A.R. Cohen/Corwin

A.R. Cohen/Corwin

A.R. Cohen/Corwin holds a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Arizona State University, where she currently teaches screenwriting classes. In her plays, she combines her passions for comedy and politics to examine how we’ve been taught to look at the world. Her play, “How to Save the Polar Bear,” was selected for the 2020 Theater Masters TAKE TEN Festival and was published by Concord Theatricals/Samuel French in...
A.R. Cohen/Corwin holds a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Arizona State University, where she currently teaches screenwriting classes. In her plays, she combines her passions for comedy and politics to examine how we’ve been taught to look at the world. Her play, “How to Save the Polar Bear,” was selected for the 2020 Theater Masters TAKE TEN Festival and was published by Concord Theatricals/Samuel French in Summer 2021. "How to Save the Polar Bear" and "Last Words" were regional finalists respectively for the 2020 and 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Gary Garrison National Ten-Minute Play Award. Her full-length play "Say Goodbye" is currently a finalist in the 2022 Jewish Plays Project contest. Her full-length play, “en-DANGER!-ed,” was selected by The Phoenix Theatre Company for its 2021 Festival of New American Theatre, was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and a semi-finalist for the 2021 Princess Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship. Learn more about her work at www.arcorwin.com

Plays

  • Say Goodbye by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 10 more
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    Keyword: Jewish, Frankenstein + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, movement/physical, mystery/thriller, period, political, satire, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: Jewish, Frankenstein, justice, Purim, Jews and WWII, cycle of revenge, Golem, Holocaust, female empowerment or revenge
    "He’s alive, Mordie! He’s alive!" In a European basement lab in 1956, Esthie has discovered something amazing. But will she use it to find peace… or feed her desire for revenge?

    Currently a Finalist for the 2022 Jewish Plays Project contest
    https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/JEWISH-PLAYS-PROJECT-Announces-Finalists-for-Playwriting-Contest-20220123
  • How to Save the Polar Bear* by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: climate change, journalism + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, political, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: climate change, journalism, Survival, ecological collapse, environmental issues, homelessness, anthropocene, climate crisis, intersectional, animal anthropomorphism
    As global warming wreaks havoc across the arctic, a street-smart polar bear does whatever it can to cling to the edges of survival. Will humanity be its savior?

    *Published by Concord Theatricals - If interested in reading the script, please contact me.
  • en-DANGER!-ed by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    6–24
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 12 more
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    Keyword: climate change, global warming + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, farce, immersive, movement/physical, political, satire, science fiction, tragedy, young audiences
    Keyword: climate change, global warming, Endangered Species, climate crisis, invasive species, extinction, natural history, ecological collapse, intersectionality
    "You only care about the cute ones! The cute ones!”
    While waiting to enter the hot new dinosaur exhibit, a visitor to the Museum of Natural History stumbles upon the “Hall of Endangered Species.” At the push of a button, they're swept into the colorful personal lives of endangered animals who are doing anything and everything to stay alive and stay relevant: Manny the manatee is creating a new...
    "You only care about the cute ones! The cute ones!”
    While waiting to enter the hot new dinosaur exhibit, a visitor to the Museum of Natural History stumbles upon the “Hall of Endangered Species.” At the push of a button, they're swept into the colorful personal lives of endangered animals who are doing anything and everything to stay alive and stay relevant: Manny the manatee is creating a new public relations campaign, Pole the polar bear is panhandling to tourists, Stack the Panamanian Golden frog is pleading asylum, and Blobby the blobfish is, well, dead...but loving it! With all their ingenuity and spunk, will these animals manage to survive?
  • Last Words by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: accepting death, facing our fears + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: accepting death, facing our fears, facing reality, preparing for death, preparing for a baby, parenthood, anxiety about the future, anxiety attack
    One man is on a quest to figure out the perfect thing to say when he dies! - which, if he’s lucky, won’t be for another 40-50 years. But his stoic partner has more urgent matters on their mind, as they prepare for an exciting new arrival.
  • Still just a rat in a cage by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    5–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: anthropomorphic animal character, technology + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, political, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: anthropomorphic animal character, technology, military, misuse of technology, brain science, graduate school, manipulation
    In the near-future, scientists are about to make giant leaps in understanding, and manipulating, the human mind. The only thing that stands between the military getting its hands on this new innovation is a lowly graduate scientist and a Shakespearean rat. To manipulate or not to manipulate? That is the question.

    For copy of this script, please contact me.
  • The Handy Handbook on How to Start a Revolution by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    13–20
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: revolution, fake kingdom + 4 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, farce, political
    Keyword: revolution, fake kingdom, Rebellion, self fulfilling prophecy, proletariat, bourgeosie
    In an ancient kingdom far, far away, slaves plot to overthrow the King. The handy handbook will show them the way! If only everyone could figure out where everyone else is… A socio-economic farce.

    (This is a full-length and edited version of my former one-act, The Slaves Among Us)

    This play is currently being edited. For a copy of the latest version, please contact me.
  • ...But It's Art by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: feminism, art + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, satire
    Keyword: feminism, art, metoo, sexual harassment, talk about nudity, Hollywood, women's voices, choice
    The Producer? He’s pissed. The Director? He’s livid. The Movie Executive? He’s just doing his job. And the Actress? You’ll have to ask her.
  • The Vampire Mosquito by A.R. Cohen/Corwin
    Cast: 
    8–14
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: environmental thriller, film noir + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy, fantasy, farce, horror, melodrama, mystery/thriller, political, satire
    Keyword: environmental thriller, film noir, anthropomorphic animals, insects
    Someone is killing all the mosquitos in Flytown. Is it a serial killer, or is something even more sinister afoot? An environmental thriller.

    For a copy of this script, please contact me.