Blake Pfeil is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. His current project is All-American Ruins, a multimedia travelog in which Blake fantastically recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces through multimodal storytelling. This ongoing body of work has been showcased around the world, including presentations or awards at the UK International Radio Drama Festival, the 27th Prix Marulic, On Air Fest, North Carolina Museum of History, History Colorado, Peekskill Film Festival, Swedish International Film Festival, PopCon Podcast Awards, the Ambies (nominee, Best Indie Podcast), and the upcoming Future of Media Awards (nominee, Podcast of the Year - Regional). All-American Ruins has also been featured in Business Insider, People, Atlas Obscura, Colorado Magazine, and on WAMC. This fall, it will see additional installations at New Jersey WebFest, Minnesota WebFest, and Eugene Environmental Film Festival.
Prior to his work with All-American Ruins, Blake co-founded Macabre Americana, wrote and performed the solo folk music piece The BBC: 1970, and worked as theatre and music maker in performance projects worldwide, with stints in The Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, as well as professional stage credits at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Huntington Theatre Company, New Rep, Company One, and more.
During the week, he steps into the role of Operations & Programs Manager at the nonprofit storytelling organization TMI Project, where he also serves as a producer for The TMI Project Story Hour, winner of an International Women's Podcast Award. Additionally, he hosts the Wednesday evening intergenerational community dialogue program The Pfeil File on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY). Blake also worked as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Prior to his work with All-American Ruins, Blake co-founded Macabre Americana, wrote and performed the solo folk music piece The BBC: 1970, and worked as theatre and music maker in performance projects worldwide, with stints in The Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, as well as professional stage credits at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Huntington Theatre Company, New Rep, Company One, and more.
During the week, he steps into the role of Operations & Programs Manager at the nonprofit storytelling organization TMI Project, where he also serves as a producer for The TMI Project Story Hour, winner of an International Women's Podcast Award. Additionally, he hosts the Wednesday evening intergenerational community dialogue program The Pfeil File on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY). Blake also worked as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Alumni, SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast Fellowship
- MA, Purchase College
- BFA, Emerson College
- Member, Actor's Equity + BMI