Alice Eve Cohen
Latest News on Alice Eve Cohen:
Previews: IN THE CERVIX OF OTHERS Focuses on Women's Issues (Aug 18, 2024)
Six Plays Chosen For A Special Night Of Healing At The Festival Of New Jewish Plays At The Berkshire Theatre Group (Aug 9, 2024)
Vivid Stage Will Host SUMMER SOLOS Every Week in July (Jun 17, 2024)
Previews: IN THE CERVIX OF OTHERS Focuses on Women's Issues (Aug 18, 2024)
Six Plays Chosen For A Special Night Of Healing At The Festival Of New Jewish Plays At The Berkshire Theatre Group (Aug 9, 2024)
Vivid Stage Will Host SUMMER SOLOS Every Week in July (Jun 17, 2024)
BIO
Alice Eve Cohen is a playwright, solo theatre artist, and author. Winner of the Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Award, the National Jewish Playwriting Contest , Elle Literary Grand Prix for Nonfiction, and Oprah Magazine 25 Best Books of Summer, her plays have been presented at theatres on four continents, including the Kitchen Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, New Georges, Cherry Lane Theatre, Six Points Theatre, Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival, LA Women’s Theatre Festival, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western NY, U Michigan, Princeton, Northwestern, Barnard College, and at festivals and theatres in Europe, Israel, Canada, and the Caribbean. Her award-winning memoirs, What I Thought I Knew (Viking, Penguin) and The Year My Mother Came Back (Algonquin Books), have received critical acclaim, and Cohen’s plays adapted from her memoirs have been performed at theatres in the US and Canada.
Her plays include Oklahoma Samovar, In the Cervix of Others, Hotel Limbo, What I Thought I Knew, Mrs. Satan & The Nasty Woman, Thin Walls, The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter, and The Year My Mother Came Back.
Cohen has written television for CBS and Nickelodeon, her monologues appear in six "Years Best" anthologies, including Best Women's Stage Monologues 2024 (Smith & Kraus), and her plays are published by NoPassport Press. She has received fellowships, grants, and awards from the New NY Council on the Arts, the NEA, VCCA, the Orchard Project, Poets & Writers, Meet the Composer, and an Emmy Award Special Commendation. A finalist for the O’Neill National Playwriting Conference and for the McKnight National Residency and Commission, her plays have been nominated for five regional Broadway World Awards. A New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, she is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater, the EST Playwrights Unit, Honor Roll!, Jewish Theatre Circle, the Dramatists Guild and Authors Guild. She holds an MFA from The New School and a BA from Princeton University. Alice teaches at The New School, where she received the University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Website: www.AliceEveCohen.com
New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/16975/alice-eve-cohen
Literary Agent: Elaine Devlin, elaine@edevlinlit.com
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STAGE CREDITS
Writing
AWARDS, SELECTED QUOTES:
Selected Quotes:
“A little show, but with such a big, embracing heart." - The Guardian, London
“Hilarious, heartbreaking, hopeful and devastating all at once.”—Minnesota Post
"Her darkly hilarious memoir is an unexpected bundle of joy.” - Oprah magazine
“Everything we love in a book; profound, honest, hilarious, humane, surprising." - Anne Lamott
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Theatre Honors
2024 Winner, On One Foot Playwriting Contest, Jewish Plays Project
2024 Finalist, PlayPenn Theatre Festival of New TYA Plays, Tampa FL
2024 Finalist, The Civilians R&D Group
2023 Semifinalist, Premiere Play Festival, Hotel Limbo
2022 Orchard Project Audio Lab artist fellow, Hotel Limbo
2022 Artie Award, Buffalo, NY, What I Thought I Knew
2022 Finalist, Ashland New Play Festival; In the Cervix of Others
2022 Fellowships VCCA (VA Ctr for Creative Arts, 2011-2022)
2021 Winner, National Jewish Playwriting Contest, Oklahoma Samovar
2021 Finalist, McKnight National Residency and Commission, Hotel Limbo
2021 Semifinalist, O’Neill National Conference, In the Cervix of Others
2019 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award winner, In the Cervix of Others
5 Broadway World Award Nominations, What I Thought I Knew
2018 New Dramatists finalist
2015 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Finalist: What I Thought I Knew, Philomela’s Tapestry; Semifinalist: In the Cervix of Others, Oklahoma Samovar.
2015 Jane Chambers Award Honorable Mention, What I Thought I Knew
Envision Retreat Fellowship, Voice & Vision Theatre
Playwriting Fellowship, NYS Council on the Arts
NEA & NYSCA: numerous production grants for original plays
Film Honors
VoiceOver Screenwriting Award, School for Media Studies
What I Thought I Knew screenplay optioned for feature film
Literary Honors
Elle Literary Grand Prize for Nonfiction,
Oprah magazine 25 Best Books of Summer
Salon Year’s Best Books
Literature Fellowship, NYS Council on the Arts
Librettist & Composer Honors
Emmy Award Special Commendation, Clotheslines original score
Finalist, Houston Grand Opera children’s opera commission.
Finalist, Kennedy Center, Washington National Opera Initiative
Semifinalist, New Opera Workshop, Mrs. Satan & the Nasty Woman
Meet the Composer, numerous awards and grants
Teaching Honors
2020 Distinguished University Teaching Award, The New School, NYC
Special Honors
Princeton University Scholar Award
News
Previews: IN THE CERVIX OF OTHERS Focuses on Women's Issues
The Reading is Produced under the banner of Axiial's Safehouse Playwrights Series.
The Reading is Produced under the banner of Axiial's Safehouse Playwrights Series.
Six Plays Chosen For A Special Night Of Healing At The Festival Of New Jewish Plays At The Berkshire Theatre Group
Six new plays will be featured in a special night of theater and healing at the Festival of New Jewish Plays at the Berkshire Theatre Group, directed by Katie Birenboim and Illana Stein.
Six new plays will be featured in a special night of theater and healing at the Festival of New Jewish Plays at the Berkshire Theatre Group, directed by Katie Birenboim and Illana Stein.
Vivid Stage Will Host SUMMER SOLOS Every Week in July
Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present Summer Solos readings every week from July 1 through 24 at 6:30 pm at the Visual Arts Center of NJ at 68 Elm Street in Summit.
Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present Summer Solos readings every week from July 1 through 24 at 6:30 pm at the Visual Arts Center of NJ at 68 Elm Street in Summit.
Cast Announced For the Festival of New Jewish Plays
The Jewish Plays Project has announced casting for the Festival of New Jewish Plays, running November 30 and December 1 at the JCC.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced casting for the Festival of New Jewish Plays, running November 30 and December 1 at the JCC.
Festival Of New Jewish Plays Comes to JCC Manhattan This Month
The Jewish Plays Project (David Winitsky, Artistic Director) is proud to announce its return to New York City after a three year hiatus, on November 30 and December 1, 2022. The Festival of New Jewish Plays, in partnership with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, will feature the winners of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 National Jewish Playwriting Contests in the JPP's signature Reading+ format (script-in hand readings with targeted design support), created by the city's best actors, directors, and designers.
The Jewish Plays Project (David Winitsky, Artistic Director) is proud to announce its return to New York City after a three year hiatus, on November 30 and December 1, 2022. The Festival of New Jewish Plays, in partnership with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, will feature the winners of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 National Jewish Playwriting Contests in the JPP's signature Reading+ format (script-in hand readings with targeted design support), created by the city's best actors, directors, and designers.
JCC Announces Fall Theater Arts: Jewish Plays Project Festival, FALLOUT Concert, A STRANGE LOOP Event & More
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan has announced the line-up for fall theater arts programs, happening in-person with the Lambert Center for Arts + Ideas in Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Auditorium and at JCC Harlem.
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan has announced the line-up for fall theater arts programs, happening in-person with the Lambert Center for Arts + Ideas in Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Auditorium and at JCC Harlem.
MADELEINES by Bess Welden Wins 11th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest
The Jewish Plays Project has announced Madeleines, by Bess Welden of Portland, Maine, has won the 11th annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The play earned its title after over 1,400 voters across the United States and Israel chose their preference for the best new Jewish play.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced Madeleines, by Bess Welden of Portland, Maine, has won the 11th annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The play earned its title after over 1,400 voters across the United States and Israel chose their preference for the best new Jewish play.
The Orchard Project Announces 2022 Labs, Projects, and Participants
The Orchard Project announced its 2022 Lab programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies. The OP selected 38 projects or artistic teams from a competitive group of 1,417 applicants to participate in this year's programs.
The Orchard Project announced its 2022 Lab programs as well as the names of participating artists and companies. The OP selected 38 projects or artistic teams from a competitive group of 1,417 applicants to participate in this year's programs.
Jewish Plays Project Welcomes Clea Alsip, Gus Birney, Grantham Coleman And More To New Plays In Development
The Jewish Plays Project has announced the acting company of the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The ten works feature acclaimed actors including Clea Alsip (M. Butterfly, Nantucket Sleigh Ride), Gus Birney (Dickinson, The Mist), Twinkle Burke (Gotham, Bull), Grantham Coleman (The Great Society, Much Ado About Nothing), and more.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced the acting company of the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The ten works feature acclaimed actors including Clea Alsip (M. Butterfly, Nantucket Sleigh Ride), Gus Birney (Dickinson, The Mist), Twinkle Burke (Gotham, Bull), Grantham Coleman (The Great Society, Much Ado About Nothing), and more.
Female Playwrights Take Center Stage in 10th Annual National Jewish Playwriting Contest
The Jewish Plays Project has announced its second annual digital contest as part of the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The contest opens on April 15th.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced its second annual digital contest as part of the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. The contest opens on April 15th.
Virtual Theatre This Weekend: March 27-28- with Ashley Spencer, Kara Lindsay and More!
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, March 27-28, 2021.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, March 27-28, 2021.
IASNY and The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Present LIBERTY's DAUGHTERS - Immigrant Women's Monologues
IASNY Nuyorican Poets Café will present LIBERTY's DAUGHTERS, an afternoon of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES presented by artists across generations and ethnicities. The event will take place at the storied (virtual) Nuyorican Poets Café, honoring WOMEN's HISTORY MONTH and WORLD THEATRE DAY in a live stream on Saturday, March 27, at 2 pm, EDT.
IASNY Nuyorican Poets Café will present LIBERTY's DAUGHTERS, an afternoon of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUES presented by artists across generations and ethnicities. The event will take place at the storied (virtual) Nuyorican Poets Café, honoring WOMEN's HISTORY MONTH and WORLD THEATRE DAY in a live stream on Saturday, March 27, at 2 pm, EDT.
Jewish Repertory Theatre Presents THE YEAR MY MOTHER CAME BACK
Jewish Repertory Theatre is currently presenting The Year My Mother Came Back, based on the memoir by Alice Eve Cohen.
Jewish Repertory Theatre is currently presenting The Year My Mother Came Back, based on the memoir by Alice Eve Cohen.
Top 10 Plays Announced In The 10th Annual National Jewish Playwriting Contest
The Jewish Plays Project has announced the 10 finalists for the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. Over 250 playwrights from forty states and eight countries submitted plays to the contest. This year, nine of the 10 finalist plays were written by women, the most in the JPP's history.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced the 10 finalists for the 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. Over 250 playwrights from forty states and eight countries submitted plays to the contest. This year, nine of the 10 finalist plays were written by women, the most in the JPP's history.
The American Opera Project Announces WORKING WOMEN: Songs Of Suffering and Suffrage Online Tour
Working Women connects the women of World War I, the women who fought for suffrage, and the women of today through the power of song, using archival footage alongside documentary-style music videos by filmmaker Lesley Steele.
Working Women connects the women of World War I, the women who fought for suffrage, and the women of today through the power of song, using archival footage alongside documentary-style music videos by filmmaker Lesley Steele.
Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival is Amplifying Untold Voices in Voting
Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival opens its 6th annual festival, Untold Voices in Voting, on August 6, 2020 with Teresa Miller's I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind. Miller's play is a one-woman show about the hours leading up the night Fannie Lou Hamer spent in jail after her bus trip to Mississippi teaching at a voter registration class.
Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival opens its 6th annual festival, Untold Voices in Voting, on August 6, 2020 with Teresa Miller's I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind. Miller's play is a one-woman show about the hours leading up the night Fannie Lou Hamer spent in jail after her bus trip to Mississippi teaching at a voter registration class.
Philly Women's Theatre Festival Is Amplifying Untold Voices In Voting
Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival (PWTF) opens its 6th annual festival, Untold Voices in Voting, on August 6, 2020 with Teresa Miller's I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind.
Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival (PWTF) opens its 6th annual festival, Untold Voices in Voting, on August 6, 2020 with Teresa Miller's I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind.
Jewish Repertory Theatre Announces 2020-2021 Season, a Selection of Five Staged Readings
The Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York has announced its 18th Season, a selection of Five Staged Readings, performed on the JRT stage and seen, through the magic of video, wherever audiences choose to enjoy.
The Jewish Repertory Theatre of Western New York has announced its 18th Season, a selection of Five Staged Readings, performed on the JRT stage and seen, through the magic of video, wherever audiences choose to enjoy.
LIBERTY'S DAUGHTERS Immigrant Women Read Monologues At The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month:Immigrant/International Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) Honor Roll! (Women+ Playwrights 40+) Nuyorican Poets Café invite you to an evening of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUESat the virtual Nuyorican Poets Café. Live-stream On Zoom - June 23, At 8 Pm a?" Free, https://www.nuyorican.org.
In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month:Immigrant/International Artists and Scholars in New York (IASNY) Honor Roll! (Women+ Playwrights 40+) Nuyorican Poets Café invite you to an evening of IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S MONOLOGUESat the virtual Nuyorican Poets Café. Live-stream On Zoom - June 23, At 8 Pm a?" Free, https://www.nuyorican.org.
Playwright/Author Alice Eve Cohen Will Attend Opening Night of Her Play WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW in Amherst
JRT Artistic Director Saul Elkin has announced playwright/author Alice Eve Cohen will attend the opening night of her own play, 'What I Thought I Knew', Thursday, February 6, in the Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre at the Jewish Community Center, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst, NY.
JRT Artistic Director Saul Elkin has announced playwright/author Alice Eve Cohen will attend the opening night of her own play, 'What I Thought I Knew', Thursday, February 6, in the Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre at the Jewish Community Center, 2640 North Forest Road, Amherst, NY.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Alice Eve Cohen written?
Alice Eve Cohen has written 1 shows including Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code (Music).
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