Benjamin Lloyd  is a Philadelphia-based theatre artist.  He teaches acting at Temple University and Penn State, and has taught acting at Princeton, Arcadia and Villanova Univerisites.

In addition to performing at every major theatre in Philadelphia, Ben has acted and directed in New York; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Prague, the Czech Republic.   Ben’s directing credits include Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (Adrienne Theater), The Dreamer Examines His Pillow  (Theater Exile), Life Without Parole, Please (Kraine Theatre), Hamlet Quarto 1 (People’s Light & Theatre), Eccentrics (People’s Light & Theatre).

As an actor, Ben most recently appeared as Scapin in Scapin at the Lantern Theater in Philadelphia. Last year, appeared as Alphonse Lebow in Scorched at the Wilma Theater. Other recent credits include Thurston and nine other roles in Greater Tuna at Walnut Street Theatre, Katharina in Ceal Phelan’s production of The Taming of the Shrew at The  Lantern Theater in Philadelphia, Thomas/Louise in Lillian Groag’s production of The Imaginary Invalid and the Reverend Hale in Miller’s The Crucible  at People's Light & Theatre. Ben has been Barrymore nominated for six of his Philadelphia performances. Ben’s New York credits include roles at Theatre for a New Audience, NADA, HOME for Contemporary Theatre and Art and The Public Theatre.   

His book, The Actor’s Way: A Journey of Self-Discovery in Letters, was published by Allworth Press in May 2006.  He has had articles and book reviews published in New Theatre Quarterly, Theatre Topics, Friends Journal, and The Friend (United Kingdom).   

He has an M.F.A. in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and a B.A. in Theatre Studies with honors from Yale College. He lives in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.