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BEN IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF NYTHEATRE.COM!
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Temporary Distortion's WELCOME TO NOWHERE
(two years in development)
returns to P.S. 122 for our FINAL FOUR PERFORMANCES in NYC!
January 7 @ 10:30
January 8 @ 2:30
January 10 @ 7:00
January 13 @ 7:30
Click HERE for tickets!
Commercials currently running:
Virginia Lottery, Microsoft, Dunkin' Donuts, and Verizon Wireless.
The latest issues of Theatre Forum and New York Theater Review include the full texts of two plays Ben premiered last year:
White Hot and Welcome to Nowhere!
WELCOME TO NOWHERE
A Performance by Temporary Distortion
The Ontological-Hysteric Theater (NYC): May 2007
The Chocolate Factory (NYC): October 2007
P.S. 122 (NYC): February 2008
The Via Festival (Maubeuge, France): March 2008
The Exit Festival (Paris, France): April 2008
Mois Multi (Quebec City, Canada): September 2008
P.S. 122 (NYC): January 2009
Temps D'image (Montreal, Canada): February 2009
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5/26/09
Workshop of The Red Shoes at The Public Theater. Niegel Smith directs.
5/7/09 - 5/9/09
Clementine and the Cyber Ducks at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
2/14/09
Ben appears in The Mumblings with Working Mans Clothes. May Adrales directs.
2/1/09
Ben appears in Theatre is Dead at the Connelly Theater.
1/06/09
Ben appears in Welcome to Nowhere at P.S. 122s COIL Festival
10/10/08
Cato at The Flea. Andre de Shields (The Wiz) and Reg E. Cathey (The Wire) star. Jim Simpson directs.
9/26/08
Americana Kamikaze at The Prelude Festival at CUNY.
9/26/08
Sleep 1 (dir. Joel Israel and Tommy Smith) appears online.
9/19/08
The Mirror, Ben's NYC playwrighting debut, premieres minutes before a never-before-seen play by Adam Rapp.
9/18/08
The Odd Dozen (dir. Tommy Smith and Reggie Watts) appears online.
9/7/08 through 9/16/08
Temporary Distortion's Welcome to Nowhere at Mois Multi in Quebec City.
8/22/08 and 8/23/08
Tommy Smith's The Break-Up with Working Man's Clothes. Jake Witlen directs.
7/11/08 through 8/22/08
Caridad Svitch's Twelve Ophelias at McCarren Pool.
6/14/08
If You Want Blood at Sticky! (The Bowery Poetry Club).
2/28/08 through 3/15/08
Welcome to Nowhere at The Via Festival (Maubeuge, France).
2/18/08 through 2/20/08
Welcome to Nowhere plays to packed houses at P.S. 122. Those in attendance include Richard Schechner, John Collins, and Scott Shepherd.
10/30/07 (ongoing)
Scene study with Gene Lasko. Gene's previous students include Reed Birney (Blasted) and Sigourney Weaver.
12/03/07 thorugh 12/20/07
Tommy Smith's Sunrise at The Lark Annex. Portia Krieger directs.
12/01/07 thorugh 12/03/07
Shooting for After the War, an intense film about the terrible price of obsessive desire.
Brian Quist (Columbia MFA) directs.
9/18/07 through 10/23/07
Scene study with Scott Freeman.
9/6/07
Served as a reader for The Professional Company at The Public Theater.
9/1/07
Voiceover on newyork.com introduces Ruben Drones, running back for the world-champion NY Giants.
8/4/07 through 8/19/07
Twelfth Night, Ben's New York directorial debut,
enjoys a three-week run in Clinton Cove Park.
6/19/07 through 7/2/07
Two premieres in rep at HERE Arts Center:
White Hot, by Tommy Smith (MFA, Julliard), directed by May Adrales (MFA, Yale):
a scathing one-act drama about dying in the naughts, and
The Curse of the Smart Kid, written and directed by David Vining:
a searching one-man comedy about living in the mind.
6/10/07 through 6/23/07
The Mercury Menifesto at The Brick's Pretentious Festival.
5/17/07 through 5/19/07
Title role in Nate Weida's fantastical (and fantastic) musical Commander Squish.
5/5/07 through 5/8/07
Polonius in Prospect Theater Company's Ophelia: Opera in Blue. May Adrales directs.
5/3/07 through 5/5/07
Temporary Distortion's Bullet Hole Road premieres at Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
4/1/07
In a private performance for John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck) and members of the LAByrinth Theater Company, Ben premieres A.M. Scott's I Make No Promises.
2/23/07
Pictured again in The Times.
2/21/07
Called in for a major role on the FOX sitcom Back to You, starring Kelsey Grammar and Patricia Heaton.
(The part eventually goes to Tony-winner Josh Gad.)
2/15/07
Pictured in the Arts section of The New York Times.
2/14/07 through 4/17/07
Julian Sheppard's Los Angeles premieres at The Flea Theater.
Ben plays opposite Katherine Waterston. Obie-winner Adam Rapp directs.
After playing to packed houses, the show is extended twice.
1/29/07 through 1/29/09
Microsoft ad appears in Time, Newsweek, The Economist, and The New Yorker.
In January of 2008, it's renewed for another year.
READINGS!
9/28/08
Adventure Quest. The Public.
written by Yasmine Lever
directed by Demos Tsilikoudis
9/28/08
Status Anxiety. The Public.
written by Yasmine Lever
directed by Demos Tsilikoudis
8/30/08
The Sister. The Brick.
written and directed by Eric Meyer
5/1/08
The Wife. The Flea.
written by Tommy Smith
directed by Sherri Kronfeld
1/19/08
The Mumblings. Shetler Studios.
written and directed by Dan Kitrosser
12/9/07
The Mumblings. The Annex.
written and directed by Dan Kitrosser
10/21/07
In the Thick. The Lark.
written by Lisa D'Amour
directed by Kip Fagan
9/10/07. The Flea.
Nicotine, Valium, Vicaden, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol
written and directed by Vadim Newquist
7/27/07
Show Trial. The Flea.
adapted from original transcripts
directed by Jim Simpson
7/17/07
Certain Words in French. The Flea.
written by Normandy Sherwood
directed by Sherri Kronfeld
6/11/07
Kaspar Hauser. The Flea.
written and directed by Elizabeth Swados
2/28/07 and 5/20/07
Some Things Cease To Be. The Flea.
written by Karinne Keithley
directed by Sherri Kronfeld
1/21/07 and 5/20/07
Sextet. The Flea.
written by Tommy Smith
directed by Blair Brown
4/16/07
White Hot. SoHo Rep.
written by Tommy Smith
directed by May Adrales
4/3/07
Air Conditioning. The Flea.
written by Tommy Smith
directed by Jim Simpson
3/29/07
Thyme of the Season. Janus Productions.
written by Duncan Pflaster
directed by Josh Robinson
3/26/07 and 3/27/07
The New Hopeville Comics. Commander Squish Productions.
written by Nate Weida
directed by Isaac Klein
2/26/07
707 Pine. The Flea.
written by Deron Bos
directed by Kip Fagan |
