Benjamin Connor

New York-based playwright and translator originally from Wilmington, Delaware. One-act and full-length plays and translations have been produced by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Green Room 42, Brown University, and Wichita State University. Member of the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop and winner of the WGA Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting.

New York-based playwright and translator originally from Wilmington, Delaware. One-act and full-length plays and translations have been produced by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Green Room 42, Brown University, and Wichita State University. Member of the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop and winner of the WGA Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting.

Scripts

I'm Looking For Cher

by Benjamin Connor

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Do you believe in life after love?

Do you believe in life after love?

play chess

by Benjamin Connor

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
experimental

Sex toys in chess tournaments? It's more likely than you think.

Sex toys in chess tournaments? It's more likely than you think.

Major Work

by Benjamin Connor

Cast Size
9—12
Genre
biography,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
faith-based,
period

It's 1261, and Roger Bacon is a monk and a heretic. Girls are disappearing from the university, strange experiments are being conducted outside Paris, and the Antichrist is approaching to the tune of Katy Perry's "Firework."

It's 1261, and Roger Bacon is a monk and a heretic. Girls are disappearing from the university, strange experiments are being conducted outside Paris, and the Antichrist is approaching to the tune of Katy Perry's "Firework."

Accidentals: A Song Cycle

by Benjamin Connor

Cast Size
2—8
Genre
comedy,
musical

A novice tap dancer, a runaway con man, two viciously kind chess players, a divorced historian and more. A collection of interlinked songs about misunderstandings, missed connections, and the fun in both sides of the story.

A novice tap dancer, a runaway con man, two viciously kind chess players, a divorced historian and more. A collection of interlinked songs about misunderstandings, missed connections, and the fun in both sides of the story.

The Monty Hall Problem

by Benjamin Connor

Cast Size
3—4
Genre
biography,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama

The smartest woman in the world goes to therapy, and that's when the game show starts.

The smartest woman in the world goes to therapy, and that's when the game show starts.