Performing in his 6th Broadway show. Others include Ragtime, Billy in Billy Elliot, Tuck Everlasting, Mean Girls, and most recently Riff in Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story revival. National tours: Billy Elliot and Newsies. Film: Mouthpiece in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning West Side Story, Beckett in Happiness for Beginners on Netflix, Aaron Fisher in HBO’s Paterno alongside Al Pacino, Race in Newsies: The Broadway Musical (Disney). TV: “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” and “The Penguin” (HBO Max), “The First Lady” (Showtime) “Law & Order: SVU,” “FBI,” “Veep,” and “30 Rock.” Ben has been involved with Illinoise since the very beginning and is honored to bring it home to New York.
CAST & CREATIVES
![BEN COOK](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/02_headshot-B-Cook-300x300.jpg)
COOK
![GABY DIAZ](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/10_headshot-G-Diaz-300x300.jpg)
DIAZ
![AHMAD SIMMONS](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/00_headshot-A-Simmons-300x300.jpg)
SIMMONS
![RICKY UBEDA](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15_headshot-R-Ubeda-300x300.jpg)
UBEDA
![ELIJAH LYONS](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/09_headshot-E-Lyons-300x300.jpg)
LYONS
![BECCA STEVENS](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ILLINOISE-B.-Stevens-300x300.jpg)
STEVENS
![Tasha Viets-Vanlear](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/18_headshot-T-Viets-VanLear-300x300.jpg)
Viets-Vanlear
![YESENIA AYALA](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19_headshot-Y-Ayala-300x300.jpg)
AYALA
![KARA CHAN](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/13_headshot-K-Chan-300x300.jpg)
CHAN
![JEANETTE DELGADO](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/11_headshot-J-Delgado-300x300.jpg)
DELGADO
![CARLOS FALÚ](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05_headshot-C-Falu-300x300.jpg)
FALÚ
![CHRISTINE FLORES](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/06_headshot-C-Flores-300x300.jpg)
FLORES
![JADA GERMAN](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/12_headshot-J-German-300x300.jpg)
GERMAN
![ZACK GONDER](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20_headshot-Z-Gonder-300x300.jpg)
GONDER
![MANNY HOUSTON](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/headshot-manny-houston-300x300.jpg)
HOUSTON
![RACHEL LOCKHART](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/14_headshot-R-Lockhart.pdf-300x300.jpg)
LOCKHART
![BRANDT MARTINEZ](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/03_headshot-B-Martinez-300x300.jpg)
MARTINEZ
![DARIO NATARELLI](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/08_headshot-D-Natarelli-300x300.jpg)
NATARELLI
![TANNER PORTER](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ILLINOISE-T.-Porter-300x300.jpg)
PORTER
![TYRONE REESE](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17_headshot-T-Reese-300x300.jpg)
REESE
![CRAIG SALSTEIN](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/07_headshot-C-Salstein-300x300.jpg)
SALSTEIN
![BYRON TITTLE](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/04_headshot-B-Tittle-300x300.jpg)
TITTLE
![ALEJANDRO VARGAS](https://illinoiseonstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/01_headshot-A-Vargas-300x300.jpg)
VARGAS
STEVENS
PECK
SIBBLIES DRURY
KOCI
ANDRES
RIGG
STIRLING BAKER
MACALEAVEY
CROUCH