Ben Scranton
Ben Scranton is a New England-based playwright and actor. His plays have been performed live and virtually across the country and in Canada.
The End of Society has been selected to be part of New Ambassadors Theater Company's Blurring Boundaries 2023 Festival taking place June 14-18, 2023 at the Hudson Guild Theater in NYC. The Head of Seamus Delaney was named first place winner in Clan...
Ben Scranton is a New England-based playwright and actor. His plays have been performed live and virtually across the country and in Canada.
The End of Society has been selected to be part of New Ambassadors Theater Company's Blurring Boundaries 2023 Festival taking place June 14-18, 2023 at the Hudson Guild Theater in NYC. The Head of Seamus Delaney was named first place winner in Clan na Gael's 2022 One-Act Playwriting Contest. It had a staged reading earlier this year.
2022 productions: The Overtime Theater (San Antonio), 50th Playwrights’ Platform Festival of Short Plays (Boston), Crafton Hills College Festival of New Works (Yucaipa, CA), Gi60 The International One Minute Theater Festival (Houston), The Open Eye Theater (Margaretville, NY), and the Newmarket International Festival of One-Act Plays in Ontario.
Other productions: The Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PA), Equity Library Theater Summer Virtual Play Festival (NY), The Drama Studio (Springfield, MA), International Festival of Arts and Ideas (New Haven, CT), Westfield State University (MA), and the Nantucket Short Play Festival (MA).
Ben's short plays have been published in the Stonecoast Review Literary Arts Journal, and Fresh Words Literary magazine. Readings have taken place on the Tiny Theater Facebook page, Just Write Lakeland (FL), The Depot for New Play Readings (CT), Play Incubation Collective (MA), and Play Zoomers (MA).
Honors include a dramatic writing fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a two-time recipient of the Robert R. Lehan Playwriting Award from Westfield State University (MA), and a finalist for the James Stevenson Prize of Short Comedic Plays.
Ben has worked as a professional actor and singer appearing on the national tour of the Broadway musical Annie and in regional theater. For seven seasons he was a member of the resident acting company at StageWest in Springfield, MA appearing in 17 productions. He has appeared at Hartford Stage (CT), ArtPark in Lewiston, NY, and Theater by the Sea in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
He had a successful 32-year career in Realtor® Association management, including 10 years as CEO for the Realtor® Association of Pioneer Valley in Springfield, MA.
Ben is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Screen Actors Guild, The Dramatists Guild of America, and The Playwrights Platform where he serves on their Board of Directors.