Hope Thompson

Hope Thompson is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.

Hope Thompson
Occupation	Playwright and screenwriter
Partner	Simone Jones
Website
www.hopethompson.net

Education

Thompson graduated from Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.^[1]

Career

Thompson's first play, Green, premiered in 2004 at Buddies in Bad Times' Rhubarb! Festival.^[2] 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.^[3]

Works

Plays

• Green (2004)^[2]
• Hospital Green
• Tyrolia (2008)^[4][5]
• She Walks the Line
• Stiff
• Trapped! (2014)^[3]
• The Love Crimes of Frances Lark (2015)^[6]
• Dead Money

Filmography

Film

Year	Work	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Crossing the Line	writer	short film
1997	It Happened in the Stacks	writer	short film	[2]
1999	Switch	writer, director	short film
2010	Trailing Arbutus	writer	short film

Television

Year	Work	Role	Ref.
2018-19	Baroness von Sketch Show	story editor

Personal life

Thompson studied at Mount Allison University (BFA) and at the University of British Columbia (MFA).