Benjamin Benne: Ten Questions
Benjamin Benne. PHOTO: Yenny Garcia
Photo: Yenny Garcia

What was an early, memorable theatrical experience?

My earliest memory is of a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” skit that my kindergarten class performed on the elementary school auditorium stage for our parents. At the same age, I was already accustomed to reciting a verse from the Bible in front of the congregation every week at Sunday School. I don’t recall seeing a play until middle school when I was taken on a field trip to see a college production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

 

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Benjamin Benne
Benjamin Benne

s (he/him) plays include Alma (CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, American Blues Theater, ArtsWest, Curious Theatre, Central Square, The Spot), In His Hands (Mosaic Theater), and What / Washed Ashore / Astray (Pillsbury House + Theatre). He was named part of “LA Vanguardia: The Latino innovators, instigators, and power players breaking through barriers” by the Los Angeles Times. MFA: David Geffen/Yale School of Drama.