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BENCHMARKS	Add to Cart
By: Glenn Alterman	Add to Wish List

Ten Minute Play Pack: $35.00

(Includes 3 scripts and performance rights for one year at one venue)

Classroom Script: $5.00 (Minimum order of 10)

Additional Venues: $10.00

Limited Video Rights: $30.00 (See FAQ for full description.)

Limited Streaming/Broadcast Rights: $5.00 (See FAQ for full description.)

Extra Streams: $0.05

(Valid with purchase of Limited Streaming/Broadcast Right. See FAQ for full description.)

Type: Ten Minute Play

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 10 minutes

Speaking Cast: 1 female, 1 male, 2 total cast

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Customer Comments:

By Asher Wyndham

A short play big on ideas -- and those kinds of plays are rare. This play addresses how it's hard to let go of our past (our baggage full of artifacts) and seize the future (the bus).

By Emma Goldman-Sherman

I saw this play produced by AND Theatre and New Circle Theatre, and loved every moment of it! Again, Alterman is a master of the form, and his work never lets us down. It is moving and necessary and beautiful. What ten-minute playwriting should be!

By Keith Greer

I have seen two productions of BENCHMARKS, one at the Terry Schrieber Studio and one at New Circle Theater. Both were able to be simply staged, bringing out the poignant, emotional depth of Glenn's engaging characters. I could experience this play again and again, and come away with something new every time.

By MonologueBank.org

MonologueBank is proud to recommend the writing of Glenn Alterman. His play BENCHMARKS features a nice comedic monologue from the character TELLY who is keen on sharing her knowledge of, and frustrations about, benches. Written with a comedic wit and bluntness, TELLY is far from forgettable and refreshing in her boldness in attempting to speak with new people.

By Cat Parker - Founder/Artistic Director - Articulate Theatre Company

Kudos! ’ ...Glenn Alterman, who's play ‘Benchmarks' was the standout of the evening!

By Edna Livingston

Very few plays have had an effect on me as your play, Benchmarks. It was provocative, touching, and I might even say profound. Thank you so very much!

By Andrea Levenstein

...How powerful and touching your play [Benchmarks] was. Last Saturday I brought my friend to see it. She’s not in good health. We were both so moved by your play, I thought they were going to throw us out we cried and applauded so loud. That night for the first time in nearly a year my friend said she slept like a baby. Something in your play gave her some kind of peace--Thank you.

By Rob McCaskill - Director, Acting Teacher

Really loved Glenn Alterman’s lovely play [Benchmarks] last night. The writing carried me along and teased out my spiritual sensitivity. Splendid!

By Terry Schreiber - Director - T.Schrieber Studio, New York

A beautiful play; very moving

By Steven Elwood - Producer

You've written an exquisite play, an "instant classic". I’m sure this play will get many, many productions

By Christopher Kickham - Artistic Director - Nantucket Short Play Festival

Just wanted you to know our Nantucket audiences 'loved" Benchmarks. It’s really a great play.

By Michael Portantiere - Broadway Radio

Glenn Alterman’s “Benchmarks” …Very, very impressive writing. …Extremely moving. …A beautiful play.

Synopsis

Benches, they used to be just for the rich, the privileged, now all people can sit and rest. Telly and Ted find themselves sitting on the same bench, waiting for a bus. This existential drama contemplates life, death, and the hereafter.

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