FOUNDER & PRODUCER

Ben believes centering the needs of independent artists helps communities thrive. He co-founded Almanac Dance Circus Theatre in 2013, and worked as the company’s owner and financial manager, growing the business to exceed $500k in revenue. He also co-founded Cannonball Festival and now serves as their Head of Partnerships.

Ben is a faculty member for the Pig Iron/Rowan University MFA program, and was the founding Head of Performance and Artistic Craft at Circadium, the nation’s first certificate-granting program for contemporary circus performance.

Ben has produced over 20 full-length shows and countless events, which have won him Barrymore, Rocky, Suraya, and No Proscenium awards. He was recently recognized with the 2025 CIPA/APAP Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Producing.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Vanessa is a Philly-based director and producer for new and contemporary theatre. Her immersive and experimental productions include Theatre Horizon’s digital community performance series, Art Houses, and Heartbeat Opera’s Lady M, which the NYT called “Flat-out brilliant.”

While the Director of Digital, Film, & Interactive Media at Pig Iron Theatre Company, she led a year-long digital transformation strategy to accelerate the company's creative growth in tech.

Vanessa is a proud alumna of the Drama League (America’s premier association for directors), and Beth Morrison Project’s Producer Academy. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Devised Performance from Pig Iron/University of the Arts.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Lucy Flippen was born and raised in Ellicott City, Maryland. Lucy received her BFA in Dance with an Art Therapy minor at University of the Arts. Most notably at UArts, she performed in restaged productions of DMan in the Water (Bill T. Jones), and Changing Steps (Merce Cunningham Trust). In March 2024, she founded her own dance company “sharedelusion” alongside her partner Magaly Gallagher. Lucy has presented work with Philadelphia Fringe Festival via the Cannonball Festival, Koresh Artist Showcase, and Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Inhale Performance Series. She has had the pleasure to be an artist in residence at both the Maas Building and the CHI Awareness Space. Most recently, Lucy was a Choreographic Apprentice at New Light Theater for the production Once.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Adam Kerbel is a 2nd-generation American Jewish and Chicano artist based in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He works across choreography, improvisation, production, and hybrid performance as tools for reflection and connection. Noted as an “impressively dynamic” dancer (ThINKing DANCE) and “a very likable performer” (Plays Unpleasant), Kerbel’s artistic voice bridges chasms between historical record, diasporic Judaism, memory, and hope. Kerbel’s work has been presented by Jacob’s Pillow, The Music Center, NYLA, Bates Dance Festival, Skirball LA, Philadelphia Dance Projects, RG/WW and Breaking Walls Festival in Cairo, Egypt. He co-founded Almanac, served as Producer and Marketing Director at Cannonball, and established Performa Choreographic as a multi-city incubator for brave new dance and live art.

MARKETING CONSULTANT

Danielle Levsky (they/she) is a marketing and communications professional. As Marketing Consultant for Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, they manage comprehensive marketing campaigns for multi-city performance tours including Edinburgh Fringe Festival, develop social media content strategy and e-newsletter campaigns, and create archival content that documents the company's artistic legacy. Danielle brings a multifaceted perspective to arts marketing, informed by their background as a transdisciplinary artist working across clowning, physical theatre, and embodied storytelling. They've provided marketing and operational consulting for organizations including BuildaBridge International, Hub City Opera and Dance Company, and The Clown School, with expertise in social media strategy, website development, grant writing, and digital campaign design. Outside of their consulting work, Danielle creates and performs original theatrical work that has been presented at National Queer Theater at Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Fringe, PhysFestNYC, and Philly Theatre Week. They also serve as a community curator and producer, hosting monthly performance events and co-producing Philly Clown Slam. Based in West Philly, Danielle is committed to building more inclusive and accessible arts ecosystems that center experimentation, queer joy, and our shared humanity.