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Ben Fisler

Ben Fisler

Professor Theatre & Performing Arts

About

Dr. Fisler has been Harford Community College faculty since 2006 and has nearly forty years of experience as a professional actor and technician with companies throughout the mid-Atlantic. A tireless artist and advocate, he assists students in building connections to their industries during their time at Harford, leading to current and former students landing gigs in theatre, film, television, cruise, and theme park entertainment, print modeling, and voice over.

Education

  • B.A., DeSales University
  • M.A., University of Texas, Austin
  • Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Research Interests

  • Puppetry
  • Arts Management
  • Theatre Education
  • Stage Combat

SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE WORK

“Ralph Chessé and Forman Brown: When Carving the Other is Carving the Self” Representing Alterity through Puppetry and the Performing Objects (2023): https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/ballinst_alterity/ 

“Performance Review(s), Maryland Theatre Guide:

  • Mexodus at Mosaic Theatre Company (5/2024)
  • Silver Scream at Milburn Stone Theatre (11/2022)
  • Her, Across the River at Rapid Lemon Productions (6/2022)
  • Once on this Island at Cockpit in Court (6/2022)
  • Dear Evan Hansen at The Hippodrome (3/2022)
  • Much ado about Nothing at Spotlighters Theatre (1/2022)
  • Ain’t Too Proud at The Kennedy Center (1/2022). In 

Recent Acting credits:
Peter in Beyond Your Consciousness and Detective with The Dinner Detective.

Courses Taught

  • ARTM 101
  • THEA 101
  • THEA 102
  • THEA 103
  • THEA 106
  • THEA 201
  • THEA 202
  • THEA 221
  • THEA 222
  • THEA 223
  • THEA 279-81
  • CMST 101
  • Lights, Curtain, Action

Programs

  • Theatre: Performance
  • Theatre: Design/Production