About Will Cooper
Will Cooper is a playwright based in San Diego. He’s a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and a former Network Playwright at the nationally renowned Playwrights Development Center Chicago Dramatists. His first play Book of Leaves was a finalist at the prestigious Ashland News Plays Festival. His play Jade Heart premiered in Chicago where it garnered enthusiastic critical and audience acclaim. Jade Heart had its highly successful west coast premiere at Moxie Theatre in San Diego. His other plays include Book of Leaves, Shadows of Athens, Jade Heart, Movement Man, Margin of Error, and gUnTOPIA. Margin of Error kicked off the inaugural season of San Diego’s The Roustabouts Theatre Co.It was nominated by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for its Craig Noel “Outstanding New Play” award. Will’s newest play, a dark comedy called gUnTOPIA, opened, and closed in one night due to the pandemic, in March 2020 at The Roustabouts. Among his works-in-progress is Bark, an adaptation of a real-life story from the autobiographical works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince. Will is a founding partner of the award-winning The Roustabouts Theatre Co.
