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M Thomas Cooper

M THOMAS COOPER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Samuel French Inc  

M. Thomas Cooper has studied literature and Theatre at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, San Francisco State University and Portland State University. He's had a number of short plays presented in conjunction with the asHLAnd 10-Minute Play Festival, Theatre in the Grove and Portland State University. In 2005, his playRising was a finalist for the Northwest Playwright award. His first novel, 42, was published in June 2008 by Ooligan Press.

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below is a list of M Thomas Cooper's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Abduction, The         Advanced         aka Heaven         Blue Ribbon         Breathing Exercises         Bucket         Clowns(S)         Cue         Darkest Night, The         Death And Javier Miguel Lopez Guadalajara Asante         Fate         Headboard         Iced         Mirror Box, The         Natural Selection         North Pole Winter Woes         Plaid Man, The         Play, Satyr, Play         Probable Cause         Rising         Scenarios         Skirmishes         Stella and Stromboli Save the World         Tongue, Tied

Abduction, The

Abduction, The
a couple plays drinking games in a field, waiting to be picked up by aliens (which they are).

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Advanced

Synopsis:
Two Cro-Magnons find themselves in a love triangle with a Neanderthal princess

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aka Heaven

Synopsis:
Jesus Sanchez was murdered nine years ago returns from the dead three days before his daughter's wedding. At the same time an American customs official arrives to investigate the murder

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Blue Ribbon

Synopsis:
A pie judge is forced to be too critical

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Breathing Exercises

Synopsis:
Spectral wanderers assist with the creation of the World

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Bucket

Synopsis:
Room mates invent memories hoping that they will comfort them in old age

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Clowns(S)

Clowns(S)
a children's clown, possibly on the run from the law, bemoans his fate and falls in love with a mother of one of his clients. She convinces him that he might be happier if he becomes a normal person and just does clowning on the sly.

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Cue

Synopsis:
Four actors playing Hamlet wait for their cue

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Darkest Night, The

Synopsis:
Romeo and Juliet rise from the grave - they are now vampires

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Death And Javier Miguel Lopez Guadalajara Asante

Death And Javier Miguel Lopez Guadalajara Asante
a coffee stand vendor tricks Death into giving him his job.

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Fate

Synopsis:
Two rock stars quit and end up busking on street corners for money.

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Headboard

Synopsis:
A young couple confront their future and an annoying noise

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Genre:
Gay one act

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Iced

Synopsis:
Santa is accused of a series of gruesome snowman murders

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Mirror Box, The

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Ted and Sandy go to see a play called "The Mirror Box". There is a character unseen in the play called The Clown. Ted sees The Clown. The Clown assaults Ted and Ted sees the Devil. He questions the actors about The Clown but they all say that he is an unseen character in the play. Then one of the actors sees The Clown. The Clown assaults the actor

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Genre:
Surreal

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Natural Selection

Natural Selection
Three soccer moms display their different approaches to mothering with the manner in which they encourage their children (two of whom are ruthless, the last of which is training her son to be a saint and actually turns out to be the most ruthless of all).

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North Pole Winter Woes

North Pole Winter Woes
an elf with poor sight threatens to beat Santa up in a bar for having sex with his little elf wife.

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Plaid Man, The

Plaid Man, The
Death and Cupid fall in love, using two Elizabethan people as their mouthpieces.

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Play, Satyr, Play

Synopsis:
Outside of Troy a satyr comes across a Trojan girl and a Spartan girl

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Probable Cause

Synopsis:
Chris invents a computer programme to track down a serial killer. Chris goes missing - presumed a victim of the serial killer. His girlfriend, Rachel, returns from holiday. A detective is assigned to the case. Both he and Rachel are accused of the murder of Chris. But Chris is not dead

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Rising

Synopsis:
Neil can see the future. He sees his father drowning in a flood on the family farm - then he sees himself drowning trying to save his father. Despite this he leaves for the farm in the hope of changing the future

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Scenarios

Synopsis:
A role playing couple discover that truth is better

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Skirmishes

Skirmishes
a man and woman argue at a picnic while ants wage battle and romance around them.

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Stella and Stromboli Save the World

Synopsis:
A young couple in Montana watching a herd of horses. Both have fled their homes for various dark reasons. They are visited by their future selves and warned of what is to come. The owner of the horses has filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the young couple and the horses. They can only see one way of surviving and thus put into motion what they will become

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Tongue, Tied

Tongue, Tied
a man and a woman fall in love through their hand puppets.

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in Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays, Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>
Playscripts, Inc - New York   978-0573663642

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