BEN RANDLE is the 2019 Drama League Leo Shull Musical Theatre Directing Fellow. Before recently relocating to NYC, he spent 15 years in San Francisco creating original musicals and plays, directing West Coast and regional premieres, and reimagining classics. In San Francisco, he was Artistic Associate at New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC), San Francisco. Recent World Premieres include Plover by Ryan Fogarty (2018 Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Play Festival); Salome, Dance for Me, an original glam rock musical he conceived and directed by rock musician and bio queen trixxie carr with SF Opera’s Robert Mollicone (NCTC); Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman (NCTC); warplay and Into the Clear Blue Sky by JC Lee. Regional premieres include Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam (NCTC), The Submission by Jeff Talbott (NCTC); other credits include Sweeney Todd (Ray of Light Theatre); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Douglas Morrison Theatre). Ben has worked at California Shakespeare Theater, Aurora Theatre, ZSpace, and West Edge Opera. B.A. from San Francisco State University; Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow 2017-2018; Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab.