Cynthia L. Cooper
IN THIS SECTION:
-FULL-LENGTHS
-ONE-ACT & SHORT
-YOUNG AUDIENCES
-PLAY PUBLICATIONS
-MONOLOGUES
-PLAY BIO, AWARDS
-NEWS & QUOTES
-WHERE I'VE BEEN
-CONTACT
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-FULL-LENGTHS
-ONE-ACT & SHORT
-YOUNG AUDIENCES
-PLAY PUBLICATIONS
-MONOLOGUES
-PLAY BIO, AWARDS
-NEWS & QUOTES
-WHERE I'VE BEEN
-CONTACT
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Selected Works
How She Played the Game (here) is a vibrant one-person play that tells the stories of six spirited women from sports history: 'inspirational' said Billie Jean King, 'makes you feel like praising,' the Village Voice.
What's Up
More Jewish Women You Should Know, The Anne Frank Center USA, May 16, 6:30 pm**The WikiLeaks Project, New York Theater Workshop Mon @3, Feb 2013**Silence Not, A Love Story with Gihon River Press, Oct 24, Anne Frank Center NYC**Gretel Bergmann from "How She Played the Game," Aug 23, Anne Frank Center NYC**Prisoner Diary Project Museum of Tolerance-NY, July 2012 (here), NYC**SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Holocaust Museum, DC, book signing**CHEATING JUSTICE Book Court, Brooklyn**League of Professional Women in Theater Blog, (here).**HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, PASSAGE Women's Conference, PA** SENTENCES AND WORDS Manchester Coll. IN**SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Finalist, "Best Historical Fiction," Books & Authors**SOR JUANA Whittier, CA**SECOND SIGHT, The Hive, NYC**Saving Grace Portage Comm Th, WI ** FRONTLINES with Words of Choice
MOCKERY OF JUSTICE (here). A search for the truth behind a woman's murder and the case that propels 'The Fugitive' to fame.
NEW WORLD COURT TO JUDGE GENDER-BASED WAR CRIMES (here) The new International Criminal Court is a step forward for women victims of war violence -- Women's Enews
Plays Main
Plays by Cynthia L. Cooper [Cindy Cooper]
Humor, drama, stylized: full-length plays and short plays that illuminate social or political issues, often featuring women characters.
CLICK on LINKS for Synopses, Production info, and other details of FULL-LENGTH PLAYS * ONE-ACT AND SHORT PLAYS * PLAYS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES * PLAY PUBLICATIONS * MONOLOGUES & SKETCHES * PLAYWRITING BIO, GRANTS AND AWARDS * -WHERE I'VE BEEN * NEWS AND QUOTES * CONTACT INFO.
Here's a blog I wrote about "why" theater.
CLICK on LINKS for Synopses, Production info, and other details of FULL-LENGTH PLAYS * ONE-ACT AND SHORT PLAYS * PLAYS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES * PLAY PUBLICATIONS * MONOLOGUES & SKETCHES * PLAYWRITING BIO, GRANTS AND AWARDS * -WHERE I'VE BEEN * NEWS AND QUOTES * CONTACT INFO.
Here's a blog I wrote about "why" theater.
Full-Length Plays
Full-Length Plays that are provocative, poignant, humorous, stage worthy; varying in length from one hour to two or more. Click 'Full-Length' for synopses and production information.
Titles include:
~How She Played the Game POPULAR
~24 Hours in the Life of the Belted Sandfish
~Strange Light
~The Outermost House
~Silence Not, A Love Story NEW
~Comrades in the Kamasutra Zone
~Second Sight
~Sisters of Sisters
~Words of Choice
~Walls
~"The WikiLeaks Project"Collaboration, in progress, with Kia Corthron, Joi Barrios, Ismail Khalidi
~ ... others
Click FULL-LENGTH PLAYS for synopses, history and production details.
Full-Length Plays that are provocative, poignant, humorous, stage worthy; varying in length from one hour to two or more. Click 'Full-Length' for synopses and production information.
Titles include:
~How She Played the Game POPULAR
~24 Hours in the Life of the Belted Sandfish
~Strange Light
~The Outermost House
~Silence Not, A Love Story NEW
~Comrades in the Kamasutra Zone
~Second Sight
~Sisters of Sisters
~Words of Choice
~Walls
~"The WikiLeaks Project"Collaboration, in progress, with Kia Corthron, Joi Barrios, Ismail Khalidi
~ ... others
Click FULL-LENGTH PLAYS for synopses, history and production details.
One-Act and Short Plays
Award-winning one-act and short plays that are pithy, stylish, imaginative, frequently featuring women performers. Click on 'One-Act' for details.
Plays include:
~Works of Art (Read Online)
~Saving Grace (Read Online)
~The Dwelling Place
~Smash the Glass
~Mountain
~... and others
Click ONE-ACT and SHORT PLAYS for synopses, history and production details.
Award-winning one-act and short plays that are pithy, stylish, imaginative, frequently featuring women performers. Click on 'One-Act' for details.
Plays include:
~Works of Art (Read Online)
~Saving Grace (Read Online)
~The Dwelling Place
~Smash the Glass
~Mountain
~... and others
Click ONE-ACT and SHORT PLAYS for synopses, history and production details.
Plays for Young Audiences
Plays that treat young people with respect: entertaining and inspiring. Click 'Young Audiences' to see more.
Titles include:
~Go Girl Go POPULAR
~Reachin' -- Be Somebody, Be a Star
~Louis Braille musical, co-author PUBLICATION from DRAMATIC PUBLISHING
~Changemakers NJ TOUR NOW
~Sor Juana CA NOW
~Heroes, Firnee, Eye-Five
Click PLAYS for YOUNG AUDIENCES for synopses, history and production details.
Plays that treat young people with respect: entertaining and inspiring. Click 'Young Audiences' to see more.
Titles include:
~Go Girl Go POPULAR
~Reachin' -- Be Somebody, Be a Star
~Louis Braille musical, co-author PUBLICATION from DRAMATIC PUBLISHING
~Changemakers NJ TOUR NOW
~Sor Juana CA NOW
~Heroes, Firnee, Eye-Five
Click PLAYS for YOUNG AUDIENCES for synopses, history and production details.
Publications
Plays published in 15 volumes. Click 'Publications' for more details.
Includes:
~WOMEN HEROES Applause Books
~FRONT LINES The New Press
~ELVIS MONOLOGUES Heinemann
~HIT THE NERVE Henry Holt
~SHORT PLAYS FROM THE WOMEN's PROJECT Smith and Kraus
~CROSSING BOUNDARIES Human Kinetics
~LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ARTS EMC/Paradigm Masterpiece Series
~LOUIS BRAILLE Dramatic Publishing
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY Gihon River Press
Click PUBLICATIONS for books and links to sales outlets.
Plays published in 15 volumes. Click 'Publications' for more details.
Includes:
~WOMEN HEROES Applause Books
~FRONT LINES The New Press
~ELVIS MONOLOGUES Heinemann
~HIT THE NERVE Henry Holt
~SHORT PLAYS FROM THE WOMEN's PROJECT Smith and Kraus
~CROSSING BOUNDARIES Human Kinetics
~LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ARTS EMC/Paradigm Masterpiece Series
~LOUIS BRAILLE Dramatic Publishing
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY Gihon River Press
Click PUBLICATIONS for books and links to sales outlets.
Monologues and Sketches
Other things to check out. Click on 'Monologues and More'.
~Monologues
~Comic Sketches
Click MONOLOGUES for details.
Other things to check out. Click on 'Monologues and More'.
~Monologues
~Comic Sketches
Click MONOLOGUES for details.
Playwriting Bio, Awards and Grants, & More
Some background notes. Click on 'Bio & More'.
~Bio
~Grants and Awards
~Teaching
~Organizations, Associations
~Activities and Articles
Click BIO & MORE for details.
Some background notes. Click on 'Bio & More'.
~Bio
~Grants and Awards
~Teaching
~Organizations, Associations
~Activities and Articles
Click BIO & MORE for details.
News & Quotes
Bits of news. Kind thoughts.
~ More Jewish Women You Should KnowThe Anne Frank Center, May 16, 6:30 pm, 44 Park Place, NYC. Readings of Short Plays.
~ The WikiLeaks Project, a collaborative project, Mondays at 3, New York Theatre Workshop
~ Gretel Bergmann from "How She Played the Game," Anne Frank Center, NYC
~ Anne Frank and Prisoner Diaries Museum of Tolerance, NY, June 19 w/ Anne Frank Center USA
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story: Signing, Holocaust Museum, Washington DC
~CHEATING JUSTICE: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Proseuction -- and What We Can Do About It, Launch, Paperback (Feb 2013)/Hardback (Feb 2012)
~My blog for the League of Professional Women in Theater.
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY, Best Historical Fiction, Books & Authors, 2011
~HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, Pennsylvania Women's Conference, Nov 2011; Venus Summer Camp 2011;
~SENTENCES AND WORDS, Manchester College, IN
~SOR JUANA, Whittier CA, Enrichment Works
~SECOND SIGHT, Nov. 21, directed by Michael Hillyer, Soho20Gallery Chelsea, produced by 29th Street Rep's The Hive, founded by Paula Ewin
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Gihon River Press named Best Book of 2009 Finalist in Drama/Performaing Arts by ForeWORD Magazine.
~SAVING GRACE, The Portage Area Community Theater, Wisconsin.
~EMMA Award, Part of Women's eNews Team
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, April 2010, The Center Theater, Jerusalem, Israel, Beit Avi Chai, Jerusalem, Israel, The Wellstone Center,Minnesota, in conjunction with The Konopka Institute of the University of Minnesota; Poconos Playhouse with E. Stroudsburg University; Anne Frank Center USA, NY, directed by Joanne Edelmann;More.
~Anne E. Fisher Champion of Choice Award, NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Bits of news. Kind thoughts.
~ More Jewish Women You Should KnowThe Anne Frank Center, May 16, 6:30 pm, 44 Park Place, NYC. Readings of Short Plays.
~ The WikiLeaks Project, a collaborative project, Mondays at 3, New York Theatre Workshop
~ Gretel Bergmann from "How She Played the Game," Anne Frank Center, NYC
~ Anne Frank and Prisoner Diaries Museum of Tolerance, NY, June 19 w/ Anne Frank Center USA
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story: Signing, Holocaust Museum, Washington DC
~CHEATING JUSTICE: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Proseuction -- and What We Can Do About It, Launch, Paperback (Feb 2013)/Hardback (Feb 2012)
~My blog for the League of Professional Women in Theater.
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY, Best Historical Fiction, Books & Authors, 2011
~HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, Pennsylvania Women's Conference, Nov 2011; Venus Summer Camp 2011;
~SENTENCES AND WORDS, Manchester College, IN
~SOR JUANA, Whittier CA, Enrichment Works
~SECOND SIGHT, Nov. 21, directed by Michael Hillyer, Soho20Gallery Chelsea, produced by 29th Street Rep's The Hive, founded by Paula Ewin
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Gihon River Press named Best Book of 2009 Finalist in Drama/Performaing Arts by ForeWORD Magazine.
~SAVING GRACE, The Portage Area Community Theater, Wisconsin.
~EMMA Award, Part of Women's eNews Team
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, April 2010, The Center Theater, Jerusalem, Israel, Beit Avi Chai, Jerusalem, Israel, The Wellstone Center,Minnesota, in conjunction with The Konopka Institute of the University of Minnesota; Poconos Playhouse with E. Stroudsburg University; Anne Frank Center USA, NY, directed by Joanne Edelmann;More.
~Anne E. Fisher Champion of Choice Award, NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Where I've Been
Some theater people and places with whom I've had the privilege of working.
Some theater people and places with whom I've had the privilege of working.
For copies of scripts
SCRIPTS
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or
CONTACT
Cindy Cooper
446 W. 47th Street
No. 1B
New York, NY 10036
SCRIPTS
Click on 'copies' to see more about getting copies or scripts or securing performance or other rights.
or
CONTACT
Cindy Cooper
446 W. 47th Street
No. 1B
New York, NY 10036
Plays@CynCooperWriter.net
contact me