Dallas/Fort Worth,
TX
Benjamin played Joe B.
Mauldin in the well-received Casa Mañana production of Buddy in Fort
Worth, Texas, in 2019, and also at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre in Hudson, Florida, in 2023. He would love to be considered for further
productions of the show, including in the area of musical direction. Based in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, Benjamin is suitable
for Joe B. Mauldin and the 4th Cricket track. He is proficient on upright and
electric bass, guitar, piano and trombone.
Benjamin is a member of Actors' Equity (AEA).Casa Mañana photos courtesy of Curtis Brown and Chip Tompkins. Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre photos courtesy of Dalton Hamilton Lighting Design.
Resume: Benjamin Taylor Brown Actor - Music Director - Conductor - Vocal Coach - Multi Instrumentalist
Email: benjamin.taylor.brown@gmail.comTel: 713-829-0268
@ben_plays_bass
Acting Experience
A Christmas Carol / Topper/Asst. Music Director / Dallas Theatre Center
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story / Joe B. Mauldin / Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story / Joe B. Mauldin / Casa Mañana
Ghost Quartet / Man 2 / IMPRINT Theatreworks
RENT / Mark / Denton Community Theatre
Spring Awakening / Ernst Music / Theatre of Denton
Man of No Importance / Peter/Ensemble / Brick Road Theatre
Into The Woods / Steward / Music Theatre of Denton
Jekyll & Hyde / Ensemble / ONSTAGE! In Bedford
Les Contes d’Hoffman / Ensemble/Featured Dancer / UNT Opera
Music Direction
The SpongeBob Musical / Coppell High School / dir. Karen Ruth
Once On This Island / Coppell High School / dir. Karen Ruth
Get Me Home acts I and II / Virtual Premiere / co-dir w/ Sienna Riehle
Theory of Relativity / Coppell High School / dir. Karen Ruth
Newsies / Coppell High School / dir. Karen Ruth
Next to Normal / Music Theatre of Denton / co-dir. Sienna Riehle
Children of Eden / Trietsch UMC / dir. Bill Sizemore
Man of La Mancha / Theatre Frisco / Neale Whitmore
Memphis / Music Theatre of Denton / Theresa Ferrell
Bonnie and Clyde / Denton Community Theatre / Daniel Bryant
Forever Plaid / Firehouse Theatre / Larry Borero
Gypsy (Asst. Conductor) / Firehouse Theatre / Derek Whitener
All Shook Up / Coppell High School / Karen Ruth
Will Rogers Follies (Conductor) / Greater Lewisville Community Theatre / Eddie Floresca
Grease / Argyle High School / Melissa Toomer
In The Heights (Assistant MD) / Music Theatre of Denton / John Norine Jr. (MD)
Cabaret/Pit Experience
Queen of the Night, A Motown Christmas, A Tribute to the King, Neil Diamond: A Solitary Man, Bennet and Babs, A Tribute to the King, Come Together with Carole Bufford, A Dean Martin Christmas, Nashville Christma, Dylan on Dylan, all @ Casa Mañana
The Who’s Tommy / The Music Man / Annie / Oliver! / The Addams Family / Seussical / Urinetown / Big Fish / Grease / Chaplin / Little Shop of Horrors / Working / Shrek / In The Heights / Sister Act / The Wiz / Bring it On / The Fantasticks / 9 to 5 / Saturday Night Fever / Meet Me In St. Louis / Jesus Christ Superstar / Will Rogers Follies / Godspell / Rocky Horror / Memphis / The View Upstairs / Forever Plaid / American Idiot / Gypsy / Into the Woods / Tarzan / Aida
Education
University of North Texas - B.M. in Music Theory (concentration: Classical Voice)
Additional Skills/Experience
Multi-instrumentalist – Electric and upright bass, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, piano, synthesizer, low brass, percussion
Varied Vocal Experience - classical, choral, contemporary, country, opera, pop, jazz, musical theatre
Live Sound/Digital Audio, keyboard/synthesizer programming, music notation, arranging, orchestrations
American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Member
Benjamin performing with Andy Christopher and Joe Cosmo Cogen in the Casa Mañana production of Buddy (2019):
...and (below) with Dan Middleditch, Robert Brandon Pollard, and Matt Smolko at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre, Hudson, FL (2023):
