Wendy Hopkins

Wendy Hopkins is currently working towards her MFA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a Second City alumni, and a Dora Award, and Canadian Comedy Award nominee.

Her site specific play Pool Boy was produced by The Lost Angeles Theatre Company in 2021, and earned a place in the LA Times “Best Bet For Your Weekend.” Her 10 minute play, On The Way Out was produced and directed by Kristelle Zibara at Sydney Australia’s Short n’ Sweet festival in 2020.

As a writer for television, Wendy created and wrote the Canadian Comedy Award nominated FANCY for CBC; co- created the Gemini Award winning series,The Tournament, (“a rarity to be treasured” NYT); and wrote six original pilots including American Freak and Nature Boy (with Harland...

Wendy Hopkins is currently working towards her MFA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is a Second City alumni, and a Dora Award, and Canadian Comedy Award nominee.

Her site specific play Pool Boy was produced by The Lost Angeles Theatre Company in 2021, and earned a place in the LA Times “Best Bet For Your Weekend.” Her 10 minute play, On The Way Out was produced and directed by Kristelle Zibara at Sydney Australia’s Short n’ Sweet festival in 2020.

As a writer for television, Wendy created and wrote the Canadian Comedy Award nominated FANCY for CBC; co- created the Gemini Award winning series,The Tournament, (“a rarity to be treasured” NYT); and wrote six original pilots including American Freak and Nature Boy (with Harland Williams) for Comedy Central. She has directed award winning television: Corner Gas, G- Spot, Lovingspoonfuls: and the documentary films Waitress and Behind the Wheel.

She lives in London, Los Angeles and on the road.

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Scripts

so idk

by Wendy Hopkins

Cast Size
1—4
Genre
dark comedy,
tragedy

A single mother on a work zoom call gets an alarming text from her son.

A single mother on a work zoom call gets an alarming text from her son.

Pool Boy

by Wendy Hopkins

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
tragedy

Set in Los Angeles during the 2020 pandemic, house sitter Glenn is looking after an elite home in the Hollywood Hills. Isolated and desperate for human contact, she attempts to make a connection with an atypical Pool Boy. Despite their contrasting personalities and rusty social skills, they forge an unlikely bond in a Covid colored world.

Set in Los Angeles during the 2020 pandemic, house sitter Glenn is looking after an elite home in the Hollywood Hills. Isolated and desperate for human contact, she attempts to make a connection with an atypical Pool Boy. Despite their contrasting personalities and rusty social skills, they forge an unlikely bond in a Covid colored world.

On The Way Out

by Wendy Hopkins

Cast Size
4—5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Manners, Common Sense and The Truth don’t seem to be valued anymore. They’re on the way out and, in this absurdist one-act, they discuss it with new arrival, Ron.

Manners, Common Sense and The Truth don’t seem to be valued anymore. They’re on the way out and, in this absurdist one-act, they discuss it with new arrival, Ron.