Ian Cohen wins Rep's Comedy Playwrighting Award
The third Kaufman and Hart Prize for New American Comedy has gone to Ian Cohen for his work, "Bertrand Priest." The $10,000 award is presented biennially by the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Cohen is the artistic associate at Lark Play Development Center in New York City.
"Bertrand Priest" is a dark comedy involving a young writer and his muse. Along with the $10,000 prize, Cohen's play will get a stage reading at the Rep and professional production on the theater's main stage in spring 2007.
Other finalists were Nicholas Korn, author of "The Antic in Romantic," a modern-day commedia; and Kenneth N. Kurtz, writer of the farce comedy "Merde De Canard: A Comedy of Seven Doors and Eight Automatons." Korn and Kurtz, as finalists, will receive $1,000 and stage readings of their scripts.
Other finalists were Nicholas Korn, author of "The Antic in Romantic," a modern-day commedia; and Kenneth N. Kurtz, writer of the farce comedy "Merde De Canard: A Comedy of Seven Doors and Eight Automatons." Korn and Kurtz, as finalists, will receive $1,000 and stage readings of their scripts.
The stage readings are July 28-30 on the Rep's SecondStage, with the playwrights in attendance. Call 378-0405 for ticket information.
Honorable mention went to Richard Gleaves, the writer of "Oswald on Ice," a black comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald's undertaker. (That last one, we've gotta see. Here's hoping someone near here will stage it.)
Honorable mention went to Richard Gleaves, the writer of "Oswald on Ice," a black comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald's undertaker. (That last one, we've gotta see. Here's hoping someone near here will stage it.)
