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3 unusual facts about David Mark Cohen


David Mark Cohen

Cohen's success as a teacher of playwrights and promoter of new plays is indicated by the large number of scripts by his students that have been accepted for development or performance by theatres and workshops throughout the United States, including John Walch, Clay Nichols, Emily Cicchini, P. Seth Bauer, Catherine Rogers, Joseph Skibell, Hank Schwemmer, C. Denby Swanson, Dan Dietz, and Lisa D'Amour.

David Mark Cohen (October 2, 1952 – December 23, 1997) was an influential playwriting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who was affiliated with the Michener Center for Writers.

From 1986 to 1993, he was a key member of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts/American College Theatre Festival's Playwriting Awards Committee, which seeks to identify and reward talented young writers.



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