Hope Thompson is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.

Education

Thompson graduated from Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.

Career

Thompson's first play, ''Green'', premiered in 2004 at

Buddies in Bad Times Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian professional theatre company. Based in Toronto, Ontario and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, ''Buddies in Bad Times'' is dedicated to "the promotion of queer theatrical ex ...

' 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) * ''Hospital Green'' * ''Tyrolia'' (2008) * ''She Walks the Line'' * ''Stiff'' * ''Trapped!'' (2014) * ''The Love Crimes of Frances Lark'' (2015) * ''Dead Money''

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Thompson studied at

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not parti ...

(BFA) and at the University of British Columbia (MFA).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Hope Living people Canadian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights OCAD University alumni Mount Allison University alumni Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Canadian women screenwriters Canadian lesbian writers Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Lesbian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian LGBT people