About

Bio

Benjamin Emory Larson is a playwright, composer, lyricist, music director, and pianist in the Twin Cities. His work has been commissioned and performed throughout the country in over a dozen states, and he has worked as a music director and pianist on cruise ships, at amusement parks, and in dozens of theatrical productions and cabarets. He has been a semi-finalist for The National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and he has been nominated for two Portland Area Musical Theater Awards: Outstanding Original Musical and Outstanding Original Score. His work has been programmed and performed by The Los Angeles LGBT Center, Teatro Latea in New York, Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Casa 0101 in Los Angeles, A Little New Music, Nautilus Music-Theater, Theatre Elision, Reno Pops Orchestra, New Musicals Inc, Under the Arch Incubator, Rosetown Playhouse, The Central Oregon Youth Orchestra, Opera Bend, Phoenix Theater, Kitsap Fringe Opera, and others. 

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Productions / Workshops

  • Arena - A House Music-al

    • World Premiere, June 17th - July 17th (extended to July 31) @ Casa 0101

    • “Running Toward Me” performed in Latiné Musical Theater Lab’s 4xLatiné @ Teatro LATEA in New York, NY

    • Workshop production, December 2021 @ Casa 0101 in Los Angeles

  • So Proudly We Hailed

    • Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2022

    • “The Things You Miss” published on YouTube, 2021

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time (original incidental music)

    • Model High School, 2021

    • Northfield Arts Center, 2019

    • Quincy Community Theater, 2019

  • Between Covid and the Deep Blue Sea - New Musicals Inc, 2021

  • The Snow Queen - virtual reading, 2020

  • Five Minutes (book and lyrics by Eric “Pogi” Sumangil) - Theatre Elision, 2020.

  • The Wheel - Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, 2020.

  • Thomasina Sawyer (book by Kaitlen Osburn) - Rosetown Playhouse, 2019.

  • The Rogue Prince (original incidental music) - Theatre Coup d’Etat, 2019

  • Heroine

    • Nautilus Music-Theater, 2018-19

    • Minnesota Fringe Festival’s Drafts and Draughts, 2018

  • Us Against Us (book and lyrics by Katherine Glover) - Phoenix Theater (Minneapolis), 2019

    • Us Against Us was a semifinalist for the 2019 National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center.

  • Maelstrom - The Zombie Opera

    • Opera Bend, 2016

    • Kitsap Fringe Opera, 2015

    • Portland State University student groups, 2009

      • Maelstrom’s premier was nominated for three Portland Area Musical Theater Awards, including Outstanding Original Musical and Outstanding Original Score.

Notable Performances

  • “Montana” @ Under the Arch Incubator in St. Louis, performed by Nick Sacks (National Touring Cast of The Band’s Visit)

  • “I’m Not a Damsel, I’m a Dame” @ A Little New Music in Los Angeles, performed by Michelle Azar (E.R., Community, NCIS: Los Angeles)

  • Original incidental music and songs for The Rogue Prince @ Theatre Coup d’Etat, starring Bruce Bohne (Man of Steel, Fargo, Law and Order: SVU)

Performance Map

A map of all the places my work has been performed!