BENJAMIN MCELROY

TEACHER, DIRECTOR, DESIGNER
A proud alum of Outcry Youth Theatre, Ben graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a BA in Theatre with an emphasis in Acting/Directing as well as a minor in Management. He is also a published playwright. His play The Boy With the Wooden Heart was nominated for the SETC Ready to Publish award in 2019. He is still an avid actor and has acted with various DFW theatres such as Pegasus Theatre and Plague Mask Players. He also served as an assistant director under Katrina C. Tarson the Education and Management Manager of the North Carolina Theatre in the summer of 2022.