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Stephen Cooper

STEPHEN COOPER

  (1937 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Stephen Cooper re-created himself late in life and changed his life's trajectory. Cooper was a scientist with a life-long love of theater. After forty years as a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Michigan Medical School, Cooper took up playwriting in earnest. And in a relatively short time he has had some remarkable successes. The most prestigious recognition of Cooper's playwriting skills was his selection in 2014 as one of four playwrights to spend a week at the Southern Writers' Project (SWP) of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF). During this intense week, Cooper worked on his full-length play, Spiritual Bliss, with seven equity actors, a director, a dramaturg, and a stage manager. The script resulting from this workshop received a wonderful audience reception at the final staged-reading. Spiritual Bliss was selected as one of the five finalists in the Julie Harris New Playwright Award Competition run by the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild. There were over 1500 scripts submitted to this prestigious competition. Furthermore, Spiritual Bliss was a finalist in the Neil Simon New Script competition. The SWP, Julie Harris, and Neil Simon recognitions were only a few of many awards that Cooper has earned. Confessions a deux was the First Prize winner in the Theatre Odyssey (West Coast of Florida) 2012 Short Play Festival. Honest Abe Mazulu was a first place winner in the Brevard (NC) Little Theatre short play festival and has been produced in New York, Australia, Korea, Connecticut, and Colorado. Swine Before Pearls was produced by the Shepparton Theatre Arts Group in Australia. Cooper has also been a winner in the Gunplay(s) competition (dealing with gun violence in America) of the University of Illinois with Indefensible. In addition to his playwriting, Cooper has appeared in "Lend Me a Tenor", "The Dresser", "Six Degrees of Separation", "Moon over Buffalo" "Blithe Spirit", "Working", and "Arsenic and Old Lace". Cooper is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Sarasota Area Playwrights Society.

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

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

         All In A Day's Work         Check Your Coat At the Door         Choices         Confessions A Deux         Heavenly Creations         Honest Abe Mazulu         I Do, I Do,. . .I Don't         If they Say It Ain't About the Money. . .         Pool Story         Spiritual Bliss         Suitcase, The         Wedding Dowry

All In A Day's Work

Synopsis:
the execution of Charles I as seen and thought about from a different perspective-that of the executioner. In this short play the executioner ruminates about how he got there and what this means to him and his audience.

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1st Produced:
Shepparton Theatre Arts Group, Shepparton, Australia    08 Mar 2010

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Dramatic monologue

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Check Your Coat At the Door

Synopsis:
Jeremy uses chess to get closer-much closer-to Evelyn

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play Ten Min

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Choices

Synopsis:
A husband and wife approach life and death decisions with love, caring, and understanding.

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Confessions A Deux

Synopsis:
Two Catholic priests find out during mutual confessions to each other that they are both having an affair with the same woman. This shocking and humorous situation is then resolved in a very religious way.

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won first place in the theatre Odyssey 10-minute play competition. This play is staged in London at the Take Courage theatre June 30-July 3, 2015.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Heavenly Creations

Synopsis:
a look into the activities of the Lord in his workshop and design studio

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One act

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Honest Abe Mazulu

Honest Abe Mazulu
Abraham Mazulu, Minister of Corruption Control from Gabongo, visits a secretive Swiss Bank to get the names of Gabongan citizens who have been illegally sending money out of the country. When director refuses, Mazulu takes strong action.

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Honest Abe Mazulu has been a favorite for many different audiences. It has been produced at very prestigious high schools and at many other venues.

1st Produced:
Shepparton Theatre Arts Group, Shepparaton, Australia    08 Mar 2010

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in the Best Ten-Minute Plays 2011, Smith & Kraus; (June 1, 2012)   978-1575257822

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10 min play

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I Do, I Do,. . .I Don't

Synopsis:
a couple discusses a pre-nuptial agreement with savage intensity.

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Odyssey Theatre, Sarasota, Florida    08 Apr 2010

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If they Say It Ain't About the Money. . .

Synopsis:
a couple, currently renting during a winter in Florida, discusses which Florida condo to rent duriing the next winter season.

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Pool Story

Synopsis:
an elderly gentleman points out to a young man the simple dangers all around them as they discuss living in paradise down in Florida.

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Spiritual Bliss

Synopsis:
Spiritual Bliss follows Broadway director Sylvie Sullivan as she starts work on a revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. Sylvie begins research for the play by bringing in the Russian émigré Arkadino for a séance which leads to major complications in this fast-paced comedy. Pressures mount when Sylvie is faced with the loss of her leading actor, interference from meddlesome but well-meaning investors, the return of her dead first husband, and the death and eventual return of her second husband. Will Sylvie triumph against all odds in this merry romp, solve her marital problems, and bring a successful revival to Broadway?

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This is a one-set, two-act play. the script is Available by writing to the Author.

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.[reading] Performance Network. Ann Arbor, MI.    13 May 2015

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Play/Drama

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Suitcase, The

Synopsis:
A mother and her daughter face a life-changing decision. After discussing how to deal with an unwanted pregnancy, the arrival of the father leads to a realistic resolution of this problem in terms of 1971 morals and medicine.

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Drama

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Wedding Dowry

Synopsis:
the accusation of murder against the future son-in-law puts pressure on the wedding party.

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