C J HOPKINS
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by C J Hopkins
cunnilinguistics |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | stage-texts | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Before the play proper begins, and between segments, recorded text taken from cunnilinguistics is broadcast in the theatre. Directed by Erin O'Leary and designed by Jared Brown, it's an impressionistic collage of words and ideas, like overheard snatches of random scenes from another of Hopkins's ineffably magnetic plays--an entirely suitable way to begin this admirable evening. nytheatre.com | ||||
Degenerate Art Texts |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Commissioned by Irondale Theatre Ensemble for Degenerate Art | ||||
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Der Aufstand (The Insurgency) |
| 1st Produced: | FU Philological Library, Free University of Berlin | 2006 | ||
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| 1st Published: | The original English text, The Insurgency, was published December 2006 in the premiere issue of Bordercrossing Berlin. | - | ||
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| Genre: | site specific Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Ein ortsspezifisches Theaterstück für die Philologische Bibliothek. Das Stück "Der Aufstand" im Rahmen des bundesdeutschen Wettbewerbs 365 Orte im Land der Ideen am 11. April 2006 in der Philologischen Bibliothek uraufgeführt. | ||||
Synopsis: A site-specific play commissioned by the Free University of Berlin. World premiere staged April 11, 2006 in the FU Philological Library in connection with the Germany Land of Ideas initiative. | ||||
Horse Country |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
| Company: | Monkey Wrench Theater | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays and Playwrights for the New Milenium" edited Martin Denton | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Notes: Euro Premiere Edinburgh Festival 2002 | ||||
Synopsis: brings the spirit of Godot to America's bars and puts the bourbon in Beckett. | ||||
How To Entertain The Rich |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | panda.net | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: La réflexion sociale imprègne égalment l'éctriture nerveuese et drôle du jeune auteur américain CJ Hopkins. Trois pièces courtes sont à peine croquées dans une mise en place de Joshua Goldberg tandis que Horse Country est présenté de maniere plus aboutie avec une mise en scène de John Clancy, l'un des cofondateurs du festival. Ces textes, dans les deux cas, sont servis par de três belles interprétations. On n'oubliera pas de sitôt la précision gogueunarde des ourvirs de L'installation dont on ne sait trop quel engin vicleux ils branchment, d'autant que ces mecs sont jourés avec une ironique ambiguité par deux femmes, Renée Buciarelli et Rebecca Wisocky. (LE SOIR, Nathalie Mattheim) | ||||
How To Go |
| 1st Produced: | New York City | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Solen Productions/Manhattan Theatre Source | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: At once covering a lot of ground and absolutely none at all, How To Go leaves us feeling somehow hopeful; it's a fitting ending to the challenging and thought-provoking roller coaster ride that aboutFive turns out to be. nytheatre.com | ||||
Installation, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | panda.net | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Hopkins' refreshingly direct dialog is showcased in psychohaiku. . . The third piece, The Installation, is the strongest marriage of playwright, director and actors. . . Renée Buciarelli and Rebecca Wisocky turn in captivating performances as the "installation guys." Although we never discover exactly what it is these "guys" do - they speak circuitously of hooking up wires and providing customers with a special service - Buciarelli and Wiocky take Hopkins' exploration of power and sexual innuendo through a stark, yet mesmerizing and thought-provoking performance. (BACKSTAGE, Jessica Daniels) | ||||
Message from Marjorie, A |
| 1st Produced: | reading at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London | 2003 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: produced by Charm Offensive and RADA in the America Now program | ||||
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Place Like This, A |
| 1st Produced: | The Present Company, NYC | 2000 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A meditation on the state of the theater circa the new millennium, and on the society it reflects. Without a story, without characters, an ensemble of players dispenses with dramatic formalities and attempts to get to the heart of certain questions having to do with the essence of the theatrical event, namely, why people have gathered in theaters since the dawn of civilization, and why we still do. | ||||
Position, the |
| 1st Produced: | Ice Factory, NYC | 1997 | ||
| Company: | Monkey Wrench Theater/Ohio Theater | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A bizarre, darkly comic job interview expands beyond its dramatic framework into the theater itself, calling into question the unarticulated power dynamics inherent in American society and values | ||||
psychohaiku (or The Light at the End of the Tunnel) |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | panda.net | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Through a late-night confrontation on a desolate subway platform, this short piece casts a nervous eye toward a future in which global consumer culture threatens to dismantle the last vestiges of traditional social values | ||||
Red |
| 1st Produced: | New York City | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Solen Productions/Manhattan Theatre Source | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: taking us into the mind of a fortune teller throwing Tarot cards for an unseen male customer. . .. Punctuated by (uninterpreted) draws from the deck (e.g., "This covers him"), this long monologue both describes and comments on the places where randomness and destiny intersect in a life both unexamined and unfulfilled. nytheatre.com | ||||
Revolution, The |
| 1st Produced: | reading at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: produced by Charm Offensive and RADA in the America Now program | ||||
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screwmachine/eyecandy Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Big Bob |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Scamp Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishing, Inc | 2007 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Scotsman Fringe First, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2005 | ||||
Synopsis: Cash. Cars. Prizes beyond your wildest dreams! Anything can happen on The Big Bob Show, TV's wackiest game show. Contestants Dan and Maura Brown are ready for anything and desperate to win. But tonight's different. Tonight Big Bob is playing for keeps. Press Release | ||||
Texas Radio |
| 1st Produced: | The Present Company, NYC | 1998 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A charismatic leader on a fishing expedition, a mysterious murder, a diabolical cable repair call, a visit from two double-talking strangers& The doors of perception are opened, but into what hallways? Do they lead out into unexplored country, or merely into other, more horrific rooms? This play traces the often invisible threads connecting the political cynicism and social apathy of mainstream American culture to the cult mentality and religious fundamentalism on its fringes. | ||||
Texts for Sound Painting |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | The Walter Thompson Orchestra | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Valediction |
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: Commissioned by Joshua Goldberg for Dilute! Dilute! Dilute!, (Transcinema 2000 festival) | ||||
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