William Hauptman

William Hauptman was born in Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and the Yale School of Drama. His plays include Heat, Shearwater, Gillette, and Domino Courts, which won a 1977 Village Voice Obie Award. Big River, written in collaboration with composer Roger Miller, won seven 1985 Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical. His fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, the Atlantic Monthly, Southwest Review, and includes the novel Storm Season. He has also written several screenplays for the studios. Mr. Hauptman has taught at the Yale Drama School, the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, and lives in Brooklyn.

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Comanche Cafe

by William Hauptman

Comanche Cafe

William Hauptman
Comanche Cafe

by William Hauptman

Comanche Cafe

William Hauptman

"Haunting, terrifying, funny, beautiful." - Village Voice
Comanche Cafe
In the late 1930's outside the seedy "Comanche Cafe", two waitresses pass the time: the older, Mattie recalls a fling; Ronnie, a regretful virgin, plans a bright future... …

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Domino Courts

by William Hauptman

Domino Courts

William Hauptman
Full-Length Play, Drama
Domino Courts

by William Hauptman

Domino Courts

William Hauptman

Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 2m

"Haunting, terrifying, funny, beautiful." - Village Voice
Four years later, at a tourist cabin in the Oklahoma dust bowl, Floyd (now married to waitress Ronnie) and Roy, former bank robbers and self-proclaimed "Hot Grease Boys", meet up for an ill-fated reunion.

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Big River

Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, Comedy

Big River

Roger Miller , William Hauptman , Mark Twain

Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 6f, 6m

Twain's timeless classic sweeps audiences down the mighty Mississippi. Propelled by an award-winning score from Roger Miller, the king of country music, this jaunty journey provides a brilliantly theatrical celebration of pure Americana.

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Big River: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition

Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, Comedy

Big River: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition

Roger Miller , William Hauptman , Mark Twain

Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3f, 5m

Adapted for a smaller cast performing for today's young audiences, this version of Twain's timeless classic, propelled by Roger Miller's award-winning score, sweeps down the mighty Mississippi in a brilliantly theatrical celebration of friendship against all odds.
★★★★★ “Sings with a renewed voice, celebrating personal freedom for all.” – DC Theatre Scene

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