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American dramatist

William Hauptman (born 1942) is an American writer. Born in Texas, he received a BFA from the University of Texas Drama Department and later traveled to San Francisco and New York.

A graduate who received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama,^[1] he is the author of plays and fiction.

Career

His various plays include: Shearwater (American Place Theater) (1974) Heat (The Public Theater)^[2] (1974) And Domino Courts and Comanche Cafe (1976) at the American Place Theatre which won a Village Voice Obie Award (1977).^[3]

Big River (1985), his adaptation of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, written in collaboration with composer Roger Miller,^[4] won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical when it opened on Broadway.

It has proven very popular in stock and amateur theatrical productions.^[5] Hauptman joined the project after being approached by former Yale class