Ben’s plays have been performed across the U.S., most recently at the Equity Library Theater NY Summer Virtual Play Festival, the 49^th Annual Playwrights’ Platform Festival and the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.  He is the recipient of a Dramatic Writing Fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, winner of the Robert Lehan Playwriting Award at Westfield State University (MA), and a finalist for the James Stevenson Prize of Short Comedic Plays.  As an actor, Ben was a member of the resident acting company at StageWest in Springfield, MA for seven seasons, appeared at Hartford Stage (CT), and was on the national tour of the Broadway musical Annie.  He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, and Actors’ Equity Association.