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Cort Brinkerhoff

CORT BRINKERHOFF

  (1976 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Cort Brinkerhoff's plays include HORSE, THE VERMILLION HAND, THE BLUE HOUR, BULLET, THE BOMB PLOT, and THE NIGHTMARE ROOM, a play about the last days of British mathematician, war hero, and convicted homosexual Alan Turing. Cort wrote the screenplay for the independent feature BEYOND THE RYE produced by European Studios. A native Utahn, Cort began his writing career in the NEA/TCG-funded Playwrights Group at Salt Lake Acting Company led by Julie Jensen and JT Rogers. He is an alumnus of the Utah Screenwriter's Project. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from USC. He lives in Los Angeles.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Cort Brinkerhoff's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blue Hour, The         Bomb Plot, The         Bullet         Civil Light         Cody & The Queen         Cort's Play         Exit         Horse         Laser Lemon         Lunar         Neurosis         Nightmare Room, The         Oh My Goth         One Bedroom Apartment         Reflections         Squat         Ugly to the Bone         Vermillion Hand, The

Blue Hour, The

Synopsis:
A clinical psychiatrist, searching desperately for her missing Colombian husband, crosses professional boundaries with her alien-obsessed patient, when presented with startling revelations from her eccentric family.

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1st Produced:
USC School of Dramatic Arts, New Works Y1, McClintock Theatre in L.A.    May 2009

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Genre:
comedy full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bomb Plot, The

Synopsis:
Seduced by an old flame, a disillusioned cop sets out to bomb the subway, but his plans get complicated when his troubled teenage daughter pays an ill-timed visit.

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Genre:
drama full length

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bullet

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1st Produced:
USC School of Dramatic Arts, New Works Y2, Massman Theatre in L.A.    16 Apr 2010

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Civil Light

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1st Produced:
Short Play Festival, USC Drama Club, Village Gate Theatre in L.A.    31 Jan 2009

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short play

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Cody & The Queen

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1st Produced:
24-hour Playfest, USC Drama Club, Scene Dock Theatre in L.A.    09 May 2009

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Cort's Play

Synopsis:
A writer named Cort is writing a play about a writer named Cort writing a play about a craigslist missed connection, but he doesn't have an ending and he needs his lead actor and the girl that got away to help him finish.

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1st Produced:
Asylum Lab Theatre, Los Angeles, CA    2010

Organisations:
PianoFight Productions

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Genre:
10-minute comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Exit

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1st Produced:
LA Times Festival of Books, USC Stage    30 Apr 2011

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Horse

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1st Produced:
staged reading, The Vagrancy, Los Angeles, CA    02 Aug 2015

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Laser Lemon

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1st Produced:
24-hour Playfest, USC Drama Club, Scene Dock Theatre in L.A.    08 May 2010

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Lunar

Synopsis:
The Goddess of Voltar wants to keep her followers in the desert, but Guru is determined to lead them all home after two years in isolation awaiting the alien cleansing. When Frank, a simple follower, comes into the cave looking for water, Goddess hatches a new plan.

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1st Produced:
The Lounge Theatre, Los Angeles, CA    12 Apr 2014

Organisations:
The Vagrancy

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Genre:
10-minute comedy

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Neurosis

Synopsis:
David is having trouble with his husband, Alex, tearing up the floorboards and refusing to wear pants. They go to see Dr. Proctor, an intern with a PhD in Mental Relaxation, who engages them in what he likes to call "combat therapy." As the gloves come off, David must confront the scared little boy inside Alex.

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1st Produced:
Little Casa Theatre, Los Angeles, CA    2013

Organisations:
The Vagrancy

1st Published:
Canyon Voices Literary Magazine, Fall 2013   -

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Genre:
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Nightmare Room, The

Synopsis:
In 1954, as he feverishly works toward a biological breakthrough, Alan Turing hires a young assistant, Christopher, who may prove to be a lethal distraction.

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1st Produced:
PlayDate workshop, The Vagrancy, Los Angeles, CA    Nov 2015

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Genre:
drama full length

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Oh My Goth

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1st Produced:
Slam 08, Plan-B Theatre Company, Rose Wagner Center in Salt Lake City, UT    2008

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One Bedroom Apartment

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1st Produced:
Studio 115, Salt Lake City, UT    2005

Organisations:
University of Utah

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Genre:
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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Reflections

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1st Produced:
Student Slam, Plan-B Theatre Company, Rose Wagner Center in Salt Lake City, UT    2008

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Squat

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1st Produced:
Queen Mary Royal Theatre, Long Beach, CA    2009

Organisations:
Alive Theatre

1st Published:
Open Books, 2009   -

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Genre:
Full-length drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ugly to the Bone

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts, Salt Lake City, UT    2006

Organisations:
Plan-B Theatre Company

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Genre:
10-minute drama

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Vermillion Hand, The

Synopsis:
As her marriage falls apart, a juvenile caseworker finds herself confiding in a disturbed young arsonist and questioning everything she believes in.

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1st Produced:
staged reading, Salt Lake Acting Company, SLC, UT    06 Oct 2014

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Genre:
drama full length

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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