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Sara Cooper

Lecturer of Playwriting

Sara Cooper is a New York–based playwright and lyricist. 

Cooper received her BFA in dramatic writing and her MFA in musical theatre writing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.  Visit her website for more information.

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Recent highlights:

  • The ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award (2021)
  • Commercial musical adaptation of a major motion picture (TBA), lyricist (in development)
  • Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (2021), New York Theatre Barn New Works Series (2021)
  • 5X15, Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace (2021)
  • National Alliance for Musical Theatre 15-Minute Challenge winner (2020)
  • Barrington Stage Company Spark Grant (2020)
  • HoT, Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove, Goodspeed Musicals (2020)
  • New York Theatre Barn New Works Series (2020), concert, Dixon Place (2019)
  • Windows and Breakfast, Lowbrow Opera Collective (2021, 2020)
  • Polyanna, Grand Jury Prize, Barnstorm Media (2020)
  • The Memory Show, Benefit Reading, Alzheimer’s Association
  • The Mercury Theater Chicago (2019)
  • New Bard, London (2016)
  • NEA grant (2013)
  • Transport Group, The Duke on 42nd Street (2013)
  • Water Gate Media, Seoul (2012-2013)
  • Barrington Stage Company (2010), NAMT (2010)
  • Elevator Heart, Moxie Arts (2019)
  • USF (2018)
  • Tisch New Musicals (2016)
  • Fault Lines, The Kennedy Center (2018)