Arthur Kopit

Arthur Kopit
Arthur Kopit (1937-2021), throughout a career spanning seven decades, authored an extraordinary string of admired, acclaimed and award-winning stage works, beginning with Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate at Harvard. His other works include Indians (Tony Award Nominee, Finalist for Pulitzer Prize); Wings (Tony Nominee, Finalist for Pulitzer Prize); End of the World, with Symposium to Follow; a new translation of Ibsen's Ghosts; the book for the musicals Nine and Phantom (both with scores by Maury Yeston); the book for the musical High Society; Road to Nirvana; Because He Can (originally entitled Y2K); A Dram of Drummhicit (written with Anton Dudley); and numerous one-act plays.
His most recent projects include Discovery of America, a play based on the journals of the Spanish conquistador, Cabeza de Vaca; and two new plays, Secrets of the Rich and The Incurables. Mr. Kopit was a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Lark Play Development Center, where he headed the Lark Playwrights’ Workshop, influencing and mentoring countless young playwrights. He was, right up to his death, a tireless advocate for playwrights, theater makers, theater companies, and especially The Lark.
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Wings (Kopit)
Arthur Kopit
Full-Length Play, DramaWings (Kopit)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 4m
"The most distinguished work of this season." - The New York Times
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The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis
Arthur Kopit
Short Play, ComedyThe Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis
Short Play, Comedy / 6m
Despite the title, it has intense meaning for these times. The scene is a room in a wealthy country club, to which the men's committee is hastily summoned early one morning after a carousing dance. Problem: what to do about the 16 luscious but low life females who drove up in a Rolls Royces and then…
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Indians
Arthur Kopit
Full-Length Play, DramaIndians
Full-Length Play, Drama / 22m
"One of the most theatrical evenings of contemporary American drama… moves daringly and adventurously through the mists and myths of the past, to bring us face to face with History." - Philadelphia Bulletin
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Wings (Kopit)
Arthur Kopit
Full-Length Play, DramaWings (Kopit)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 4m
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The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis
Arthur Kopit
Short Play, ComedyThe Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis
Short Play, Comedy / 6m
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Indians
Arthur Kopit
Full-Length Play, DramaIndians
Full-Length Play, Drama / 22m
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin'...
Arthur Kopit
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyOh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' S...
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 2w, 4m