{"id":398,"date":"2012-01-29T23:35:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T04:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T21:30:02","slug":"ben-steinfeld-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=398","title":{"rendered":"Ben Steinfeld: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=269\" title=\"Ben Steinfeld\">Click here to listen to his interview (Cymbeline).<\/a>  And <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=8894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">his second interview (Pericles)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8.-Ben-Steinfeld-in-Fiasco-Theaters-PERICLES-at-Classic-Stage-Company-Photo-by-Austin-Ruffer.jpg?resize=695%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8.-Ben-Steinfeld-in-Fiasco-Theaters-PERICLES-at-Classic-Stage-Company-Photo-by-Austin-Ruffer-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8.-Ben-Steinfeld-in-Fiasco-Theaters-PERICLES-at-Classic-Stage-Company-Photo-by-Austin-Ruffer-scaled.jpg?resize=70%2C56&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8.-Ben-Steinfeld-in-Fiasco-Theaters-PERICLES-at-Classic-Stage-Company-Photo-by-Austin-Ruffer-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ben-steinfeld-bio-1.jpg?w=230&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ben-steinfeld-bio-1.jpg?resize=70%2C52&amp;ssl=1 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"695\" data-id=\"8899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=695%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FiascoLogo-01.png?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Steinfeld<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(he\/him) is an actor, director, teacher, writer, and musician. He is one of Fiasco Theater\u2019s Co-Artistic Directors and founders. For Fiasco: Iachimo\/Arviragus\/Co-director,\u00a0<em>Cymbeline<\/em>; Baker\/Co-director,\u00a0<em>Into the Woods<\/em>; Lucio\/Froth\/Co-director,\u00a0<em>Measure for Measure<\/em>; Co-director,\u00a0<em>Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em>; Composer and Music Director,\u00a0<em>Imaginary Invalid<\/em>: Feste\/Co-director,\u00a0<em>Twelfth Night<\/em>; Frank,\u00a0<em>Merrily We Roll Along<\/em>. Broadway:<em>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em>. Off-Broadway:\u00a0<em>One Thousand Nights and One Day<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bloody Bloody&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0Regional: Westport, Williamstown, Trinity Rep, McCarter, Old Globe, CTG, Bread Loaf. As a director:\u00a0<em>Into the Woods<\/em>\u00a0national tour, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Folger Theatre. TV\/Film: Muhammad Ali&#8217;s Greatest Fight, Callahan, &#8220;Power Book III: Raising Kanan&#8221;, &#8220;The Deuce&#8221;, &#8220;The Good Wife&#8221;, &#8220;Law &amp; Order: Crimimal Intent&#8221;. Ben is writing the book for the new musical,\u00a0<em>Diamond Alic<\/em>e (music &amp; lyrics by Alexander Gemignani), and has written book, music and lyrics for an adaptation of the children&#8217;s book,\u00a0<em>Twelve Kinds of Ice<\/em>. Since 2007, Ben has been an adjunct professor and artistic associate at NYU&#8217;s Gallatin School, where he has twice received the Excellence in Teaching Award and co-directed several productions. Ben lives near a lovely canal in New Jersey with his wife, Kate, and son, Leo.\u00a0 For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiascotheatre.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fiasco Theater\">www.fiascotheatre.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bensteinfeld.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ben Steinfeld\">www.bensteinfeld.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview (Cymbeline). And his second interview (Pericles) Ben Steinfeld\u00a0(he\/him) is an actor, director, teacher, writer, and musician. He is one of Fiasco Theater\u2019s Co-Artistic Directors and founders. For Fiasco: Iachimo\/Arviragus\/Co-director,\u00a0Cymbeline; Baker\/Co-director,\u00a0Into the Woods; Lucio\/Froth\/Co-director,\u00a0Measure for Measure; Co-director,\u00a0Two Gentlemen of Verona; Composer and Music Director,\u00a0Imaginary Invalid: Feste\/Co-director,\u00a0Twelfth Night; Frank,\u00a0Merrily We<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=398' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-6q","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8904,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/8904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}