Ben Wendel

Ben Wendel is an experienced director, producer, actor, playwright, and all-around creative based in London.

Ben Wendel is an experienced director, producer, actor, playwright, and all-around creative based in London.

Scripts

Billups Crossing

by Ben Wendel

Synopsis

Part Southern Gothic ghost story, part fire-and-brimstone sermon, Billups Crossing is a short monologue about trains, fatherhood, and damnation. Directly inspired by a real railroad crossing built in Mississippi in the 1930s, the short speech follows the creator, Alonzo Billups, as he suffers tragedy and vows his vengeance.

Part Southern Gothic ghost story, part fire-and-brimstone sermon, Billups Crossing is a short monologue about trains, fatherhood, and damnation. Directly inspired by a real railroad crossing built in Mississippi in the 1930s, the short speech follows the creator, Alonzo Billups, as he suffers tragedy and vows his vengeance.

The Changeling

by Ben Wendel

Synopsis

Joseph returns with his girlfriend to his family house out in the encroaching woods to sort through the estate. But everything changes one stormy night when a mysterious child appears on his doorstep.

Joseph returns with his girlfriend to his family house out in the encroaching woods to sort through the estate. But everything changes one stormy night when a mysterious child appears on his doorstep.

Anthropocene

by Ben Wendel

Synopsis

When Diana's mother passes from cancer, Diana is distraught. That is until she finds her mother's lost notebook and becomes convinced that maybe her mother was about to save the world. Also, the history of the universe.

When Diana's mother passes from cancer, Diana is distraught. That is until she finds her mother's lost notebook and becomes convinced that maybe her mother was about to save the world. Also, the history of the universe.

Slavic Venison

by Ben Wendel

Synopsis

On a train from Leningrad to Helsinki in 1989, two men attempt to escape the crumbling Soviet Union.

On a train from Leningrad to Helsinki in 1989, two men attempt to escape the crumbling Soviet Union.