About Blakely

Blakely (he/him) is a NYC-based performing artist who’s been lucky enough to work on some pretty rad projects with even cooler people. His work has been seen globally with NBC, Target, French fashion brand Hermés, Cirque du Soleil, on Broadway, and on Broadway Tours. He was most recently seen covering Tony winner Roger Bart as the iconic Doc Brown in the Original Broadway Cast of Back to the Future and previously in the Original Broadway Company of Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour. Blakely was also seen across the country in the Original Broadway Touring Companies of Shrek as Pinocchio and Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Blakely won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his portrayal of Prez in The Pajama Game at the Tony Award-winning Arena Stage in Washington DC. He performed in High Button Shoes with Michael Urie for New York City Center's Encores! series, with Norm Lewis, Jessie Mueller and Rosie O'Donnell in The Music Man at The Kennedy Center, as Robertson Aye in Mary Poppins at Paper Mill Playhouse, plus featured performances at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Goodspeed Opera House, The Muny, among many others. He also made his Tribeca Film Festival debut portraying Rudy Giuliani in Rudy! A Documusical directed by Oscar nominee Jed Rothstein. 

In addition to his performing career, Blakely is also the co-creator/designer of Pre-Pro, the world’s first fully mobile 2D/3D pre-visualization app for animated staging, choreography, and scenic transitions. Its high-fidelity visuals and groundbreaking user experience place your production ideas into the palm of your hands. Check out Pre-Pro here!

Blakely holds a BFA from CCM (College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati). He also enjoys sharing the arts with younger generations by teaching masterclasses around the country.  He held the position of Associate Faculty for Northwestern University’s CHERUBS Intensive and taught acting at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.

In his free time he loves to hike, rock climb, find epic food spots, and travel with his wife Beth. You can keep up with Blakely’s antics here and on all social platforms: @BSlaybs