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STEVEN COSSON |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency NY |
Steven Cosson founded The Civilians in 2001. With the company: co-writer and director of Paris Commune, which was recently produced at the Public Theater, and previously at La Jolla Playhouse; co-writer and director of This Beautiful City which premiered at the 2008 Humana Festival with productions at Studio Theatre, Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre and The Vineyard Theatre; writer/director of the long-running hit Gone Missing (New York Times critic Charles Isherwood's Best of 2007 list), published by Dramatists Play Service; (I Am) Nobody's Lunch (2006 Fringe First award at Edinburgh) published by Oberon Books in the UK and Playscripts, Inc.; and director of the company-createdCanard, Canard, Goose? The Civilians have also been produced at American Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival, London's Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre among many others. Mr. Cosson has directed and developed many new plays including Neal Bell's Shadow of Himself,Mat Smart's 13th of Paris, Tommy Smith'sAir Conditioning, Anne Washburn'sCommunist Dracula Pageant, the world premiere of Peter Morris' Square Root of Minus One, the U.S. premiere of Martin Crimp's Attempts on Her Life, the U.S. premiere of Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love;also The Time of Your Life, Serious Money, The Importance of Being Earnest,and Guys and Dolls. Mr. Cosson has been a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, a MacDowell Fellow, and Resident Director at New Dramatists. The Civilians won an Obie in 2004.
Plays by Steven Cosson
(I Am) Nobody's Lunch | ||
| 1st Produced: | PS 122, NY | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London >>>, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46766 | |||
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Genre: | music-theatre documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Created by the Company. Written by Steven Cosson from interviews conducted by the Company. Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman. Participants in the creation include Andy Boroson, Daoud Heidami, Chrstina Kirk, Alix Lambert, Matthew Maher, Caitlin Miller and KJ Sanchez | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on interviews with actual persons, the show is a cabaret combining text and original music (by Michael Friedman) in an attempt to answer the question, "how do we know what we know?" Interview subjects range from a policymaker at the Department of Homeland Security to soldiers guarding the subway with unloaded weapons to every Jessica Lynch in the phone book. | |||||
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Civilians: An Anthology of Six Plays, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108253 | |||
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Genre: | Various Drama/Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Collected for the first time in one volume are six inventive theater pieces created by Obie Award-winning theater company The Civilians. Based on the creative investigation of actual experience, and often intertwined with experimental cabaret, their pieces are boldly theatrical and always unique -- from a story about a Hollywood movie and a lost flock of geese (Canard, Canard, Goose?); to a tale about things lost and found, charting a musical landscape of loss (Gone Missing); to a dark ride through the landscape of American public culture, asking a thorny question: how do we know what we know when everyone in power seems to be lying? ((I Am) Nobody's Lunch). To purchase this book of 6 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below: | |||||
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Gone Missing | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Belt, NYC | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London >>>, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48418 | |||
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Genre: | music-theatre documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Play by Steven Cosson, music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, additional text by Peter Morris | |||||
Synopsis: | An investigation of loss, grief and the construction of memory told through actual stories about lost and found objects, juxtaposed with eight original songs exploring the musical landscape of absence | |||||
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In The Footprint | ||
| 1st Produced: | Irondale Center | 22 Nov 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121529 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | written by Steven Cosson and Jocelyn Clarke, music by Michael Friedman | |||||
Synopsis: | The Civilians presents the world premiere of In the Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards, a new play with music. The site of the future Atlantic Yards Project including the Barclays basketball arena is located two blocks away from the theater where In the Footprint will chronicle the conflicts surrounding the largest land development project in Brooklyn's history. This lively theatrical production is inspired by interviews with the real-life players in the controversy, representing many different perspectives: residents of Prospect Heights and Fort Greene, political leaders such as Letitia James and Marty Markowitz, members of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, union members, and project supporters such as ACORN's Bertha Lewis. This show is the culmination of a two-year long company investigation. The creative team listened to Brooklynites from Borough Hall to barber shops to gain insights into both the Atlantic Yards drama and the ongoing story of gentrification. In the Footprint, along with several pre- and post-show dialogues, will examine the conflicts that erupted in the case of the Atlantic Yards through to their current resolution in an attempt to discover how the fate of the city is decided in present-day New York and what can be learned from this epic and ongoing story of politics, money, and the places we call home. | |||||
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Paris Commune | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshop at La Jolla Playhouse | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9709046-8-3 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55855 | |||
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Genre: | music-theatre documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | written by Steven Cosson, Michael Friedman. Collected for the first time in one volume are six inventive theater pieces created by Obie Award-winning theater company The Civilians. Based on the creative investigation of actual experience, and often intertwined with experimental cabaret, their pieces are boldly theatrical and always unique -- from a story about a Hollywood movie and a lost flock of geese (Canard, Canard, Goose?); to a tale about things lost and found, charting a musical landscape of loss (Gone Missing); to a dark ride through the landscape of American public culture, asking a thorny question: how do we know what we know when everyone in power seems to be lying? ((I Am) Nobody's Lunch). | |||||
| With actual songs from the period and a text constructed from primary historical materials, Paris Commune employs a bold theatrical form to tell the story of the Parisian uprising of 1871 -the first socialist revolution in Europe. | |||||
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This Beautiful City | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | The Civilians | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94945 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | written by Steven Cosson, Michael Friedman, and Jim Lewis. Humana Festival 2008: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts from the 2008 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 32nd annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. The seven full-length plays and four ten-minute plays represent an exceptional array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in American theatre | |||||
Synopsis: | This Beautiful City explores the growth of the evangelical Christian movement. It is docu-drama in nature, drawn principally from interviews The Civilians have conducted with people involved with or affected by the mega-church movement in Colorado Springs. A play with music, This Beautiful City was created from interviews by Emily Ackerman, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brad Herberlee, Stephen Plunkett, Alison Weller and the authors with actual persons over the course of ten weeks in Colorado Springs. Every leading church in the area participated in the project, as did numerous civic organizations, progressive activists, and individuals from all walks of life. | |||||
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