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ICARUS IN THE L.E.S. — an excerpt — I used to think That although I was poor And hungry And hadn’t slept in years That at least I had my body.
September 11, 2017
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Ben Williams grew up in Culleoka, Tennessee. Since 2003, he has worked in New York City’s downtown theater scene as an actor, sound designer, technical director, and production manager with various collaborators, including Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group. As a member of ERS, he has performed at the Sydney Opera House, the American Repertory Theater, the Prague Quadrennial, and dozens of other venues around the world. Awards include the 2012 Obie Award, 2012 Lucille Lortel Award, and 2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, all for sound design. From 2012-2017, he curated B O D Y‘s Performance Text series, featured numerous works of performance text alongside interviews with some of the best dramatic writers of the period. A founding member of minor theater with Julia Jarcho, Ben now edits Category:Other, an award-winning platform for experimental audio.
ICARUS IN THE L.E.S. — an excerpt — I used to think That although I was poor And hungry And hadn’t slept in years That at least I had my body.
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