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About Ben

Baltimore City
Ben Kleymeyer is a queer performing artist working in Baltimore City. Ben is an Ensemble Member at Single Carrot Theatre and a Co-Founder of Nine Dollar Bill Theatre Company.  They work in Devised Theatre, Community-Based theatre making, new work development, performance poetry, and drag. 
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Ophelia Bones

Drag Persona. Using Performance Poetry and Drag to explore gender, identity, and our relationships to each other.
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    Ophelia Bones at Miami is Nice reading "Halfway Between the Yeshiva and the Whorehouse"
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    Audio Recording of Ophelia Bones reading Halfway Between the Yeshiva and the Whorehouse
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    Ophelia Bones
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    • THEM

    Them is a devised theatre piece that uses poetry and movement to explore Ovid's Metamorphoses. Them was presented by Nine Dollar Bill Theatre Company at the 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival.

    Them was co-devised by Talis Tighe and Dani Gisselbeck.
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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      THEM at 2017 Charm City Fringe Festival Photo by Jack Angelo Photography
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    • Tarot: A Queer Burlesque

    Tarot: A Queer Burlesque was Nine Dollar Bill Theatre's first devised piece. It used Burlesque to tell the stories of 4 queer performers as they escaped the abuse of The Emcee. Ben Kleymeyer worked as a deviser, creator, and the director of the piece.

    Directing Work

    Ben has directed pieces around Maryland since 2012. Featured here are pictures from the following:

    A Midsummer Night's Dream- Maryland Shakespeare Players
    Itch So Bad- Single Carrot Theatre
    Meridian Trench- Fells Point Corner Theatre
    Closing the Door- Fells Point Corner Theatre