I'm originally from Providence and Foster, RI, and ended up in Colorado Springs in 1991. In college, I studied film, theatre and television and nearly all formats of writing.
As a hobby, I write and record tunes and post them at www.garageband.com/artist/bennfarrell . Presently, I also play lead guitar and bass in Denver's latin funk/pop rock band Nubia2.
I've appeared in several stage productions including The Day They Shot John Lennon and Jeffrey with the Upstart Performing Ensemble, Da and All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, with the Masquers @ PPCC and Inherit the Wind with the Star Bar Players.
I have written and produced--sometimes directed, sometimes appeared in--several video motion picture projects under the name DockRat Entertainment/Comatose Picturez including In the Darkness, with co-writer Scott Bechberger, Between Friends and Wonderbred, which was released to video in 2003. In 1999, I teamed up with regional stand-up comic Napoleon Hudson to create the Rocky Mountain based sketch comedy television show Loosen Up, which aired on cable TV in Colorado Springs and Denver for two seasons.
My first feature length stageplay saw its world premier in 2000, produced by the Masquers @ PPCC, in Colorado Springs, titled 24 Hours and Something Original. The production had a successful run and was welcomed with great to mediocre reviews from local newspapers. Since then, I've written several other stageplays including The War Over Tigger, Losing Rebecca, Slow Kidz at Play, The Twilight of Nantucket, This Girl from Providence, and Mourning News and Fat Farm, both of which I wrote during a six month stay near Geneve, Switzerland. My plays are self published .., so if you want to check out more about them, go to www.bennscripts.dockratent.com . Here are a couple of samples...
Fat Farm (light hearted drama)
Mourning News (light hearted drama)
This Girl from Providence (comedy)
When I returned stateside, I re-teamed with stage and screen cohort Brian G. Felts (Da, Between Friends) to create a weekly MP3 movie talk show for our movie reviews website, Brian and Benn’s Movie Corner at www.bbmcreviews.com. The show, Brian and Benn’s MP3 Movie Talk Show, has run every week since May 2005 and continues to grow in popularity.
2006, I released my first feature-length documentary with co-producer Tony Hughes, titled Two Guyz: Who Shouldn’t Have Close Ups. You can see the trailers for most of my movies in my 'videos' section or by visiting www.dockratent.com .
I also work as the senior sports writer for Colorado Community Newspapers in the Denver area and continue to produce entertainment for the Internet. I also work with the Go Go Gore Girls in Colorado Springs as a publicist.
