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Ben Finn

BEN FINN

  (1925 - c2012)
Nationality:    USA
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Billy Finn is a New York-based actor and playwright. As an actor, he has appeared locally at Round House Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, the Kennedy Center, Washington Stage Guild and others. As a playwright, his work has been seen at the Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival, the Source Festival, St. Bonaventure University and First Draft. Billy is currently attending the Brown/Trinity MFA program where he is studying acting and playwriting.

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below is a list of Ben Finn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Dear Billy         Glimpse Of the Light, A         Lady Named Jo, A         My Child         Tale Of Zabokretc, A

Dear Billy

Synopsis:
This is the story of a soldier and his girl - with one ironic twist. the year is 1863. the soldier is in the Union army, encamped near a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. His girl is from - South Carolina! By way of letters written by the soldier to his younger brother, we embark upon a musical journey that examines the forces that led to our nation's most severe crucible - and along with that, the conflict engendered between loyalty to one's heritage and recognition of the greatest injustice ever inflicted upon Americans.

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Genre:
musical One act

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Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Glimpse Of the Light, A

Synopsis:
a musical based upon the events leading to the birth of Israel, as told through the tears and, yes, the laughter of a group of Holocaust survivors who brave the British blockade and arrive in British-mandated Palestine in time to become participants if the greatest Jewish adventure since biblical times. the score is an eclectic blend of Israeli, shtetl and 1940's style pop.

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eight productions in New York And one in Toronto, Canada.

1st Produced:
Queens Theatre In The Park    2000

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Lady Named Jo, A

Synopsis:
Based upon "Little Women," the story of 4 girls growing up in Civil War-era Massachusetts.

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Five productions in New York And one in Oregon.

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Riverwest Theatre, Nyc    1986

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Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

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My Child

Synopsis:
This is the story of a little girl, abducted from her African home, transported across an ocean in the vilest of conditions and then placed, cold and terrified, upon an auction block in colonial Boston. From those horrific beginnings, the musical traces the path she took to become our nation's first published black poet, Phillis Wheatley. It is the story of the love of a white woman for a black child, a love that nourished an untapped intelligence, allowing it to pour forth in a profusion of literary expression.

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Newfoundland Theatre    -

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Genre:
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Male:  9            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Tale Of Zabokretc, A

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