"Much of the success of Españo’s production stems from Ballmer’s authentically excitable, naive central performance as Logan... a chaotically funny example of a young person’s willingness to take a personality for a test drive and crash it spectacularly." - Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader

"Ben Ballmer as Logan was in perpetual motion – supple, vivacious, and indefatigable – I’ve no idea how he kept that going! ...it’s his sensational voice that really blew me away...his voice carried the show, strong and clear and true."

-Sarz Maxwell, BuzzCityNews

"Ben Ballmer plays his role as if he’s been injected with some kind of performance enhancing drug."

-Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

"As her counterpart, aspiring musician Danny, Ben Ballmer is pretty much perfect: he embodies a young man who is totally supportive of his girlfriend and willing to change his life’s plans on a dime to accommodate a new reality" - Karen Topham, ChicagoOnStage

"Combine perfect casting with the keen insight of director Scott Shallenbarger and you have the superb production of “Baby,” now on stage at Citadel Theatre in Lake Forest...The whole cast is excellent but kudos particularly go to Ballmer who totally fits his college-age musician role" - Jodie Jacobs, Chicago Theatre and Arts

"likable" - Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

"He slinks around, all elbows and knees, like  Sméagol walking a runway" - Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader

"He also shows off his considerable dance skills in “Fatherhood Blues,” where his arms and legs akimbo moves bring to mind the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz." - Karen Topham, ChicagoOnStage

"all flailing arms and legs" - Karen Topham, ChicagoOnStage