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Meryl Cohn

MERYL COHN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Meryl Cohn studied playwriting at Smith College and received an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts in 1987. awards include the Denis Johnston Playwriting award and Curve Magazine's 2005 Lesbian Playwriting award. Recent full-length plays have included Provincetown Theatre Company productions of and Sophie Comes too, ask andrea anything, almost Home, and Funny, Sexy, Smart. Short plays include Slippery, produced as part of ManhattanTheatreSource's HOMOgenius Festival; awake, included in ManhattanTheatreSource's estrogenius Festival in October 2005. and Sophie Comes Too was named a semi-finalist for the 2006 O'Neill Playwrights Conference. Meryl is the author of the best-selling book, DO WHaT I SaY: MS. BeHaVIOR's GUIDe TO GaY aND LeSBIaN eTIQUeTTe (Houghton Mifflin, 1995). She offers irreverent advice on love, sex, and relationships in her nationally syndicated "Ms. Behavior" column, which has been published in newspapers since 1992. Meryl's articles and Theatre reviews have been published in the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Bay Windows, and numerous other publications. She teaches writing at Castle Hill Center for the Arts and in various adult education venues, and has done numerous lectures and workshops at colleges. Her television appearances have included Oprah, Ricki Lake, and the Lauren Hutton Show.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Almost Home         And Sophie Comes Too         Ask Andrea Anything         Funny, Sexy, Smart         Naked With Fruit         Reasons To Live         Siegels Of Montauk         Slippery

Almost Home

Synopsis:
Wendy, Phoebe's partner has run off with a much young woman. Phoebe is left with Wendy's teenage daughter who is very resentful that her mother has deserted her

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Genre:
Lesbian, full length

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And Sophie Comes Too

Synopsis:
Will Sophie abramowitz wake from her coma? Her daughters hope not. Barbara fears a medical miracle; Perfect Rose is falling apart, and Sandra wants a penis. and Sophie Comes Too is a comedy about becoming fully conscious as one's self.

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1st Produced:
The Cherry Pit, New York International Fringe Festival    2009

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TOSOS

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1h 40m Comedy Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Ask Andrea Anything

Synopsis:
Andrea's car breaks down in a snow storm. As she is near to Becca and Danielle's home she telephones them and asks to be put up. Becca is happy to but Danielle is not keen

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Theater    08 Oct 2004

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Genre:
Lesbian, full length

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Funny, Sexy, Smart

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Play/Drama

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Naked With Fruit

Synopsis:
Isabel and Marilyn are mourning the third (secret) woman in their love triangle. Marilyn throws herself into her work. Isabel brings home numerous dates

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1st Produced:
Pride Center At Equality Park, Wilton Manors, Fl    19 Mar 2011

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Womens Theatre Project

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Lesbian, full length

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Reasons To Live

Synopsis:
Emily and Heather have had their first date. Emily goes home to her family for her sister's wedding. She tells them that she and Heather are life partners

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1st Produced:
Skylight Theatre, Los Angeles    25 Oct 2014

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Genre:
Lesbian, full length

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Siegels Of Montauk

Synopsis:
After the death of their father three sisters return to the family beach house. They uncover a dark secret.

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Provincetown Theater    11 Oct 2008

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Drama

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Slippery

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Manhattantheatresource's Homogenius Festival    -

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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