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How She Played the Game the complete, enriching 65-minute version is now available, along with arrangements for rights, from Brooklyn Publishers.

Selected Works

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Full-Length Plays

Running On Glass ... A woman scholar and her running buddy imagine a pop up museum of spirited women from sports history. A successor to How She Played the Game: 'inspirational' -- Billie Jean King// 'makes you feel like praising' -- Village Voice. See 'Full Length Plays.'

News and Happenings

The Courier: Based on a True Story, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, April 24, 2025, 7 pm, JCC Manhattan**Stones of Tiananmen, 15 Plays about Authoritarianism, New Play Exchange**Ode, Seattle, Programs for Seniors, Mar 10-11**Until the Change Comes, ReproEco, LaCrosse WI, March 20 and April 2, 2025**Interview, Women in the Arts, Lynnie Godfrey, YouTube**Until the Change Comes, ReproEco, Bernie Wohl Center, NYC, Oct 4-5, 2024**New York State Summer School of the Arts: Teaching**English Lessons, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, Remember the Women Institute, JCC Manhattan, NYC, May 2024**The Box, Artists Against AntiSemitism, Online Pub**Sentences and Words,' Grosse Pointe Theatre Festival, MI**Podcast, Venus Theatre**The Brief, 'Celebrating Jewish Women,' 14St Y, NYC*Swimmingly Yours, Upcoming Publication: Frozen Women, Flowing Thoughts, Venus Theater**The Match, Banned Books and Burned Books, POSTPONED**Townhall, Gender Disparity and Ageism, TRU, Polaris North, NYC**The Match, Equity Library Theatre Videos: 'BEST PLAY'**The Match, W. 53 St Library NYC, Aug. 12, 2023**Through the Sands of Time, Montauk Library, Aug 2, 2023**The Match, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, Remember the Women Institute, April 2023, JCC Manhattan**The Accounting Department, TAFE (Theatre Arts For Everyone). York, PA, March 2023**First Online with Fran, podcast**I Was a Stranger Too, The Neighborhood House (Wellstone Center), St Paul, MN, Jan 2023**The Prize (Dr. Patricia Bath), We [HEART] Women Doctors, Nov.12, Episcopal Actors Guild**Panel, Breaking Glass, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, CN, Nov 2022; Interview, Lori Raupe, WinWinWomen.TV, Oct 31, 2022**All Databases Are Incomplete, Rutgers University, Remember the Women Institute, Oct 2022; Interview, Theatre Revolution Online**Stones of Tiananmen, Rehearsal for the Truth Festival, Vaclav Havel Literary Foundation, Bohemian National Hall, NYC, June 2022**I Was A Stranger Too, Jewish Plays Project, Finalist**I Was A Stranger Too, Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, online, April 2022**All Databases Are Incomplete, Intimate Partner Violence, Art, Education and Advocacy, Roosevelt House, April 2022, NYC**The Brief (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), StatueFest, Multicultural Center, SUNY Purchase, March 2022**The Alchemy of Zoom, Literary Discourse Society, online Feb 2022**I Was a Stranger Too, Finalist, Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize, Theatre J**All Databases Are Incomplete, Moment Gallery, DC**The Prize, White Mouse Productions, FL**Better Theatre, Find Your Light Podcast**The Prize (Dr. Patricia E. Bath), Queens STEM Girls*At the Train Station in Munich, 'She Persisted,' Applause Books**The Brief: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, StatueFest on Stage PRTT NYC**Five Short Plays by Cindy Cooper, Julia's Reading Room, League of Professional Theatre Women**Here Lived (Hier wohnte), Cntr for Family Holocaust Research, online**Strange Light, pub Next Stage Press**The Brief (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), StatueFest**I Was A Stranger Too, Play Readings With Friends, Virtual**Here Lived, Hier Wohnte,' Remember the Women Institute, Virtual**All Databases Are Incomplete, Pace Justice Center**The Accounting Department, Wine Box Players, 2021**Sentences and Words, The Accounting Department, Western Conn State U, Dec 2020 **All Databases Are Incomplete, Artists and Writers Respond to Domestic Violence**Speaker View, B Street Theatre New Play Brunch, Sacramento**Spyglass, on AirPlay****In-Visible:Isabella Goodwin, East Broadway Theatre Co. NYC**Short Plays on Reproductive Freedom, Bluestockings Books**Talk-No Person Above the Law, Library, Delhi NY**Entrepreneur, New Circle Theatre Co. at The Chain Theatre, NYC, June**Running On Glass, EgoActus Theatre, NYC, Torn Page**The Box, Remember the Women Institute NYC**Heaven Scent, New Circle Theatre Co, NYC**Running On Glass, Venus Theatre Laurel, MD**Living Newspaper Women's Edition, Rising Sun Governor's Isl. w/ Ego Actus **Works of Art, Firehall Theatre, Canada**A Refugee Lives to Survive, Ronald Feldman Gallery NYC**Babe, RoverWerks, Plano, TX**At The Train Station in Munich; Gretel Bergmann; The Spoken and the Unspoken, Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC **The Accounting Department, Feisty Women Festival, NYC **Fool Me Once, MultiStages, NYC **Morning in America: Primary Stages **Louis Braille: The World At Your Fingertips, Hangar Theatre, NY

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THEATRE PUBLICATIONS by Cynthia L. Cooper (Cindy Cooper)
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AT THE TRAIN STATION IN MUNICH in She Persisted, Applause Books

In 'She Persisted' Ten Minute Plays by Women Over Forty

A German Jewish woman working as resistance fighter in the underground 'coaches' her older self while awaiting a train to freedom from Nazi soldiers. Published in'She Persisted: Ten Minute Plays by Women Over Forty,' by Applause Books/Rowman and Littlefield.

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SILENCE NOT, A Love Story

Silence Not, A Love Story
Gihon River Press

SILENCE NOT, A Love Story
Gihon River Press: 'Best Historical Fiction, Books and Authors; Finalist, Best Book in Drama/Performing Arts by ForeWard Magazine. Large print; also online orders.

SPECIAL:Print copies for $5 plus shipping of $2.50 by emailing plays@cyncooperwriter.net

Read ForeWord Review

See Full Length Plays for more information.
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STRANGE LIGHT

Strange Light
Next Stage Press

STRANGE LIGHT
Next Stage Press

A woman lawyer, her gay partner, and a mother struggling with Alzheimer's, and a race to find love.

"A poem of a play"

Next Stage Press Available Here

See Full Length Plays for more information about the play
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SWIMMINGLY YOURS in FROZEN WOMEN, FLOWING THOUGHTS

'Swimmingly Yours' in Frozen Women, Flowing Thoughts: Unmasking Womanhood -- A Symphony of Monologues

Venus Theatre, Deborah Randall, Artistic Director and Editor

In 'Swimmingly Yours,' Gertrude Ederle revisits her quest to become the first woman to swim the English Channel and to break the records of the five men before her.

Palmetto Press: Available Here

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LOUIS BRAILLE: THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

LOUIS BRAILLE: The World At Your Fingertips, text, score by Dramatic Publishing

Dramatic Publishing
Text, score, tape

LOUIS BRAILLE: THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

A young man who has no sight invents a system of reading for the blind. despite social forces that oppose him.
Cynthia L. Cooper & Joel Vig, book; Jane Smulyan, lyrics; Annie Lebeaux, music
Award-Winning
Script, Score, Rehearsal CD and Performance Arrangements, DRAMATIC PUBLISHING
Piano Score
Rehearsal CD (with voices)
See Plays for Young Audiences for more information.
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WORDS OF CHOICE

WORDS OF CHOICE in FRONT LINES: Political Plays by American Women

The New Press; Words of Choice

FRONT LINES: Political Plays by American Women, from The New Press, edited by Alexis Greene and Shirley Lauro. 'Hot button' plays, including 'Words of Choice.'
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SENTENCES AND WORDS

SENTENCES AND WORDS in SHORT PLAYS by The Women's Project and Productions

Sentences and Words in The Women's Project & Productions Short Plays
Smith and Kraus

A woman defense lawyer seeks mercy from the mother of the victim. The multi award-winning short play, Sentences and Words in 'Women's Project and Productions: Rowing to America And Sixteen Other Short Plays' Edited by Julia Miles, a Smith and Kraus publication. See Short Plays.

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WORDS OF CHOICE

SHORT PLAYS ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: Editor
Writer: True Luv, Rhymes With Ryan

Choice Theater Press

Short Plays on Reproductive Freedom, Editor

Writer: Rhymes with Ryan; Tru Luv

Paperback: Amazon

Print ISBN 9781078109413

E book: Amazon, Google Play, Barnes and Noble

E book ISBN 9781912924028

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WOMEN, THEATRE AND THE HOLOCAUST

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Women, Theater, and the Holocaust

Bibliography, Women, Theater, and the Holocaust, 5th Edition
Includies eight plays by Cynthia L. Cooper, and one essay.

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GRETEL BERGMANN

Gretel Bergmann in Crossing Boundaries

Gretel Bergmann in Crossing Boundaries
Human Kinetics Books
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HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME in WOMEN HEROES by The Women's Project

How She Played the Game [45 min version] in Women Heroes
Applause Books
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Forty-five minute version of How She Played the Game, the stories of six women from sports history

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'How She Played the Game' at Randolph Macon College.
Order-Brooklyn Publishers,Info Below.(Photo, Ken Parks)

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME, Brooklyn, Royalty Publisher

How She Played the Game
Brooklyn Publishers

HOW SHE PLAYED THE GAME

The stories of six groundbreaking women from sports history: Eleanor Randolph Sears, Althea Gibson, Gertrude Ederle, Sonja Henie, Gretel Bergmann, Babe Didrikson

For a solo performer, or multiple actors

Performed across the US and Canada and in Europe

Full-length, 65 minutes, with performance royalty purchase possible.
CONTACT: BROOKLYN PUBLISHERS
See here for more onsite information.

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