Artist Bio

Benjamin Kamine

(Bio as of March 2016)

Benjamin Kamine returns to Goodman Theatre, where he directed the 2014 New Stages Festival production of Carlyle. Recent credits include the New York premiere of Washer/Dryer by Nandita Shenoy (Ma-Yi Theater Company), the world premieres of Thomas Bradshaw’s Job and Christopher Oscar Peña’s a cautionary tail (The Flea Theater), The Dum Dums by Joshua Conkel (Glass Mind Theatre), Pied! by Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary (Polyphone Festival, University of the Arts) and Samsara by Lauren Yee (Chance Theater). Mr. Kamine is an associate artist at The Flea Theater and a resident director at the Jewish Plays Project. He has developed new plays with Ars Nova, Brooklyn College, Cape Cod Theatre Project, EST/Youngblood, The New Group and PlayPenn, among many others. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, the 2015/2016 Civilians R&D Group and SDC. Mr. Kamine was also a member of the 2014/2015 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and an SDC 2014/2015 LABA Fellow.