Arthur Kopit A number of Kopit's works were adapted for the screen, including 'Indians,' which became a film by Robert Altman. Arthur Kopit, an award-winning playwright known for Indians and Without specifying a cause, his death was announced by spokesperson Rick Miramontez on Saturday. Born in 1937, Kopit was educated at Harvard University. Among his early plays was Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, which Jerome Robbins directed on Broadway while Kopit was still an undergraduate student. Kopit went on to receive Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize finalist nod for his 1968 play