Nancy Hopps

Nancy Hopps

NANCY HOPPS is an emerging playwright with a background in healing and performing arts. In 2017, her one-woman piece, “End of the Rope” debuted in Eugene, Oregon (USA), then went on to have productions in Hollywood, Manila (Philippines), Canberra and Sydney (Australia), garnering Best Playwright, Festival Director’s Choice and Audience Favorite WINNER Awards, and was a finalist for Best Overall Production....
NANCY HOPPS is an emerging playwright with a background in healing and performing arts. In 2017, her one-woman piece, “End of the Rope” debuted in Eugene, Oregon (USA), then went on to have productions in Hollywood, Manila (Philippines), Canberra and Sydney (Australia), garnering Best Playwright, Festival Director’s Choice and Audience Favorite WINNER Awards, and was a finalist for Best Overall Production.

A number of her short plays have had readings/productions at home and abroad. Her first full-length, commissioned play, “Now, I Am Your Neighbor” (and/or its shorter touring version, “We Are Neighbors”), telling the true stories of local immigrants, has had well over 50 regional productions to date.

Nancy is currently working on her first full-length historical play about pacifist/feminist Emily Hobhouse, entitled “Belovèd Traitor.”

Plays

  • End of the Rope by Nancy Hopps
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: monologue, grief and healing + 7 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, movement/physical
    Keyword: monologue, grief and healing, life after death, metaphor, forgiveness, Alzheimer's Disease, power of love, maternal love, mother and daughter
    A 10-minute play about a woman, a rope, the fluid nature of reality…and the enduring power of Love.
    (Ambient music suggested in script. Recorded score available by contacting playwright.)
  • Unter Investigation by Nancy Hopps
    Cast: 
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
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    Keyword: Immigrants, multi-ethnic + 3 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: Immigrants, multi-ethnic, forgiveness, power of love, religious tolerance
    An Iraqi immigrant, a burned-out investigator and a Benedictine nun share a life-changing ride to LAX, learning "there's no one you couldn't love, once you've heard their story."