Ben Beck (Playwright) has had his work produced at the Shelterbelt Theater, Blue Barn Theater, and Encompass Theater in London, and his monologue, "The Loopin’ Ladies of Laredo", has been published in Venus Theater’s “Frozen Women, Flowing Thoughts” monologue anthology. Readings of Ben’s work have been performed at Great Plains Theatre Commons, Emerging Artists New Play Festival, Kumu Kahua Theater, Murphy's Creek Theatre and the Omaha Community Playhouse. His one-act, "Chekhov’s Gun", received a TAG Award for Best New Script and he was awarded an OEA Award for Best Premier of a New Original Script for his play, "Crash! Boom! Pow!" He was also nominated for a Best New Script OEA Award for his adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and his play, "Sergei and Tasha" was a finalist for the Quill to Act New Festival. He is the recipient of Omaha Community Playhouse’s inaugural NOW PlayLab Residency and the Great Plains Theatre Commoners Cohort Residency which funded the development of his latest play, "Truth and Lie (a comical domestic tragedy of the gods)". Ben has a BA in Theatre from the University of NE-Omaha.