Ben Collins-Sussman

Ben Collins-Sussman is an American software engineer, composer, and author. He is the co-creator of the Subversion version control system, co-composer of the musicals Eastland and Winesburg, Ohio, and co-author of two books on software and management. He co-created two interactive fiction games, Rover's Day Out and Hoosegow. Collins-Sussman lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

Software Collins-Sussman is one of the founding software engineers of the Subversion version control system, which was used by 36.9% of developers in the 2015 Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Collins-Sussman co-founded the Google Chicago engineering office in 2005, about managing software development teams, published by O'Reilly Media in 2015.

Eastland

Eastland is a musical telling the story of a 1915 disaster in which the passenger ship SS Eastland capsized while moored in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The Chicago Time Out reviewer, Oliver Sava, wrote that the score "evokes O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Ragtime, though the lyrics can get heavy-handed."

Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg, Ohio is a musical adaptation of Sherwood Anderson's novel of the same name about a small American town. It was developed by Chicago's About Face Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and produced at Steppenwolf Theatre, Arden Theatre, and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Jay Is Games in 2010.