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ABOUT ME

Hi!

I'm Ben. I'm 22 and a recent escapee/graduate of a BFA Acting program in the American tundra, i.e. Minnesota. Don't know where Minnesota is? It's a seven hour north drive of Chicago. It's COLD.

I'm originally from Baltimore, Maryland, on the East Coast of the USA, though I have roots in California, where I was born.

PHILOSOPHY

Part of why I love being an actor is because it's like being an astronaut of the soul: finding out what makes a human a human. So I like meeting other humans, and hearing what they have to say about that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Why would I want to travel any other way? Through couchsurfing, I've explored parts of the world that I would never have gotten to experience without the awesome hosts I've been lucky enough to meet.

Interests

Food, architecture, music, drink, nature, art, antiquity, novelty, dance, opera, theatre, travel. You know, the usual.

• arts
• architecture
• acting
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• opera
• hiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Bach, Beatles, Battles, Barry White, Belle & Sebastian, Beastie Boys. Billy Joel. Motown. Jazz.

Movies:

Anything with Gary Oldman, Robert Downey, Jr., or Bill Cosby. Ingmar Bergman, Michel Gondry.

Books:

Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Chabon, Marcel Proust, William Blake, T.S. Eliot, Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking through the Holyrood hills outside Edinburgh, Scotland, in a light drizzle with the wind whipping through my hair. Hiking on the cliffs of Cinque Terre on the west coast of Italy. Reading Proust.

Teach, Learn, Share

My head contains a fair bit of information about theatre. I love food, cooking, and eating. I ran and lived in an independent arts collective, so I have lots of thoughts about the arts and artists and art industries.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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