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Who is Ben Friesen?

Education and Training:

BA in Communication Studies and Theatre with a Spanish Minor - Trinity Christian College

Fall 2021 NMTI Cohort at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center - National Theater Institute

More about the National Theater Institute:

Recent Professional Productions

Youth Theatre Work

BAM Theatre (IL): Assistant Director: Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Frozen, The Jungle Book

Crane River Theatre (NE): Music Director: Madagascar Jr., Co-Director: Descendants

Nashville Children’s Theatre (TN): Teaching Artist; Assistant Director: Looking Glass Land

Middle Park High School (CO): Choreographer: Once Upon a Mattress

Film Experience:

The Hiding Place (2023): Otto Schwarzhuber

Second City’s Harold Ramis Film School: Numerous short films

Skills

Instruments

Expert violinist with fiddling experience

Years of orchestra and private lessons for violin

Intermediate guitar, piano, ukulele

I pick up material, instruments quickly due to my trained ear

Vocal Training

Classical training with contemporary application

Years of private voice lessons and choral experience

Natural tendency towards dialects, plus onstage training

Near fluency in the Spanish language

Dance and Movement

Intermediate tap, including professional experience

Beginner/Intermediate experience across many other styles

Multiple award-winning athletic background

Training in theatrical movement styles (Alexander, Laban, etc.)