Theater review: 'Benched,' 'Bleed,' 'Smudge'

Think of parenthood, marriage and just being a grown-up as bowling pins -- the bowling pins of life. The characters in "Benched," "Bleed" and "Smudge" juggle those pins like crazy. Funny, sad, flawed, but always intriguing, the plays make up a rotating repertory offered by Pinky Swear Productions under the rubric "Three Plays About the Nuclear/Unclear Family."