Benjamin Fainstein

Benjamin Fainstein

Recommended by Benjamin Fainstein

  • Hiccups
    17 Aug. 2018
    I've had the pleasure of seeing Ben Rosenblatt read/perform this piece in an informal, no-tech setting, and even without design elements or a full audience, it sang. The text carves out theatrical territory living somewhere between intimate autobiography and a zoomed-out perspective providing informative and tender glimpses at the struggles and successes of people living with OCD. Rosenblatt presents heady clinical material in a wonderfully human way, and his play offers exciting opportunities to enact direct audience engagement, open dialogues about mental healthcare, and spend time in brains that may operate differently than our own--pure and personal theatre-making.