Ben Marquis, Jr.

 

Ben Marquis   Ben plans to pursue a career in Theatre and Film. He is currently playing the role of Tybalt, in the Glendale College production of Romeo and Juliet.  Some of Ben’s favorite roles were: Backswing (Fireman), Kiss Me Kate (Ensemble, Cabdriver, Haberdasher, Nathaniel), Aloha Say The Pretty Girls (Derek/Will), West Side Story (Chino), The Laramie Project (Jedidiah Shultz, Stephen Belber, Arron McKinney), What’s Wrong With Angry (Glen), Lesbian Witches of Ojai (Collin), and Cabaret (The Emcee), for seven of these roles Ben received nominations by adjudicators of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship.