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Bench Marks: Five Short Plays on a Bench
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A park bench is supposed to be a place to rest. In Bench Marks, it becomes a confessional, a battleground, a shelter, a meeting place for damaged souls, and occasionally a doorway to something extraordinary.
Across three one-act plays and two ten-minute plays, strangers, friends, fathers, dreamers, and one former cult leader collide with fear, guilt, family, fate, the end of the world, and the promise of a spaceship to Utopia.
From two neighbors debating survival to old friends confronting a painful experience, fathers facing an unimaginable choice, strangers brought together by fate, and former cult members considering a second chance at eternal bliss, each encounter begins simply: two people sharing a bench. Nothing stays ordinary for long.
Funny, unsettling, surprising, and unexpectedly moving, Bench Marks is a collection of five short plays written for actors, directors, students, and anyone who enjoys compelling theatre with sharp dialogue, memorable characters, and an unpredictable edge.
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