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NOW PLAYING
BEN IS PLAYING ANDREI IN A SOLD-OUT RUN
OF ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE THREE SISTERS
WITH THE ASSEMBLY.
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In March, Ben will appear in THE ACTORS COMPANY's
production of T.S. Eliot's THE COCKTAIL PARTY.
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 |
