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Ben Zeadman

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Award-winning composer & writer
✍️ 2026 @dgfound MT Fellow
🎭 @misshysteriamusical

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Miss Hysteria is making its NYC debut on 10.26.26 @newyorktheatrebarn 🙌 5 songs, 6 dynamite Bway performers, 1 night. Get tickets at link in bio 💫

#misshysteria #newmusical #nyctheatre #musicaltheatre #committed taken in New York, New York by @benzeadman

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First look at the official poster for our new musical Miss Hysteria ✨ we’ve been pouring our hearts and souls into this show for a few years and are so excited to start sharing it with the world! Big announcements coming soon… follow @misshysteriamusical. Get ready to lose it. Poster designed by the brilliant @shinehorovits 🙌

#newmusical #musicaltheatre #misshysteria #comingsoon by @benzeadman

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🗣️SHOW FEATURE: MISS HYSTERIA
Book & Lyrics by @zeadmanandschein
Music by @benzeadman

Catch it in our 10.26 NEW WORKS SERIES - link in bio

Inspired by true events, MISS HYSTERIA follows Louise Gleizes, a destitute young actress wrongfully committed to the infamous Salpêtrière Hospital in 19th-century Paris. Desperate to win her freedom, Louise strikes a dangerous bargain with neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, transforming his sensational public lectures on “female hysteria” into a worldwide phenomenon. But as Louise becomes part of the spectacle, Miss Hysteria asks who gets to define madness, who profits from it, and who gets erased in the process.

Meet Miss Hysteria: Louise Augustine Gleizes
Committed in 1885, Gleizes became one of the most famous and photographed patients at Paris’s infamous Salpêtrière Asylum, where her so-called “hysteria” was staged as public spectacle. She survived by performing for those who watched her (including a young Sigmund Freud), until she made her escape, disguised in men’s clothing, and vanished without a trace. Now, we’re bringing her story to the stage. by @benzeadman

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Get to Know Laura Schein (she/her) and Ben Zeadman (he/him) from Los Angeles, California, two of our 2026 DGF National Fellows!

To learn more about Laura, Ben, and all of our National Fellows, visit dgf.org and stay tuned for more Spotlights in this series!

(Full interviews on YouTube) taken in Los Angeles, California by @benzeadman

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🌸WOMEN WHO RISE 🌺
Our award-winning NEW WORKS SERIES returns October 26.
🔗 in bio for tix

The 19th season of New York Theatre Barn’s award-winning New Works Series continues on Monday, October 26, 2026, with excerpts from the original musicals Desaparecidas and Miss Hysteria, and a conversation with the writers. Hosted by Claudia Mulet (Real Women Have Curves, On Your Feet!) and line producer Emy Ramos (Aguardiente at GALA Hispanic Theatre), the two original musicals center women and gender-based violence.

With songs by husband-and-wife duo Jaime Lozano (Frida, El Otro Oz) and Florencia Cuenca (Real Women Have Curves), and a book by Georgina Escobar (The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Musical, Frida, Little Duende), Desaparecidas explores the strategic erasure of female voices in the fight to end gender-based violence and the disappearance of women and girls in Ciudad Juárez, México. From the missing, to the socially invisible, to the forgotten.

Inspired by true events, Miss Hysteria follows a young actress wrongfully committed to a 19th-century Paris asylum who strikes a dangerous deal with a driven neurologist, transforming his lectures on “female hysteria” into a worldwide phenomenon–and forcing her to reckon with the cost. With book and lyrics by Laura Schein (Emojiland, Mickey Saves Christmas) and Ben Zeadman (Honor Society, Mickey Saves Christmas), and music by Ben Zeadman, Miss Hysteria asks who gets to define madness, who profits from it, and who gets erased in the process.

The presentation of Desaparecidas is directed by Florencia Cuenca, with music direction by Jaime Lozano. The presentation of Miss Hysteria is directed by Jen Wineman (Dog Man: The Musical, FIVE), with music direction by Alex “Goldie” Golden (Titaníque, SIX). Casting will be announced soon.

The series will be presented at 7:00PM ET at the Five Angels Theater in NYC (789 Tenth Ave.) and is available for live streaming. Note that advance ticket sales will close at 5:30 PM on the day of the event. Limited tickets will be available at the door. For more information, visit New York Theatre Barn’s website: www.nytheatrebarn.org. by @benzeadman

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Hearts so full❣️ The first 29-hr AEA reading of @misshysteriamusical was pure magic. So grateful and proud of what we shared yesterday with this astounding group of artists and such a generous, loving audience. Huge thanks to @musicaltheatrewest for this extraordinary opportunity 🙏🥹🎭

#misshysteria #newmusical #musicaltheatre #committed #toast by @benzeadman

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The New Works Reading Festival cast of @misshysteriamusical 💫
#misshysteria #newmusical #festival #reading #aea by @benzeadman

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First day of rehearsal for our first 29-hr AEA reading of @misshysteriamusical!! 💫🎭🥹 so grateful to be a part of @musicaltheatrewest’s New Works Reading Festival with this incredible cast and team! If you’re free next Saturday at 1pm, come see our reading in Long Beach! DM for RSVP link 🎟️ #misshysteria #newmusical #musicaltheatre #reading #committed taken in Musical Theatre West by @benzeadman

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First look 👀 “For The Love Of” from Miss Hysteria ✨ @goodspeedmusicals Festival of New Musicals 2026

Nurse Margaux experiences her first moment of self-pleasure when Blanche guides her from the other side of the door ❤️🚪❤️

@audrey_g_turnage as Nurse Margaux
@bronbabes as Blanche
@petewhitesongs 🎹

#newmusical #musicals #MissHysteria #fortheloveof #broadway taken in Goodspeed Opera House by @benzeadman

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First look 👀 “Over The Moon” from Miss Hysteria ✨ @ascapfoundation Workshop w/ @wickedlyschwartz 2023

Louise bonds with Geneviève, Blanche & Boue over memories of life outside the asylum…
and Boue reveals her secret passion… 🔥

@thalia__tran as Geneviève
@teyapatt as Boue
@the_krystle_simmons as Blanche
@mellyb14 as Louise
@petewhitesongs 🎹

#newmusical #musicals #MissHysteria #overthemoon #broadway taken in Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts by @benzeadman

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First look 👀 “Dancing In My Mind” from Miss Hysteria ✨ @ascapfoundation Workshop w/ @wickedlyschwartz 2023

Hysteria patient Louise Gleizes opens up to her new friend Sigmund about her mysterious recurring dream… and her unexplored trauma awakens something in him.

@mellyb14 as Louise
@chrismkauffmann as Freud
@petewhitesongs 🎹

#newmusical #musicals #MissHysteria #duet #broadway taken in Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts by @benzeadman

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First look 👀 “Use It” from Miss Hysteria ✨ @catalinajazzclub June 18, 2025

@emilygoglia as iconic diva Sarah Bernhardt, who visited the Paris asylum in 1885 to study the hysterical women in preparation for her role as Ophelia.

#newmusical #musicals #MissHysteria #belter #broadway taken in Los Angeles, California by @benzeadman

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