Ben Katchor's picture-stories and drawings appear in the Forward, Metropolis Magazine, and The New Yorker. His weekly strips include: “Julius Knipl”, “Real Estate Photographer”, “The Jew of New York”, “The Cardboard Valise”, “Hotel & Farm” and most recently “Shoehorn Technique.” He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, was a fellow at The American Academy in Berlin and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Katchor's libretto and drawings for The Carbon Copy Building, a collaboration with Bang on a Can and Bob McGrath of Ridge Theater, received an Obie Award for Best New American Work in 2000. In addition to The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Katchor and Mulcahy have collaborated on The Rosenbach Company, a sung-through musical biography of Abe Rosenbach, the preeminent rare-book dealer of the 20th century. The Rosenbach Company is currently touring. Katchor and Mulcahy's next collaboration, A Checkroom Romance, is scheduled for workshop performances in the fall of 2008. He is an Associate Professor at Parsons, The New School for Design. For more information visit www.katchor.com

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Vineyard Theatre	02/11/2008	Libretto

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Vineyard Theatre	02/11/2008	Drawings

		Award	Production	Function
1	NOMINATED	2008 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Libretto
2	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Libretto
3	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Libretto
4	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Libretto
5	WON	2008 Obie Award, Design	The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)	Drawings