Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition was the first play written by
Arthur L. Kopit. The play opened off-Broadway at the Phoenix Repertory Theatre in New York City in 1962 and moved to the Morosco Theatre for 47 performances on Broadway in 1963. The principal roles were originated on Broadway by
Hermione Gingold (Madame Rosepettle),
Sam Waterston (Jonathan, her awkward son), Alix Elias (Rosalie, seductive babysitter), and
Sandor Szabo (Commodore Roseabove). The director was
Jerome Robbins.