Hope Thompson Explained
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Occupation: | Playwright and screenwriter |
Hope Thompson |
Hope Thompson is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
Education
Thompson graduated from Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.[1]
Career
Thompson's first play, Green, premiered in 2004 at Buddies in Bad Times' Rhubarb! Festival. Including Green, four of Thompson's works would premiere at Rhubarb! Festivals. Her play, Trapped! premiered at the 2014 Rhubarb! Festival under the direction of Morgan Norwich.
Works
Plays
- Green (2004)[2]
- Hospital Green
- Tyrolia (2008)[3] [4]
- She Walks the Line
- Stiff
- Trapped! (2014)[5]
- The Love Crimes of Frances Lark (2015)[6]
- Dead Money
Filmography
Film
!Year!Work!Role!Notes!Ref.1995 | Crossing the Line | writer | short film | |
1997 | It Happened in the Stacks | writer | short film | |
1999 | Switch | writer, director | short film | |
2010 | Trailing Arbutus | writer | short film | | |
Television
Personal life
Thompson studied at Mount Allison University (BFA) and at the University of British Columbia (MFA). From 2000-2003, she lived in Pittsburgh with her partner, Simone Jones.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Hope Thompson . 12 October 2022 . Lambda Literary . en.
- Gilbert. Sky. Sky Gilbert. 2012. A Sadly Overlooked Lesbian Gem: Hope Thompson's Green. Canadian Theatre Review. 149 . 149. 27–30. 10.3138/ctr.149.27. 144939830 . 0315-0836.
- News: 2008-06-06. Tyrolia. Toronto Star. 2021-06-15. . ProQuest.
- Web site: 2008-07-04. Tyrolia - Review. 2021-06-15. NOW Magazine. en-US.
- Web site: Kaplan . Jon . Jon Kaplan (theatre critic) . 2014-02-13 . More Rhubarb Previews . 2021-06-15 . NOW Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: 2015-06-11. The Love Crimes Of Frances Lark + Wand Portal. 2021-06-15. NOW Magazine. en-US.
- Web site: 30 April 2015 . Hope Thompson . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122144632/https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/hope-thompson . 22 January 2022 . 15 June 2021 . Media Queer . en.