Ben Berry

Founding Artistic Director at Peregrine Theatre Ensemble

Truro, Massachusetts, United States

About

PEREGRINE THEATRE ENSEMBLE: Provincetown, MA. Founding Artistic Director: Hamlet (Hamlet), Rent (Mark), Blithe Spirit (Elvira), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Regional premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Exorcism. SHAKESPEARE ON THE CAPE: Founding Member; Cloud 9, School for Wives, Much Ado About Nothing,The Parade, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream. CAPE COD: Seminar (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), With Counter-Productions: Candide in Candide, Damien in Insatiable Hunger (starring Lea DeLaria), Dr. Posner in Wit (starring McNeeley Myers), Gar Public in Philadelphia Here I Come, Kip in Wonder of the World, Lord Alfred Douglas in Gross Indecency (starring Ryan Landry) and Working. For the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival: World Premiere of "Parade, or Approaching the End of a Summer", A Streetcar Named Desire (starring June Gibson). REGIONAL: A Christmas Carol, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Split (Guthrie Theater), The Fantasticks (Skylight Opera Theatre), School For Wives (Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theater), Cinderella (Kohler Arts Centre); The Traveling Companion; The Chalky White Substance (New Orleans Tennessee Williams Literary Festival). NEW YORK: Celebration (Re:Directions Theatre); 10 Bright Young Things (Shetler). TRAINING: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program (Class of 2006); Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (London), Royal National Theatre Studio (London), London International School for Performing Arts, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (London); The Gaiety School (Dublin). AWARDS: Cape Cod Times Best Performance Award: 2006 and 2007. Specialties: Shakespeare, Musical Theatre, Tennessee Williams, Dialects, Youth Education, Classic Text interpretation

Experience

  • Co-Founder/Artistic Director at Peregrine Theatre Ensemble
    Apr 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 3 mos

    www.peregrinetheatre.com

  • Performer at Wellfleet Harbor Actor's
    Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr

    SEMINAR: starring Alan Campbell directed by Christine Toy Johnson w/ Ben Berry, Satomi Blair, Rachel Casparian, and Jacob Heimer

  • Actor at Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
    Sep 2012 - Oct 2012 · 2 mos

    Performed the role of 'Eloi' in Tennessee Williams play "Auto Da Fe" at the Gifford House.

  • Actor at Payomet Performing Arts Center
    May 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Performed the roles of Leontes and Autolycus in THE WINTER'S TALE - 2011. Performed the roles of Helena, Peaseblossom, and Snout in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - 2012

  • Actor at Counter Productions
    Dec 2008 - Aug 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos