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Ian Cohen

IAN COHEN

  (1952 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Elaine Devlin Literary, Inc.  

BeRTRaND PRIeST, first prize winner of the 2006 Kaufman & Hart award for New American Comedies. the world premiere of LeNNY & LOU was September 2004 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. and was nominated for the Charles Macarthur award for Best Play and Best Resident Play as part of the Helen Hayes awards. the play was also nominated for the American Theatre Critic's association's annual aTCa/Steinberg New Play award. New York premiere, February 2006 at 29th St. Rep. VaTTaGO was a finalist at PlayLabs, the Playwrights Center in 2005 and is now in development at the Lark Play Development Center. GOD's CReaTUReS was a semi-finalist in the Stageplays' International Playwrights Competition. GOING, a one-act, was a semi-finalist in the Chutzpah Festival and will be published by Playscripts, Inc. in 2006. FaNTaSY was presented august 2000 by the Workshop and is now a film, co-directed by the author for Blatantly Subtle Productions. Ian is an artistic associate at the Lark Play Development Center.

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below is a list of Ian Cohen's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bertrand Priest         Chemistry Club, The         Desert, The         Fuckin' Work         God's Creatures         Going         He Who Laughs         Jefferson Street         Lenny & Lou         Luna Park         Vattago

Bertrand Priest

Synopsis:
a sexy, python-loving artist, the young writer she's chosen to mentor, an out-of-work actor and a tough, no nonsense businessman collide in this comedy that asks: Does art matter in a world where commerce is king?

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First Prize Winner, 2006 Kaufman & Hart Award for New American Comedies

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Dark Comedy Comedy

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Chemistry Club, The

Synopsis:
New York City, circa 1983. Sex, drugs, disillusionment and denial confront the members of the over-30 rock band, the Chemistry Club

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Staged reading, the Workshop    1996

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Desert, The

Synopsis:
a young man's search for God and God's for Man lead them to the Desert

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Spring Reading Series, American Renaissance Theatre, New York City    1999

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Fuckin' Work

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part of a festival of one-act plays about Brooklyn
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the Jam for Bread Cafe, NY    2006

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Play One act

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God's Creatures

Synopsis:
Class differences, race, sexual preference and spiritualism collide as a handsome doctor, a hot Latina, a womanizing mailroom attendant, a born-again Christian and others confront their desires and fears.

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Staged Reading, Lark Play Development Center, New York City    1998

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Going

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When Alex learns his mother's health is slipping, he takes his wife and two young sons on a harried subway ride from their Manhattan apartment to Brooklyn. Upon their arrival, they find alex's fragile sister on the brink of a breakdown herself: she informs him that their mother hasn't eaten in days and insists on staying in bed. the worried family scrambles to help her, even calling an ambulance that she refuses to ride in, until an eMS supervisor puts his finger on the real problem and gets the matriarch of the family up on her feet and back into her life in this honest and humorous look at the way families work.

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42nd Street Workshop One act Festival (New York, NY, United States)    1999

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Genre:
45-55 min Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  4 males, 3 females, 1 either (8 actors possible: 4-5 males, 3-4 females)

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He Who Laughs

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Play/Drama

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Jefferson Street

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part of Myth America

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TBG Theatre, NY    2007

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Personal Space theatrics

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Lenny & Lou

Synopsis:
Lenny is a middle-aged wannabe rock star with zero talent. Lou, his younger brother, is a lonely accountant who hasn't had a date in fifteen years. and their wildly inappropriate mom, Fran, is permanently stuck in a senior moment. When the responsible Lou snaps during an early morning banana delivery, he unleashes a torrent of murder, sex, and cross-dressing.

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Workshop At the Lark Play Development Center, February 2001

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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C    2004

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Comedy

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Luna Park

Synopsis:
amidst brutality and abuse, an idealistic young man comes of age as his family breaks apart

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Staged reading presented by the Workshop, New York City    1995

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Vattago

Synopsis:
the demon, Vattago, infiltrates the home and workplace of Matt Ross, resulting in chaos and death.

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Spring Reading Series, American Renaissance Theatre, New York City    2003

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