Ben Russman (Assistant Music Director) is a theorist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, performer, and student with a lifelong passion for musical theatre. He is currently attending the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA, with a Longy Scholarship, in pursuit of a Master of Music in Composition and Theory. Eventually, he hopes to pursue a doctorate in music theory and composition. Ben is is grateful to the Lyric Stage team for the opportunity, and thrilled to to work on his first production in Boston!