A Bench, A Table and 2 Chairs by Glenn Alterman
ABOUT A BENCH, A TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS (In development!)
A collection of 5 short gay plays plus 2 additional, optional plays. The collection has not had a professional production, the individual short plays that make up the collection have all had productions, won playwriting competitions and some have been published in "Best Short Plays of the Year" anthologies. They run the gamut from...
ABOUT A BENCH, A TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS (In development!)
A collection of 5 short gay plays plus 2 additional, optional plays. The collection has not had a professional production, the individual short plays that make up the collection have all had productions, won playwriting competitions and some have been published in "Best Short Plays of the Year" anthologies. They run the gamut from dramatic to serio-comedic, to comedic. The only set that is needed to produce this evening of shorts is a bench, a table and two chairs.
Each play has a small cast, 2 at the least, 4 at the most (in the last one). The same actors can work in multiple plays.
BACKGROUND/PRODUCTION/PUBLICATION OF PLAYS
DITMAS
Published in "THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS OF 2017" (Smith and Kraus Publishers)
Productions
Presently over 30 productions including most recently:
Pick of the Vine 2018 (Little Fish Theater Company)
Le Theatre de rue Grignon, Marseilles, France
AND (Artistic New Directions) in An Eclectic Evening of Shorts X: Boxers and Shorts)
Nylon Fusion Theater Company
Part of the Village Playwrights "Gay Pride and Prejudice" Festival (Staged reading)
"You've written an exquisite play, an "instant classic". I hope this play gets many, many productions"
- Steven Elwood, Producer
“Really a lovely play. It is a smart, beautifully crafted two hander. Congrats on all the success.”
Tony Phelan-- Executive Producer (Director and Writer)- Grey’s Anatomy, Madame Secretary, Law and Order (Trial By Jury) and (Creator) of Doubt
“An instant classic, a gem. You say more in 10 pages than many playwrights say in an entire full length. Beautifully drawn characters."
Rick Howard, Literary manager, Dramaturge
SECOND TIERS
Published in 2012 The BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS FOR TWO OR THREE ACTORS (Smith and Kraus Publishers)
Productions
Winner, Best Short Play- After Folsom Play Festival, Berlin, Germany
The Workshop Theater Company, You Are Here Festival, New York
Heroes and Villains Play Festival/ (Aka- This is Where I Live Now Staged Reading/Urban Stages, NYC)
AFTER
Published in 2011- THE BEST 10 MINUTE PLAYS FOR TWO OR THREE ACTORS (Smith and Kraus)
Productions
(aka AND THEN) The Gallery Players, Brooklyn NY
Workshop Theater Company (Cold Snaps Short Play Festival)
Village Playwrights- Reinventing Family Play Festival
THE LAST KEY
Production, Gallery Players, Brooklyn New York
Part of the “Gay Pride Plays, 2018, festival, Village Playwrights
MAKING MERRY BI THE FERRY
Gallery Players, Black Box Festival, Brooklyn, New York
Part of the Valentines Gay, Romance Our Way, festival, Village Playwrights
2 additional (optional) plays that you can add to the evening if you wish. Some of the readings/workshops included them, others didn’t.
UNFAMILIAR FACES
Finalist: Actor’s Theater of Louisville (Heideman)
Winner, "Best Short Play" After Folsom Short Play Festival, Berlin, Germany,
"Honorable Mention", Trinity Church Playwriting Competition
Productions
Circle East (West Bank Café)
Workshop Theater Company,
Part of the Articulate Theater Company event, “Circling Back, A Celebration of Circle Rep”
THE KINDNESS OF ENEMIES
Schonefeld Theater, Berlin, Germany (Die Gute der Feinde)
Winner, best short play (Staged reading)
Lama Theater Company, New York (Staged Reading)