BENJAMIN V. MARSHALL

B.V. MARSHALL (Benjamin Vaughan Marshall): Plays include Absolutions and Paradise, The Balcony Goat, Boom Box, Carlos and LaVonne, Corn Bread with Raisins and Almonds, Dad’s Vision, Five Husbands, Henry’s Bridge, Piscataway NJ, and Purchasing Power. His work has been performed and developed at the HBO New Writers Workshop, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Theatre for the New City in NYC, Luna Stage, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Interact Theatre in Philadelphia, The National Playwrights Symposium at Cape May, and the Kennedy Center. Recent accolades: Benedictions on the Escape, an audio play for All Out Arts; Beasts and Cakes: The Chronicles of Phillis Wheatley, the first recipient of the Metzler New Play Award in Huston TX; and White Gloves, part of the first LB Williams Festival New Circle Theatre, NYC.

Honors include fellowships from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Victor Bumbalo/ Robert Chesley Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and five playwriting fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The Bauer Boucher Award and the Stanley Drama award for Incident at Willow Creek

BA from Kean University, MFA in Creative Writing from University of Massachusetts in Amherst, after studying playwriting at Hunter University. Previously a musician, journalist and a teacher of English in Middle Eastern countries, Ben has published poetry, fiction, and essays in several literary magazines. A member of the Dramatists Guild, New Play Exchange, and The Playwrights Center. A Professor at Middlesex College in NJ, he specializes in African American Literature, Creative Writing and Playwriting. The school recently awarded him their scholar of the year award for his creative work. He also teaches playwriting at Wagner College.