Sara Cooper

Sara Cooper is a New York-based playwright and lyricist.[1]

Cooper graduated from both the Dramatic Writing Department and Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She is also a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Awards and Productions

Cooper is the winner of the following awards:

2016 - Queens Council on the Arts New Works Grant for musical "Elevator Heart"[2]

2015 - New York State Council on the Arts Individual Theatre Artist Commission[3]

2014 - Jonathan Larson Grant (American Theatre Wing)[4]

2014 - New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award (Playwriting)[5]

2014 - Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Recipient

2013 - National Endowment for the Arts grant for musical "The Memory Show" with Transport Group[6]

2012 - Weston Playhouse New Musical Award

2012 - Queens Council on the Arts grant

2011 - Van Lier Fellowship

2011 - American Opera Projects Fellowship[7]

Productions and Concerts
Title Contribution Type Producing Company Year
The Memory Show Book and Lyrics Musical (composer Zach Redler) New Bard Productions (London); Transport Group; Water Gate Media (Seoul); Barrington Stage Company; National Alliance for Musical Theatre 2016; 2013; 2012; 2010; 2010
Elevator Heart Book and Lyrics Musical (composers Amy Burgess, Julia Meinwald, Julianne Wick Davis) Dixon Place (concert) 2015
Things I Left On Long Island Play Play New York International Fringe Festival 2014
Loving Leo Book and Lyrics Musical (composer Zach Redler) Weston Playhouse 2013
Windows Libretto Opera (composer Zach Redler) American Opera Projects 2013
MITOS Book and Lyrics Musical Theatre (composer and translator Jaime Lozano) Colegio Civil Centro Cultural Universitario (Mexico) 2012
The Tenth Floor Book Musical (composer/lyricist J. Sebastian Fabal) New York Musical Theatre Festival, Next Link 2010
Emergency Contraception Book and Lyrics Musical (composer Chris Shimojima) Theater for the New City 2007
We Love You, Johnny Hero Book and Lyrics Musical (composer Chris Shimojima) New York International Fringe Festival 2006

References

  1. ↑ http://saracooper.weebly.com/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Queens Arts Fund 2016 Awardees". Queens Council on the Arts. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ↑ http://nysca.org/grant_app/org_search.cfm?search_type=op&org_id=9493&projfy=2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://americantheatrewing.org/program/jonathan-larson-grants/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://newyorktheater.me/2014/08/25/2014-fringe-excellence-award-winners/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.transportgroup.org/memory-show. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "American Opera Projects".
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