The Identity Complex, founded by Creative Director Ben Rose, is a content creation company specializing in the intersection of culture and community engagement.
As a multi-hyphenate artist, Rose has spent time cultivating his skills in Theatre, Photography, Filmmaking, and Community Building. In 2016 he was one of 10 actors in Indianapolis awarded the Indy Theatre Professional MVP award and grant by the Indianapolis Foundation. His subsequent screenplay, Lion Of Judah, was named an Official Selection in the 2017 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. He recently completed the script for a tv pilot, Tracy Love and launched the Black-n-Brown Festival celebrating Black and Latino Solidarity in 2021. With support from the Arts Council he also completing a photo series spotlighting Black and Latino Solidarity as well. During the pandemic he directed two successful plays Hooded, and Kill Move Paradise as well as 3 live streamed community concerts. Currently with a grant from 16Tech he is in production on a documentary of Haughville USA in Indianapolis, where he has been doing community work for the past 3 years. In 2022 he was awarded the Creative Renewal Grant from the Arts Council of Indianapolis. Most recently Ben Rose has been engaged by The District Theatre to become the Founding Artistic Director for the newly formed Indianapolis Black Theatre Company.