Access dramaturg, independent access worker, improvisational movement artist
Alison Kopit is a queer and disabled cultural worker, access dramaturg, and movement artist based between Chicago and New York City.
Her current access dramaturgy collaborations include Dan Fishback’s Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell & Living in His Apartment (Winter, Joe’s Pub) and Ryan J. Haddad’s Hold Me in the Water (Spring, Playwrights Horizons). She co-leads the Pay Rate for Access Workers Now (PRAWN) project with Madison Zalopany.
She developed her access dramaturgy practice with Ryan J. Haddad’s Dark Disabled Stories (Spring 2023, produced by the Bushwick Starr, presented by The Public Theater) and Maggie Bridger’s Radiate (Winter 2023, Chicago Dancemakers Forum & Links Hall).
She won the Michael Feingold award for Dramaturgy in the 2023 Obie Awards and will be an Action Movement Play resident at Movement Research (with support from the Mellon Foundation) in November 2024. She holds a PhD in Disability Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.alisonkopit.com
