soules
Amy Spanger
Micah Stock
Harriet Thorpe
Maureen Toomey
Kathleen Turner
Eric Ulloa
Bruce Vilanch
Donna Vivino
Stephen Wallem
Kate Wetherhead
Ari McKay Wilford
Tracey B. Wilson
Laura Yoder Witt
Betsy Wolfe
Jennifer Van Dyck
Jessica Vosk
Jared Zirilli