Wendy Hopkins

Wendy Hopkins

Wendy Hopkins 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 the LA Times “Best Bet For Your Weekend” during its six week run. 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....
Wendy Hopkins 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 the LA Times “Best Bet For Your Weekend” during its six week run. 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 Los Angeles, New York and on the road.

Plays

  • Pool Boy by Wendy Hopkins
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: COVID, site specific + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: COVID, site specific, site specific play
    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: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: truth, manners + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: truth, manners, Common Sense
    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.