Ben Gassman is a playwright from Queens. His plays include Botte di Ferro (coming al fresco to an Astoria pizzeria soon as safe), Independent Study (The Tank), 40s & Chestnuts (Brooklyn College) and The Downtown Loop (3LD). With Sam Soghor, Ben co-created the performance piece Sam’s Tea Shack (The Tank, NYC; Barker Room Rep, LA). Culinary Theater, his collaboration with director Brandon Woolf, builds performances that taste and smell (Prelude Festival; Bowery Ballroom). Ben’s work has been supported by Yaddo, LMCC, The Yiddish Book Center, & Casa Zia Lina. He teaches writing at NYU. bengassman.com
