BALL BOY

About the Project

Born the gay son of a baseball umpire, comedian Ben Fisher examines the rules we inherit about becoming men, identity, and grief in his new hour of standup comedy. Deeply personal and funny, Ball Boy unpacks masculinity, societal norms, and a complicated family history while examining sport, fathers and sons, and the culture. If you’ve ever felt a little out of position, come out to the ballpark! LGBTQ+ *work-in-progress.

About Ben:

_{Ben Fisher is a multi-faceted creative, with a decade-plus career in comedy, acting, writing, and producing. His characters, comedy, and impressions have been featured online, and in festivals and venues including SF SketchFest, New York Comedy Festival, City Winery, UCB, The Knitting Factory, The National Arts Club, Brooklyn Brewery, Dixon Place, and The Rainbow Room. Ben has earned a reputation as “a leading man with nuance and comedic chops,” working on stage and screen. He starred in Good News (Dir. Joe Stankus) which premiered at New York Film Festival, and was featured in NBC’s Comedy Scene Showcase. His work has paired him with talents like Sunita Mani, Alex Fischer, and Daniel Scheinert; theater directors Tyne Rafaeli, Sybil Lines, Zi Alikhan, and Jimmy Maize; musicals, voice over, cast recordings, and off-broadway plays (Fringe, The Daryl Roth Theater, Playwrights Horizons).} 

_{As a co-producer his credits include Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, and Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody. During his time at Burnt Umber Productions, the company has earned multiple Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Drama League awards and nominations, including Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat, Sunset BLVD, Stereophonic, Appropriate, The Inheritance, The Ferryman, Leopoldstadt, Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, Jagged Little Pill, and Cabaret. Off-Broadway: Small Mouth Sounds, Ford/Hill (Waterwell). London: Rosmersholm and Just For One Day. In this role, Ben acted as Associate Producer on the documentary, Black Snow (CPH:DOX, DOC NYC, Sydney Film Festival). The company has developed new musicals, projects, artists, playwrights, and writers for theater, film, and television.}

_{A proud alumni of Emerson College, he now calls New York City home.} 

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