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Ben Lipitz

After apprenticing at the Walnut in 1984-86, Ben has gone onto a successful 30 year career on Broadway, in film and television. His stage credits include Disney’s The Lion King, Fiddler on the Roof, The Producers, Art, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and God of Carnage. A member of The Actors Studio, Ben has taught at over 100 theatres, universities, colleges and performing arts high schools across North America as a teaching artist including university of the Arts (PCPA), The Roundabout Theatre in NYC and here previously at the Walnut. Ben attended the BFA Acting program at California Institute of the Arts and Temple University.