Ben Carlson

Third season: Touchstone in As You Like It and Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. Stratford: John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Brutus in Julius Caesar, Hamlet in Hamlet. Elsewhere:Cloud 9, Mirvish Productions; Macbeth and Hamlet for Chicago Shakespeare Theater; 12 seasons at the Shaw Festival in such roles as John Tanner in Man and Superman, Eustace in The Return of the Prodigal, Andrei in Three Sisters, Chris in All My Sons and Kostya in The Seagull. Other theatres include Saidye Bronfman, Soulpepper, NAC, Neptune, Factory, MTC, Necessary Angel, Prairie Theatre Exchange, DVxT, Theatre Calgary, Walnut Street Theatre, Canadian Stage, the Grand, Theatre New Brunswick. Film/TV:Grey Gardens, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, Angela’s Eyes, Slings and Arrows, The 11th Hour, Hemingway vs. Callaghan, My Dog Vincent. Awards: Joseph Jefferson, Hamlet; Dora Mavor Moore, The Doll House.

Meet Ben Carlson at Meet the Festival on Friday, August 6, 2010.