A Cup of Coffee is a play written by Preston Sturges in 1931 which Sturges adapted for his 1940 film Christmas in July. The play was first performed on March 25, 1988, by the Soho Repertory Theatre at the Greenwich House Theatre in New York City, and was produced as part of a retrospective of lost American plays. It was directed by Larry Carpenter and starred Michael Heintzman and Ellen Mareneck. Source: Wikipedia (en)