Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander has been writing plays since he moved to New York in 1989. Productions with the WorkShop Theater include the one-acts "The Soul of Justin's Muse" (1998), "To Be the Next Connie Hudson" (2000), and "Three O'Clock in the Morning" (2001), and the full-length "Chemistry Lab" (2003) and "Weird" (2008). He also self-produced the play "Tavern on the Net" (1999), and has had a staged reading at the WorkShop of "Jocelyn" (2001). A monologue from his 1994 play "Phantom Rep" was published in a "Best Stage Monologues" volume edited by Jocelyn Beard and is frequently used as an audition piece. Ben is also an academic historian with a PhD from CUNY and teaches at Raymond Walters College of the University of Cincinnati. He is an associate member of the Dramatists Guild and a member of Theatre Resources Unlimited, and has moderated many discussions in the WorkShop's Sundays at Six series.