Author: Ben
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The Wild Plan
The Wild Plan is a new model for an independent national theatre tour. The Wild Plan creates shared experiences for communities. It does not sell tickets. It does not take place in a theatre. It does not take itself all that seriously. The Wild Plan was co-invented by myself and Eric Powell Holm. Its maiden…
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Fuck Woman School
Fuck Woman School was a performance series based on Critique of The School for Wives by Moliere. It performed as a companion piece to Woman School, produced by Vintage Theater Collective in Chicago in October-November 2011. Fuck Woman School used Moliere’s play as a point of departure to investigate and discuss theatre’s place in contemporary…
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Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers
Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers performed as part of The Wild Plan’s national tour in August 2011. Misanthrope, Or the Impossible Lovers, adapted by Eric Powell Holm from the play The Misanthrope by Moliere, was co-directed for The Wild Plan by Holm and Ben Gansky.
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The Polish Pugilist
The Polish Pugilist performed at 1419 August 19th-28th, 2010. It was directed by Jeremey Catterton and assistant-directed by Ben Gansky. Press for The Polish Pugilist: TC Daily Planet Minneapolis City Pages Cake in 15
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erased bobrauschenbergamerica
erased bobrauschenbergamerica performed February 11th-20th at 1419 in Minneapolis. erased bobrauschenbergamerica was conceived, produced, adapted, and directed by Ben Gansky as part of 1419’s Theatre Season, which he co-curated with Billy Mullaney. square dance from erased bobrauschenbergamerica from apollosherbert on Vimeo. Music composed by Eric Mayson Sound design by Ryan Murphy Set design by Brian…
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Boy with a Moon and a Star on his Head
Boy with a Moon and a Star on his Head was an original piece conceived for The Wild Plan. It premiered on August 9th, 2011 at The Children’s Museum of South Dakota. Boy with a Moon and a Star on his Head was conceived, written, directed, and co-designed by Ben Gansky, and produced by The…
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USA! USA! USA!
originally written for Open Source magazine That patriotism is a trope most successfully deployed by right-wing interests in this country can hardly be debated. The credit goes not so much to conservative politicians as to cultural producers like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Chuck Norris. What I’m…
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Thoughts on the Guthrie Theater’s 2011-2012 season
April 19, 2011 The Guthrie Theater announced its next season today. Of the fourteen plays that the Guthrie will produce in 2011-2012, every single piece was written by a male playwright. There remain several TBA directors, but as of the announcement today, only one director is a woman–Marcela Lorca, Head of Movement at the Guthrie,…
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The Epilogue Project
When I reflect on the work that I see, I think about the ways in which I’m affected on a few levels. As an artist, I think about whatever I see in terms of its part within a dialogue in which I’d like to be engaged, an ongoing negotiation of what performance is…