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MELODY COOPER |
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Melody Cooper's most recent play, Sweet Mercy, which deals with the genocide in Rwanda, was developed by New York Stage and Film in their 2005 summer Powerhouse series. Melody is the 2003 recipient of the Jane Chambers Award for Playwriting for Day of Reckoning, a full-length play about the forgotten 19th century black activist Lucy Parsons, which also won the MultiStages New Works Competition in NY. The play was part of the New Theatre reading series in Miami last summer and will be produced there in their 2005/2006 season. Her one-act, Reading Zimbabwe, was produced in NYC three times in 2003 (including by Epic Rep at DR2 with premieres by Lee Blessing and Romulus Linney). Ms. Cooper's one-act, Down Here, about 9/11 volunteers at Ground Zero, was produced in two highly successful runs in 2002. Melody recently completed a full-length biographical play about Marian Anderson for a Tony Award-winning actress, and has received a commission to write a new work for Epic Rep in 2006. Melody is a member of Epic Rep.
Plays by Melody Cooper
Day Of Reckoning | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kraine Theater, NY | 2004 | ||||
Company: | MultiStages | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45960 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | winner of the 2003 Jane Chambers Award and MultiStages National Playwriting Award | |||||
Synopsis: | about the forgotten 19th century black activist Lucy Parsons | |||||
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Down Here | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46855 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | developed by NY Stage and Film, summer 2005. Finalist for 2005 Jane Chambers Award. | |||||
Synopsis: | about 9/11 volunteers at Ground Zero | |||||
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Reading Zimbabwe | ||
| 1st Produced: | NYC | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46854 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | developed by NY Stage and Film, summer 2005. Finalist for 2005 Jane Chambers Award. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet Mercy | ||
| 1st Produced: | La MaMa First Floor Theatre | 04 Feb 2012 | ||||
Company: | part of Experiments A festival of concert play readings celebrating Black History Month | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46154 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | developed by NY Stage and Film, summer 2005. Finalist for 2005 Jane Chambers Award. | |||||
Synopsis: | deals with the genocide in Rwanda. An African-American generals niece is getting married but the military wedding is disrupted by the ghosts of Rwanda. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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