Ben Winters
 
Professional/Personal Overview
  *Prolific freelance journalist specializing in the intersection of art and politics
*Former staff writer at NewCity Chicago; former editor at TheaterMania.com
Contact Info
  Ben Winters
Brooklyn, NY 
USA

E-Mail: bwinters1@nyc.rr.com
   
Work Samples
 
(In These Times, 5/9/2003)
A report on the truce between the activist group Rainforest Action Network and Citigroup.
(In These Times, 4/14/2003)
Forum shopping with America's favorite hawk.
(In These Times, 3/10/2003)
News item on the crisis in arts budgeting at the state level.
(In These Times, 3/7/2003)
Feature on the productions of Artistophanes' Lysistrata that took place worldwide as a protest against the war in Iraq.
(PerformInk, 11/8/2002)
The state of African-American theatre in Chicago; reflections from black and white theatre artists.
(TheaterMania.com, 7/30/2002)
A feature on New York's Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre.
(The Nation, 6/27/2001)
A slice of life from the chaotic United Nations Conference on AIDS.
(In These Times, 4/30/2001)
My week in a South Florida swamp at a lefty activist training camp. The food was vegan and the politics were radical.
(Chicago Tribune, 12/3/2000)
A feature for the Tribune's Sunday magazine section, about a dispute between two of the founders of the Second City comedy theatre.
(NewCity, 9/11/1999)
My creepy weekend in a "self-help" group (read: cult) akin to est and The Forum.