Ryan Ben

Teacher – Second City Training Center
Program Designer & Facilitator – Second City Works

Ryan Ben has been a performer, writer, and actor living in Chicago since 2008. Ryan has performed and taught for The Second City, The Annoyance Theater, iO, and many other theaters in Chicago. Ryan has over a decade of experience in the non-profit world and has been a facilitator, trainer, and experiential learning designer since 2018. Ryan has significant training in the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging space and as a facilitator with The Second City Works, Ryan has worked with clients such as State Farm Insurance, VRBO, Nuveen, The National Association of Realtors, Indeed, GM, Active Campaign, and BMO Family Office. Ryan loves helping people realize the power of their unique story and spending his time in service of others. Ryan has two kids, Alice Rose and Wilson Miles, and loves reading, playing video games, and still performs regularly with Hitch*Cocktails and CluedIn as a part of High Stakes Productions. Ryan will always laugh at a good prat fall, and you certainly don't have to, but if you do want to fall down on purpose, and safely, oh goodness, please do it, because it's hilarious.