Sara Cooper

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

For other uses, see Sarah Cooper (disambiguation).

Biography

Cooper graduated from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she is also currently part-time faculty. She is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Her major works as a playwright-lyricist include The Memory Show[2] (book and lyrics by Sara Cooper, music by Zach Redler), which was produced Off-Broadway by Transport Group at The Duke on 42nd Street with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and subsequently ran in London (New Bard Productions) and Seoul (Water Gate Media); Elevator Heart[3] (music by Amy Burgess and Julia Meinwald), which was produced by THML Theatre Company in association with Access Theater, as well as at the University of San Francisco and workshopped at New York University; and the play Things I Left On Long Island, which premiered in the New York International Fringe Festival. Cooper's work as a librettist includes Breakfast and Windows (music by Zach Redler), produced by Lowbrow Opera Collective[4] and Fault Lines (music by Gita Razaz), which was commissioned by Washington National Opera as part of the American Opera Initiative and which premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[5]

Cooper is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Grant[6] from the American Theatre Wing, a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Theatre Artist Commission, and a Barrington Stage Company Spark Grant. She was an inaugural member of the 92Y Musical Theatre Lab Collective and was the first librettist to complete the Composers & The Voice Fellowship at American Opera Projects.

In addition to her work as a writer, Cooper is also currently part-time faculty at New York University and Purchase College. She has also taught at Montclair State University, Guttman Community College, City College, and Lincoln Center.

References
  1. "Playwright-Lyricist". Sara Cooper. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. "The Memory Show". Transport Group. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. "THML Theatre Company Presents ELEVATOR HEART at Access Theater". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. "Lowbrow Opera Collective 2020-21 Season". Lowbrow Opera Collective. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Sara Cooper Artist Biography". The Kennedy Center.
  6. "Sara Cooper, Zach Redler, and Shaina Taub Presented with 2014 Jonathan Larson Grants". Playbill. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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