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Paul Cohen

PAUL COHEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Paul Cohen's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Accommodation, The         Atlantic City Rendezvous         Cherubina         Confidence Man, The         Heist         Library Play, The         Like Water For Chocolate         Mourn the Living Hector         Pheasant, The         Real American Woman In Space, A         Tenant, The

Accommodation, The

Synopsis:
a Fringe New York basement theatre is putting on a play set in of Golda Meir's vagina. Meanwhile three crooks have broken into the jewellery shop next door and are tunnelling their way out

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
end Times Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Atlantic City Rendezvous

Synopsis:
1962. esther Rosenweg goes to the cafe to meet her friend Irene - they meet each week. This time however Irene has set up a blind date and she is met by Philip. esther has a hazy memory that they have met before. then she remembers - it was Philip the American GI who kept her alive when her concentration camp was liberated. the man she vowed to find

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Cherubina

Synopsis:
"Set in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1913, Cherubina is based on the true story of elisa Ivanovna, a frustrated poet and crippled school teacher. elisa and her friend create Cherubina De Gabriak, elisa's young, beautiful, and fictional nom-de-plume, to see if Nikolai, who publishes the literary paper, will be more likely to print poems by this mysterious, voluptuous writer. He does, and falls in love with the idea of Cherubina through her poems and the letters they exchange
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sanford Meisner Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Performance Lab 115

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Confidence Man, The

Synopsis:
Woodshed Collective presents the world premiere of the Confidence Man, written by Paul Cohen and inspired by Herman Melville's 1857 novel about a riverboat con man. Performances are on the ship Lilac, a decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard vessel docked on the north side of Pier 40. This description is from the press release: "Woodshed Collective's production of the Confidence Man will be composed of a series of interwoven and simultaneously performed vignettes throughout the ship, and will evoke the whirlwind of both a riverboat journey and the everyday urban chaos of New York City. the audience will have the freedom to explore different elements of the play by choosing what to see and which character's story to follow just as one selects which newspaper stories to read, which YouTube videos to screen, or which online links to click. By allowing audience members to immerse themselves in the experience, the production seeks to blur the line between performer and patron, reclaim confidence in the power of live theater, and leave the lingering impression that the audience members themselves may not be immune to the confidence man's charms or cons.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
the Ship Lilac, Pier 40, at the intersection of West and Houston streets on the Hudson River, NY    40072

Organisations:
Woodshed Collective

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
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Heist

Synopsis:
Heist concerns the logistical problems experienced by a pack of thieves on the night they intend to rob a jewelry store that is inconveniently located behind a small theatre that is opening a one-woman show. Because the show is about the exquisite results of politically-correct clitoral explosions, the diamond burglars need to time their dynamite blasts with the star's orgasms.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    2008

Organisations:
elfqueen Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Library Play, The

Synopsis:
the local library. assistant Sandy has a blossoming romance with philosopher Milt. Teenager Pete breaks in trying to get away from a loan shark and find money. Marjorie the head librarian does not appreciate Sandy's effort and prefers another library assistant - estella

Notes:
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1st Produced:
John Houseman Theater Center, New York    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Like Water For Chocolate

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music And lyrics by Paul Cohen And Lila Downs. A musical Adaption of the best-selling Laura esquivel novel by In the Heights Author Quiara Alegria Hudes

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mourn the Living Hector

Synopsis:
FringeNYC award winners PL115 (2005 Overall excellence) return to investigate wartime violence on the home-front, interweaving the Trojan hero's last day with the home-leave of an American Marine; a comedic tragedy about ambient violence, failed connections, and unexpected happy-endings. www.pl115.org 1h 10m, Manhattan, NYC Drama, Comedy
- http://www.fringenyc.org/

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Performance Lab 115

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
1h 10m, Drama, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pheasant, The

Synopsis:
after surviving a brutal animal attack, a young man seeks solace in the arms of an older woman.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of the White Box theatre Festival

1st Produced:
the Secret Theatre, NY    2009

Organisations:
the Queens Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Real American Woman In Space, A

Synopsis:
Sally Ride faces all sorts of problems getting into the Space Programme

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "In A Vacuum" published by the One Act Play Depot   978-1926849010

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tenant, The

Synopsis:
Set in Paris and inspired by the novElla that was famously adapted into a film by Roman Polanski, the Tenant is a thrilling, haunting and grotesquely hilarious investigation into the relationship between who we are and where we live. When Monsieur Trelkovsky rents a room recently vacated by a woman who fell from her window, he soon finds his world changing in bizarre ways. Haunted by images of the previous tenant's apparent suicide and terrorized by his new neighbors, Trelkovsky begins a slow descent into paranoia and delirium. Staged and installed by Woodshed Collective over five building stories in the historic West Park Presbyterian Church parish house, the Tenant features an original script by a team of New York's brightest up-and-coming playwrights - Bekah Brunstetter, Sarah Burgess, Paul Cohen, Dylan Dawson, Steven Levenson, and Tommy Smith. each playwright has written the story of a separate denizen of this Parisian tenement, and collaborated with Woodshed Collective to create a living building.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Bekah Brunstetter, Sarah Burgess, Paul Cohen, Dylan Dawson, Steven Levenson, And Tommy Smith

1st Produced:
West-Park Presbyterian Church, 86th Street and amsterdam avenue, NY    24 Aug 2011

Organisations:
Woodshed Collective

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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