1. Read the call carefully. Show it to your agent. Be sure the
area around the intersection of the 10 and 405 Freeways is easily
accessible to you.
2. Acquire your agent's approval to commit to this summer rep..
3. Duplicate this ad atop a blank page and sign that you'll hold
to these terms, if you are cast.
4. US Mail that signed statement, photo/resume and your direct
contact information to the Producing Artistic Director, The
Venice Mootney Theatre:
Glenn Hopkins
2508 Stoner Avenue
Los Angeles, Ca 90064
5. No personal, messenger, or e-submissions.
6. You will be invited to an afternoon of group singing early in
May as the first step in Casting.
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Glenn Hopkins, L.A. Red Carpet Award Winner, 2005
"Glenn Hopkins is an American Original . Names like Johnny
Appleseed, Woody Guthrie, Will Geer, and Walt Whitman come to
mind." --Backstage West
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"A familiar figure on the Los Angles theatre scene, Glenn Hopkins
has written over twenty plays melodramatic and hilarious, brash and
sensitive, frustrating yet ultimately rewarding. Hopkins writes
from the heart, exploring human verities as well as human foibles.
His integrity and purpose shine through"
---Drama-Logue
Hopkins' writing for the stage has been:
"outrageous...refreshing...intriguing...important...worthwhile."
---The Daily Bruin
"infused with lyricimagery... billowing...lovely...fun" ---The
Hollywood Reporter
"gorged with ideas...admittedly wild...a literary volcano"
---Cleve Herman,
KFWB
The Mootney Company in the Community
1976 Founded . For The U.S. bicentennial: Aint This It?
a family is torn apart by the American
Revolution
surrogates (premier at Venice Methodist)
Our Mission Statement: "to shed light on the human condition"
1977 Emptiness (now called CIRCUS SHRINK)
taped by UCLA Theta Committee under Shirley Clarke
1979 The waning Labor Movement is given a "banquet play"
DINOSAUR (also published by The California.
Theatre Council)
surrogates David Hillbrand's U.C. Berkeley
Production
ICA, London reading :: surrogates
Dramatist's Guild Grant
1980 N o t J o b, Chandler Hall, Church in
Ocean Park
L.A. torn by quakes; to argue with God is better than no
relationship
1981 Charms by Wayne Lindberg, Church in
Ocean Park
1982, The Complex, Hollywood. Inspired by "Radical Faeries"
The Adventures of Robin Hood Narrated by Quentin Crisp
1983,"Robin" again at Church in Ocean
Park
1984 Geodome barnraising for the 300 block of Market Street and
surrogates
Residency, McDaniel College's co-production : C
O L O N Y ;
for the (800-seat) Venice Pavilion Revitalization:
the first lunar C O L O N Y remembers
the mother planet
Jazz/Rally against Corporations Paying No Taxes
For The Committee to Monitor Poppers (banning the disco drug)
1986, W H I T E B R E A D (three
theatres, 8 months)
Draamalogue Award, Best New Play
1987 LGBT March on Washington, Sylvan Theatre, Washington.Monument
Grounds:
The Adventures of Robin Hood Narrated by Quentin Crisp
1989 Networking and Opening Circle for the Tongva
Springs Community
University High School Campus
For Stoner Park Mural Refurbishment:
:The 60's // thesuffragette-teens, the 80's// the 20's; homage to
Jewish Progressives
Animal Husbandry 1917-1929
by permission of John Updike, for OPICA and MAHOOD senior
centers
taped for KPFK at The Ivar Theatre The Poorhouse Fair
Site-specific musical for the Uni/Tongva Springs (still
opposed by LAUSD)
The Tears of Saint Monica
The World Health Organization Smallpox-shot scandal
exposed in
all in the same boat !
Stoner Park; Uni. Community Adult School 1996-8
M E A T readings, Venice UMC, Dramatists' Guild,
NYC, Baltimore Thtr.Festival
Zionist genocide's and homophobia's Biblical roots
Premier run benefits affordable senior/homeless fam. housing,
Santa Monica UMC :
M E A T, 1998-
via A&BB Foundation grant, 2003
Residency, The Woodstock Guild produces: Three Made Only
of Clay
M A R K AND B A R B A R A F R O G
3 years in the making; First production, Masquer's
Cabaret, 2003
MRS. ROOSEVELT, Three Made Only of Clay
Readings around the country benefit the Green Party
campaigns, including in W.L.A.
MRS. ROOSEVELT (in Czech) Prague, 2004
In Spanish, Korean, English and Farsi simultaneously, gathering
after for songs
Westside Community Adult School, 2005
Red Carpet Award and State Senate Commendation 2005
For outstanding contribution to theatre in California
Commissioned playlet for Christmas Eve, 2005
"Okay, Mary, Seriously. Who's the father?"
Church in Ocean Park
and currently through stories and improvisation with Asians from
all over L.A.
S o u t h L a k e G a r d e n
(first readings in early September)
Mark and Barbara Frog
music and book by Glenn Hopkins
"Wonderful...Delightful...Elegant" --Backstage West
"A Sergeant Pepper-style musical for all ages."
--Venice
Magazine
"Fascinating...Exuberant...Great...Bravo!"
--NoHo/LA
"profound...hilarious...a zany anthropomorphic revue."
--Topanga
Messenger