Women at a Window, Men on a Bench
Three One-Act Thrillers by Glenn Alterman
THE SEALING OF CEIL (2M 2W)
There has been a bloody murder in Ceil’s apartment building. This terrifies Ceil, an abused, lonely housewife. She is befriended by a neighbor, Fran, who cares very much about Ceil. One day after taking a walk to Times Square, Ceil meets a handsome stranger, Hank, in a bar, who also begins to care for Ceil and wants to protect her. Ceils relationship with Fran, Hank and her abusive husband all lead her to discovering who the murderer is.
TIME WOUNDS ALL HEALS (2M)
Tom and his young assistant Ted are seated on a bench in a desolate part of a park at dusk. They are there on an important “assignment.” While waiting, their conversation turns to the subject of loyalty, karma and consequences. Eventually we discover what their assignment is and learn the truth about their relationship.
LIKE FAMILY (2M 1W)
Ron Henschel has just arrived at his sister and her husband’s home in Monroe New York. It is a snowy winter night. He has just been in a terrible car accident. He reveals that both his and Helen’s parents were killed in the accident. Naturally Helen and her husband are very upset. The scene is a set up for a series of revelations about both Ron and the Gorders. With each new scene we learn more about who these people and what their relationship is to each other.
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance, contact for individual plays)
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About the Playwright
Glenn Alterman’s plays have been performed in over 200 venues in over 30 states, throughout Europe, and in Asia. New York theaters that have produced his plays include Primary Stages, Samuel French OOB Play Festival, HERE Theater, American Renaissance Theater, Urban Stages, John Drew Theater, Artistic New Directions, Circle Rep Theater, Nylon Fusion Theater, New Circle Theater Company, Gallery Players, Turnip Theater, Polaris North Theater, T. Schrieber Studio, The Workshop Theater Company, Emerging Artists Theater Company, The Village Playwrights, Circle East Theater Company, Ego Actus Theater Company, and The West Bank Café Theater among others.
Other Theaters that have produced his plays include Pittsburgh Rep, Short + Sweet Sydney, Bloomington Playwrights Theater Project, Deep South Writers Conference, Actors Collaborative Toledo ACT, Theater 40 (Beverly Hill Rep), Stray Kats Theater Company, Phoenix Theater, Riverside Theater, Howmet Playhouse/The Playhouse at White Lake, South Street Players, Parrish Players, Orange County (Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center), Cider Hill Playhouse, Playa de Luna, Nantucket Short Play Festival, Birdhouse Theater (winner, Edgefest)West Coast Ensemble, among others
Many of his 31theater related and original monologue books are published by Smith and Kraus Publishers. Other Alterman books and plays are published by Applause Publishing, Playscripts, Heuer Publishing, Allworth Press, Prentice Hall, Pioneer Publishing, Meriwether, and JAC Publications. Many of his short plays and monologues are published in 20 Smith and Kraus “10-Minute Plays” and “Men’s/Women’s” Monologue Anthologies.
Commissions include D.I.F.F.A. (Design Industries Foundation for AIDS) For Heartrstrings, and E. Weissman Productions for the book for the musical, Kiss Me When It’s Over (that starred, was directed by Andre DeShields).
He is a French Arts Grant recipient, the winner of the Arts and Letters Award In Drama, a Jerry Kaufman Award recipient, a 4 time Heideman Award finalist, among many other playwriting awards.
Glenn’s plays and monologues are published by Playscripts, Smith and Kraus Publishers, Prentice Hall, Heuer Publishing, Brooklyn Publishers, and Next Stage Press.
Like Family was optioned by Red Eye Films. His play The Danger of Strangers is presently being filmed by Native Wind Media/Double J Productions.
ALSO BY GLENN ALTERMANN
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