ARTHUR KOPIT   (1937 - )


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Plays by Arthur Kopit

ARTHUR KOPIT
Across The River And Into The Jungle
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1958
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Asylum; Or, What The Gentlemen Are Up To, And As For The Ladies
1st Produced:
Theatre de Lys, NYC
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Day the Whores Came Out To Play Tennis and Other Plays", Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
8
Parts Other:
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Notes: aka Chamber Music
Synopsis: Asylum cacophony as each insane woman imagines herself to be a celebrity.
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Aubade
1st Produced:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1958
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Because He Can
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
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1st Published:
Published
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Genre:
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Mystery
Parts:
Male
4
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A writing professor and his wife are interrogated by the FBI, while one of his ex-students, a young computer hacker with a chip on his shoulder lurks suspiciously around every corner. It doesn't help that the couple have skeletons in their closets that they would rather not have revealed.
nytheare.com
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Bone-The-Fish
1st Produced:
Louisville, Kentucky
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc.; by Heinemann in A Decade of New Comedy: Plays From the Humana Festival; and by TCG in American Theatre Magazine
1991
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Genre:
Black Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: aka Road To Nirvana
Synopsis: When a film producer offers his best ex-friend, Jerry, the chance to co-produce a hot new movie, the deal turns out to be not only raw but raunchy. But Jerry endures the onslaught of hilarious humiliations to get his one shot at fame and fortune. In a land where the deal justifies the means, there's apparently no part of Jerry's body or soul which is not negotiable
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Chad Curtiss, Lost Again
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
Humana Festival 2001: The Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus
2001
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Genre:
3 Ten-Minute Plays in Serial Form
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Born with an unerringly bad sense of direction, but beloved of the gods (at least, so far), our hero, Chad Curtiss, sets out to discover Truth, and, if he's lucky, Beauty. Never one to take the easy path, however, Chad's wrong turns lead him again and again into perils worthy of Pauline, to whom Chad is distantly related. This commissioned cliffhanger was created by Arthur Kopit during a recent, ill-conceived trip to Bolivia. Chad's continuing saga, written as a series of ten-minute plays, unfolds in several death-defying performances. Will the daring but reckless Chad Curtiss appear in all the episodes, or will he be lost again?
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Chamber Music
1st Produced:
Society Hill Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA
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Company:
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1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
8
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: a motely band of women dressed in extraordinary clothes discuss how to attack the patients in the male ward of a mental hospital.
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Conquest Of Everest, The
1st Produced:
New York Theatre Ensemble, NYC
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Mademoiselle", New York
1964
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Day The Whores Came Out To Play Tennis, The
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Day the Whores Came Out To Play Tennis and Other Plays", Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
6
Female
-
Parts Other:
female voices
Notes: -
Synopsis: An invasion of farting whores outrage the tennis club members who bicker while "watching what we built collapse about us".
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Don Juan In Texas
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: written with Wally Lawrence
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Elegy for the House That Ruth Built, and the Game That He Knew
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in Baseball Monologues, Heineman Educational (ed Lavonne Mueller)
1997
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Genre:
monologue
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ARTHUR KOPIT
End Of The World With Symposium To Follow
1st Produced:
Music Box Theatre, New York
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1984
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Genre:
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Thriller
Parts:
Male
13
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: aka The Assignment
Synopsis: The end of the human world is threatened by nuclear war, how will a donation help?
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Gemini
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Ghosts
1st Produced:
New York
1982
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1984
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen
Synopsis: deals with the futile struggle to escape outdated ideals. A mother tries to shield her son from the moral and sexual lapses of his late father.
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Good Help Is Hard To Find
1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC
1981
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1982
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: the servant helping out an elderly couple turns out o be an "Angel of Death"
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Hero, The
1st Produced:
New York Theatre Ensemble, NYC
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Day the Whores Came Out To Play Tennis and Other Plays", Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
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Pantomime
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: elegantly tangential treatment of the 1984 Miner's Strike plays & Players
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ARTHUR KOPIT
High Society
1st Produced:
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
large cast
Notes: Music and lyricsby Cole Porter, with book by Arthur Kopit, additional lyrics Susan Birkenhead
Synopsis: stage version of the 1956 Cole Porter film-musical
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Incident In The Park, An
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Geis, New York
1968
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: in Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow?
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Indians
1st Produced:
London
1968
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1969
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Genre:
Tragic Comedy
Tragedy
Parts:
Male
35
Female
6
Parts Other:
extras
Notes: -
Synopsis: . . .a cross between Joycean stream of consciousness and Strindberg's dream plays, sweetened with a dose of William Saroyan's philosophical whimsy.. NY times
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Louisiana Territory; Or, Lewis And Clark - Lost And Found
1st Produced:
Middletown, Connecticut
1975
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Mhil'daim
1st Produced:
New York
1963
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Myth America
1st Produced:
TBG Theatre, NY
2007
Company:
Personal Space Theatrics
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: written by Arthur Kopit, Theresa Rebeck, Israel Horovitz, Rachel Axler, Ian Cohen, Brian Dykstra, Jason Grote, Julien Schwab, Matthew Paul Olmos, Saviana Stanescu, and Lloyd Suh.
Synopsis: -
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Nine
1st Produced:
Waterford, Connecticut
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1983
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: written with Fratti
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1960
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Genre:
Absurd Farce
Absurd
Parts:
Male
9
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Subtitled "A Pseudo classical Tragi farce in a Bastard French Tradition", both title and subtitle are correct.
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ARTHUR KOPIT
On The Runway Of Life, You Never Know What's Coming Off Next
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Phantom
1st Produced:
Houston
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Questioning Of Nick, The
1st Produced:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Day the Whores Came Out To Play Tennis and Other Plays", Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: American corruption as police question young basketball player about throwing a game.
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Road to Nirvana
1st Produced:
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, NY - March. (A Decade Of New Comedy: Plays From The Humana Festival, Volume One, Edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon and Michele Volansky, Heinemann, 1996)
1991
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: exposes Hollywood's vice-saturated, ego-driven underbelly, with a failed movie producer who wants to get out of dope dealing and back into movies.
John Nathan, Jewish Chronicle
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Secrets Of The Rich
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1978
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Sing To Me Through Open Windows
1st Produced:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Day the Whores Came Out To Play Tennis and Other Plays", Hill and Wang, New York
1965
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: a boy unpacks memories from five years previously
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Success
1st Produced:
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Company:
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
To Dwell In A Place Of Strangers (Act 1)
1st Produced:
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-
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Harvard Advocate", Cambridge, Massachusetts, May
1958
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
What's Happened To The Thorne's House
1st Produced:
Peru, Vermont
1972
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis:
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ARTHUR KOPIT
Wings
1st Produced:
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT
1978
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York
1978
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male