Hello! My name is Ben Reynolds (They/Them), and I’m an Eco-Digital Storyteller Mentor for the 2024-2025 NRCA program. I’m a junior year Digital Media & Design (Film Concentration) major and Sociology minor here at UConn. My main works include screenwriting, a few short films, and several originally written stage plays!
Helping others achieve their artistic goals has always been a big passion of mine, so I am incredibly honored to be a part of the NRCA program, helping guide these students through their environmental storytelling projects! I have previously worked in several community theater groups that focused on giving kids an opportunity to perform and express themselves. Getting an opportunity to do this again while also seeing these students make real changes within their community has been such an exciting and rewarding experience!
Beyond my work here and in class, I am currently the President of Page to Stage Productions, a local theater group here on UConn campus (Find us on Instagram: @uconnpagetostage). If you are ever looking for a place to escape, feel free to come see one of our shows! I also enjoy writing, reading, film, and gaming, and my biggest passion is D&D, which I have been addicted to for almost 10 years now. The culmination of my years of theater and D&D was a show I directed and Game Mastered last year called Dungeons & Tuskies: A D&D Live Show! My current major project is an originally written stage-play called “The Saloon”. Look out for performances in the Student Union theater on March 29th & 30th!
I am incredibly honored to be a member of this program, and I’m so excited to see these students’ dreams and ideas come to life! I know that I will carry the experiences of my time here on campus and in this position with me for the rest of my career!