Stage director Ben Krywosz is the artistic director of Nautilus Music-Theater. He works with writers, composers, and performers to make new operas and other forms of music-theater, and presents innovative productions of existing pieces. He also directs Composer-Librettist Studios in Saint Paul and around the country, runs the annual Wesley Balk Opera/Music-Theater Institute, and hosts Nautilus' monthly Rough Cuts works-in-progress series.