Ben Gorman

Ben Gorman is an actor, poet, writer, director, designer and tilter at windmills. As an actor, he has performed in theaters across the country on tour, with longer stints in AZ, OH, VA, and MN. Ben is the first to admit that he has an obsession with Shakespeare and seeks opportunities to infect others with it as often as possible. He has had two of his short plays produced in Ohio and Minnesota, and doubtless you'll be pleased to know they weren't about Shakespeare!

Ben Gorman is an actor, poet, writer, director, designer and tilter at windmills. As an actor, he has performed in theaters across the country on tour, with longer stints in AZ, OH, VA, and MN. Ben is the first to admit that he has an obsession with Shakespeare and seeks opportunities to infect others with it as often as possible. He has had two of his short plays produced in Ohio and Minnesota, and doubtless you'll be pleased to know they weren't about Shakespeare!

Scripts

Again

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama,
science fiction

Bernie's best friend and girlfriend just want to see him happy, but Bernie has taken it upon himself to care for his special-needs younger brother, Blue. Blue's self-contained world is hard for any of them to understand, but he may be about to change everything.

Bernie's best friend and girlfriend just want to see him happy, but Bernie has taken it upon himself to care for his special-needs younger brother, Blue. Blue's self-contained world is hard for any of them to understand, but he may be about to change everything.

Afterward

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
science fiction

Zeke and his uncle, Dex, are survivors of a global collapse. Dex rails against the dangers of the technologies that he believes led to disaster, but Zeke knows his uncle's feelings are more complicated than that.

Zeke and his uncle, Dex, are survivors of a global collapse. Dex rails against the dangers of the technologies that he believes led to disaster, but Zeke knows his uncle's feelings are more complicated than that.

Game Changer

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
mystery/thriller,
science fiction

What they found is utterly unique and enormously powerful. The question becomes: What will they do to possess or protect it?

What they found is utterly unique and enormously powerful. The question becomes: What will they do to possess or protect it?

Interview

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy,
farce

A young man arrives for a job interview, but this company may not be what he bargained for.

A young man arrives for a job interview, but this company may not be what he bargained for.

Mirror Mirror

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
science fiction,
tragedy

Young Katie finds a way to peer into her future. Her future self has bad news, but offers to help Katie avoid the coming disaster. Should Katie trust her future self?

Young Katie finds a way to peer into her future. Her future self has bad news, but offers to help Katie avoid the coming disaster. Should Katie trust her future self?

The Bottle

by Ben Gorman

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
political,
satire,
science fiction

Sometime in the future, two people encounter an item so ubiquitous in our time that we take it utterly for granted: a bottle of water. To them it is anything but common and inspires a mix of intense curiosity and mistrust.

Sometime in the future, two people encounter an item so ubiquitous in our time that we take it utterly for granted: a bottle of water. To them it is anything but common and inspires a mix of intense curiosity and mistrust.