BENCH BUDDIES – PLAY SCRIPT FOR FOUR MATURE ACTORS

Mike and Jake, two retired gentlemen enjoy the benches outside the store as they sit and wait for their wives to finish shopping. Although they have never met before, they find they have a lot in common. They chat about their lives, the good and the bad, the mistakes they made and their children. When their wives join them, we learn even more and realize that the two wives knew each other a long time ago. Play script for mature actors.

Author note: This play may be best presented as if it were in the time and locale of the performance. Dates, names of cities, the name of the Deli, and other geographical information including distances to cities should be created at the discretion of the theatre or director.

Other plays by American playwright Sam Stone:

The Day Trip – Drama for mature actors
Unlikely Hero – comedy drama about firefighters

Author: Sam Stone

Type: One act Play

Genre: Drama

Cast: 2M 2F

Ages of the actors: Mature actors

Suitable for: All ages to watch and mature actors to perform

Length: Ten Minutes

Set: Minimal/suggestive. Chairs or benches (lawn style) outside a grocery store entrance.

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – the play is written in an easy conversational style and lends itself well to play readings

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Biddies Borstal – a before the murder whodunit in an old age home