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Film

Life in Flight (2007)           Ben     Plum Pictures
Calling It Quits (2007)         Ad Man                      City Sqirrel Films
Liszt for President (2007)    Dirk Stickley       Dir. Mark Mitchell
Employee of the Month (short)   Gil (lead)                   D. Danger Films
Maestro (short)    Joseph (lead)       Kingfish Production

Comedy / Improv
Theatre - Off Broadway / NYC

Sleep Deprivation Chamber     David Jr.         Joseph Papp Public Theatre
Penang*     Jimmy Chen    Midtown Int'ntl Theatre Festival
Closet Chronicles       Wes       The Ground Floor Theatre
Fastbreaks (NYC workshop)        Ensemble       Goodspeed Opera House
Awkward Pauses       Cecil       The Neighborhood Playhouse
3-D World           Ambassador    No-Pants Theatre Company

  *(Winner - MITF Best Performance by a Featured Actor)
Theatre - Regional

Henry          Bertold   Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
The Zoo Story     Jerry      Company of Fools (Sun Valley, ID)
Romeo & Juliet          Romeo   Theatre IV (Richmond, VA)
Stand Up Tragedy      Lee        Theatre IV (Richmond, VA)

Special Skills
Improvisation, comedic characters, sketch writing, song parody, voice over, conversational Spanish, graphic art/painting, carpentry, driving (manual/automatic).

Television

Barely in Stereo (series pilot)            Carl (lead)   Dir. Elliott Phear
Lifegame! (comedy/improv series)       Feat.cast member      Spike TV
Manhattan Monologue Slam
(Winner – November 2006, February 2007)
The country’s only theatre slam is a bi-coastal event with shows monthly in both Los Angeles
and New York City and is hosted by the show’s co-creators: The Galinsky Brothers
An Evening at the Starlite Motor Inn
(actor/co-writer)
A two-person monologue show featuring six characters from a roadside motel.
Hersey/Winfield/Smith and the BIG BREAK (actor/co-writer)
A multi-media comedy with live theatre, film, stand-up, and sketch.
Breakroom (voice over)
Animated internet series about the breakroom inside a video game console.
Doppelgangers
Four improvisers and four playwright styles in an improvised two-act play.
contact me:
ben@benhersey.com