Benjamin Viertel

Background

About Benjamin Viertel

Benjamin Viertel is a freelance director based in New York City, born in France and raised in South Florida by German and Italian parents. Benjamin is the co-founder of Third Space and the former Artistic Manager at The National Theatre for Student Artists. He has worked for several theater companies such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Roundabout Theater Company, Huntington Theater Company, Bristol Valley Theater, The New Group and The Civilians. He has assisted/associate directed for Moises Kaufman, Billy Porter, Peter Kleinert of the Berlin Schaubühne, Loretta Grecco, and Steve Cosson. Benjamin is a member of the Kennedy Center Director’s Lab, a Manhattan Theater Club's Directing Fellow, a Resident Artist at The Brick, the Abrons Arts Center, The New Ohio, and a member of The Civilians' R&D Group. He holds a B.F.A. in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.