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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.See more. Where I've Been
Some people and places. For copies of scripts
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 |