Ben Fink started at Appel Farm as a theatre student when he was twelve. He now works there as Head of Theatre and Creative Writing and Community Engagement Manager. Somewhere along the way he got a PhD in cultural studies, taught for several years at the University of Minnesota, served on the board of directors of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, founded a theatre company in Chicago, worked as dramaturg on the German-language premieres of two Broadway musicals, performed with professional choral ensembles in Connecticut and Minneapolis (including once with Garrison Keillor), and ran trainings and workshops in community-based theatre in several states and in Germany. Ben’s theatre research has been published in the journal Theater Topics, and his book The Problem With Education Technology (Hint: It’s Not the Technology), co-authored with Robin Brown, is forthcoming from Utah State University Press.