Cynthia L. Cooper

Honor Roll! Playwright Members! We're having a General Meeting is on Saturday, December 6, from 12:30-2pm. In-person, in New York, midtown Manhattan!. Please RSVP to HonorRollmembers@gmail.com. And bring your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. See you there!

We're launching our fall concert, Radiant Voices, on a YouTube Premiere, Saturday, December 13 at 7:00 pm EST! Don't miss it! Free with Reservation! Order now! tinyurl.com/4n3xt2mf

Beautiful writings at DEMOCRACY WRITES! A Fall of Freedom event. Thanks to all who joined! Guided writing, open mic, readings, interactive art to support freedom, democracy, diversity, repro rights! #falloffreedom reprofreedomarts.org/fall-of-free... photo @peggyryandesign

Share Your Words! DEMOCRACY WRITES! Nov 22, 1-3 pm, NYC. Writing, open mic. Readings by actors Abigail Ramsay (l), Shawn Fischer. Interactive art by Yuko Kudo, Cybernetics library by Chaski. Part of #FallofFreedom, Artists Speaking Out. Prime Produce, 424 W. 54 St. Free, RSVP
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Three videos from Nigeria, India and Poland, show abortion issues around the world. Read more on our blog, Words of Choice, Up the Creativity. See profile for link. Three Videos Show Abortion Challenges in Nigeria, India, Poland
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at our fall concert, Radiant Voices, on Sat night! Filled to capacity! Thks to our beautiful singers; conductor Cynthia Powell; pianist and organist Janet Sora Chung; exec dir Jennifer Clarke; board members and volunteers. And special thanks to our audience! Joy!

Coming up this weekend! Don't miss this gorgeous music! Melodia Women's Choir in 'Radiant Voices,' songs to reflect, Nov 15. 7:30 pm, Holy Apostles, 296 Ninth Ave, Chelsea. Cynthia Powell, conducting! Get tix before they sell out! tinyurl.com/3j6zd9ej

JUST IN: The Justice Department formally appeals U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction, which restricts the use of force against protesters and journalists.

What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?

HONOR ROLL! | Join the Movement Now Join Honor Roll! Celebrating women+ playwrights over 40, promoting diversity, and eliminating age discrimination in American theater. Engage, get inspired, and make a difference.

Yay! Honor Roll has a new website! Give it a twirl! www.honorrollplaywrights.org

Sunday Prompt:

Lluís Masriera Rosés - Reflected Shadows, 1920.

someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES

THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES

JOIN US! Write, Share, Listen. A free, prompt-based writing workshop and an open mic in celebration of freedom & democracy with #FallofFreedom national outpouring. Theatrical readings, displays of banned books, an interactive visual display and zines.
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War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump’s Boat Strikes, Administration Says

An administration admitted that the drug smugglers pose no threat to US troops. The drone killings don't count as hostilities because the victims are completely defenseless, the WH says. If the rule of law is ever restored, they'll regret admitting that.

Join us for Radiant Voices, November 15, 7:30 pm, Chelsea, NYC! Beautiful music offering solace and reflection ranging from Schubert and Mozart to Ola Gjeilo and Roxanna Panufnik. Conducted by Artistic Director Cynthia Powell! Buy your tix now!
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Jeanine Pirro Covers Up Donald Trump's Doxing Conspiracy - emptywheel Among the things Trump's DOJ excised from the sentencing memo of Tayler Taranto yesterday is Trump's own role, by doxing Barack Obama, in getting Taranto to stalk Obama's neighborhood.

Donald Trump's DOJ has recently started treating doxing as a crime, charging at least 4 people in SoCal with it.

Which makes it all the more corrupt that Juicebox Janine memory holed Trump's own doxing that led to dangerous stalking of Barack Obama.

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Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.

#ReproductiveAutonomy #HumanRights

Reproductive Justice & Theater with Cindy Cooper Discussing the necessity of storytelling, hope, and artistic investigations with writer & founder Cindy Cooper

Thanks Earth Body for the podcast. Tues Oct 14, Virtual Repro Eco. A few spaces left! our.show/kr926c7dlq Reproductive Justice & Theater with Cindy Cooper open.substack.com/pub/helloear...

Virtual! ReproEco: Six Short Plays about reproductive health and environmental justice. Meet the playwrights! Diane Breeser, Cindy Cooper, Alinca Hamilton, Mildred Inez Lewis, Cassandra Medley and Laura Shamas. Transformation Theatre, October 14 at 7 pm ET, www.onthestage.tickets/show/transfo...

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Virtual ReproEco -- so lucky to have the directors Carly Bodnar & Shanea N. Taylor bringing Repro Eco's 6 plays on reproductive freedom & environmental justice directly to your screen. Online! Oct 14 at 7 pm ET, 4 pm Pacific. Reserve in advance! www.onthestage.tickets/show/transfo...

ReproEco Virtual Theater: Writing About Toxins, Then Real Life Writing About Something and Then It Happens  by Laura Shamas  I'll never forget speaking with artistic activist Cindy Cooper about her initi...

My new blog post for Words of Choice about “ReproEco,” and some thoughts on the Palisades Fire (plus a photo from our evacuation). wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2025/10/repr...

Your wish is granted
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Transformation Theatre, Inc. Presents: ReproEco; a virtual reading - Events Tickets are available now! Dates: Tue. October 14th 2025, 7:00 pm

In the face of adversity in the U.S., we’re still creating politically powerful theatre. Our 6 short shows about reproduction, justice, and ecology will be broadcast on October 14, 7 pm by Transformation Theatre. Tix on sale now for “ReproEco”! Watch from home! www.onthestage.tickets/show/transfo...

Klobuchar, Warren, Colleagues Call for Halt of Argentina Bailout That Will Harm American Farmers | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Here's the letter.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".