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Ben L.

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Teaches online

Teaches all skill levels

Age: 12+

Teaching since 1986

BFA Acting

Acting for Theatre & Musical Theatre

40 year professional actor credits include 19 years as “Pumbaa” in Disneys The Lion King on Broadway and National Tour, Max Bialystock in The Producers, Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof and Policy Pinkle in Red, Hot & Blue at Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse among many others. Film and TV credits include Fine Me Guilty with Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage, The Giraffe with David Straithairn, The Sopranos, 100 Centre Street, Law and Order and Law and Order SVU. Master Teaching Artist for Disney Theatrical, Roundabout Theatre Company and Walnut Street Theatre. Studied BFA acting at California Institute of the Arts

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Teaches Online

Teaching Hours

Monday

8 AM-12 PM

3 PM-5 PM

Tuesday

8 AM-12 PM

3 PM-5 PM

Thursday

8 AM-1 PM

3 PM-5 PM

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Pricing

30 minutes

$94

45 minutes

$125

60 minutes

$188

About Ben L.

Acting for Theatre and Musical Theatre with a Veteran Broadway Actor. professional for 40 years credits include 19 years as “Pumbaa” in Disneys The Lion King both on Broadway and National Tour. Max Bialystok in The Producers. Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, Policy Pinkle in Red Hot and Blue at Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse as well as many other regional credits. TV and Film credits include Find Me Guilty with Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage, The Giraffe with David Straithairn, The Sopranos, 100 Centre Street, Law and Order and Law and Order:SVU. BFA Acting California Institute of the Arts. Learn to create bold strong choices in text for plays and musical theatre. Deepen your emotional connection to text and performance. Students will be guided through coaching of monologues and analyzing song as text with combined acting exercise. Audition coaching also available.

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Experience

Mask Characterization Instructor

Sep, 1984 - May, 1985

University of the Arts

Introduced and taught Mask Characterization Class with school of Theatre Dean, Walter Dallas, to first and second year BFA acting students.

Master Teaching Artist

Jan, 2001 - Jan, 2003

Roundabout Theatre Company

Teaching Artist for Roundabout Theatre Conpany education outreach to NYC Public High Schools.

Acting Teacher

Jan, 1995 - May, 2021

Walnut Street Theatre

Taught several levels of acting class/scene study at Walnut Street Theatre Education Department over twenty five year period

Education

BFA Acting

Sep, 1982 - May, 1984

California Institute of the Arts

Affiliations

Actors' Equity Association

Feb, 1992

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

Apr, 1993

An American labor union representing over 160,000 film and television principal and background performers, journalists, and radio personalities worldwide.

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