Ben Rimalower (born May 12, 1976) is an American theatre director, writer, producer, and performer. He is best known for writing and performing the critically acclaimed long-running hit off Off-Broadway solo play Patti Issues. He is also a contributing writer for Playbill.com and The Huffington Post. Rimalower is openly gay. Rimalower founded the University of California, Berkeley's student-run theatre organization, , in 1995 while he was a student at the school.