Sara Cooper

Sara Cooper is a playwright-lyricist and novelist whose work blends dark humor, psychological insight, and sharp cultural critique. She is the author of published novels Ravenous and Dead Center, both of which were finalist for the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards (2025 and 2026). Her theatre work has been produced Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally and has received awards and honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Theatre Wing, New York State Council on the Arts, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and ASCAP. Sara holds an MFA from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and currently teaches at Purchase College and NYU. Learn more at saracooper.me.