Sara Cooper is a New York-based Novelist and Playwright-Lyricist.
I could not be more excited to announce the upcoming publication of my novel RAVENOUS by Roseway, the literary writing imprint of Fernwood Publishing! “For over thirty years, Fernwood has published for scholarly, academic, literary, and general readers. Our books analyze exploitation and oppression while amplifying struggles seeking to transform a harmful status quo. We publish critical books for critical thinkers, meaning we are seeking new possibilities for collective thriving, relating, and understanding.” I’m so honored and so thrilled to fit into their fantastic mission. Look for RAVENOUS in bookstores in a little over a year!
Major awards include: Richard Rodgers Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters; ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award; American Opera Initiative, Washington National Opera; Jonathan Larson Grant, American Theatre Wing.
RAVENOUS was a Finalist for the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.
Recent theatre writing highlights: Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls, development with Paper Mill Playhouse (2025), University of Michigan (2024), Village Theatre (2023), National Alliance for Musical Theatre (2022), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (2021); SINGULARITY, Purchase College grant (2024), Honorable Mention, Relentless Award (2024); HoT, development with Goodspeed (2022), Johnny Mercer Foundation (2020), New York Theatre Barn New (2020); The Memory Show, productions at LAMB Theatre (2022), New Bard, London (2016), Transport Group, The Duke on 42nd Street (2013), WaterGateMedia, Seoul (2012-2013), and Barrington Stage Company (2010), development with NAMT (2010); Windows and Breakfast, production, Lowbrow Opera Collective (2021, 2020); Elevator Heart, production, Moxie Arts (2019), development at USF (2018); Fault Lines, Kennedy Center, American Opera Initiative (2018); Things I Left On Long Island, FringeNYC (2014), Overall Excellence Award: Playwriting (2014), TimeOut NY Critics’ Pick (2014). MFA Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, NYU. Dramatists Guild, ASCAP. http://saracooper.me