Cynthia L. Cooper

Selected Works

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME 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
Blog, League of Professional Women in Theater, here.**HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, PASSAGE Women's Conference, PA 2011; Venus Summer Camp ** SENTENCES AND WORDS Manchester Coll. IN**SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Finalist, Orig Playwrights, Shawnee PA; "Best Historical Fiction," Books & Authors**SOR JUANA Whittier, CA, Jan 2011**SECOND SIGHT, The Hive, NYC**SILENCE NOT, A Love Story Poconos Playhouse; Signing, US Holocaust Museum, DC; The Center Theater, Jerusalem ** Saving Grace Portage Comm Th, WI ** FRONTLINES with Words of Choice
MOCKERY OF JUSTICE 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 The new International Criminal Court is a step forward for women victims of war violence -- Women's Enews

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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 recent blog I wrote about "why" theater.

Full-Length
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 NEW
~ ... 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.

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.

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.

Monologues and Sketches
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.

News & Quotes
Bits of news. Kind thoughts.
~My blog for the League of Professional Women in Theater.
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY, Best Historical Fiction, Books & Authors, 2011
NEWS

~HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, Pennsylvania Women's Conference, Nov 2011; Venus Summer Camp 2011;
~SENTENCES AND WORDS, Manchester College, IN
~SILENCE NOT, A LOVE STORY, Reading, The Worthington Players; Finalist, Original Playwright Series, Shawnee Playhouse, PA
~SOR JUANA, Whittier CA, Jan 2011, Enrichment Works
~SECOND SIGHT, Nov. 21, directed by Michael Hillyer, Soho20Gallery Chelsea, 547 W. 27th St., 3d Fl, produced by 29th Street Rep's The Hive, founded by Paula Ewin
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, Reading Nov 7, 7 pm, Poconos Playhouse, E. Stroutsburg University;
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, publication by Gihon River Press named Best Book of 2009 Finalist in Drama/Performaing Arts by ForeWORD Magazine.
~SAVING GRACE, April 2010, 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.
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story, March 2010, Beit Avi Chai, Jerusalem, Israel.
~SILENCE NOT, A Love Story,Feb.2010, The Wellstone Center,Minnesota,in conjunction with The Konopka Institute of the University of Minnesota.
~Anne E. Fisher Champion of Choice Award, NARAL Pro-Choice America.
~Silence Not, A Love Story: Reading, The Anne Frank Center USA,New York, directed by Joanne Edelmann.
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Where I've Been
Some people and places.

For copies of scripts
SCRIPTS

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CONTACT
Cindy Cooper
446 W. 47th Street
No. 1B
New York, NY 10036