Falling Into Theatre—and Finding Myself: A Memoir

Robert Cohen

Sep 2014 · SCB Distributors

About this ebook

“Robert Cohen’s Falling Into Theatre is a must-read for all lovers of theatre. Personal and engaging, Dr. Cohen’s reflections on his life as both artist and educator provide the reader with a special journey, a virtual history tour of the American theatre for the past fifty years. His personal experiences are a constant reminder of how love and passion for theatre continue to inspire us and enrich our lives.” —Stacy Keach This engaging memoir is presented as a series of lucky breaks, or surprise turning points in the story that led to Robert Cohen’s dramatic success in theatre arts. In retrospect, it would have been a great surprise had Cohen not ended up in theatre arts, given his early fascination with the stage, his chance at a young age to see original cast productions of Broadway plays, and the influence of his uncle, Marty Goldblatt, a publicist for Columbia Pictures who hobnobbed with celebrities of stage and screen. It was inevitable—Robert Cohen became a man of the theatre, not only as an actor but also working as a director, stage manager, lighting designer, playwright, translator, drama scholar, theatre educator, and worldwide theatre critic.

About the author

Robert Cohen, founding Chair of Drama at the University of California, Irvine, is a professional stage director, playwright, producer, translator, and acting teacher. He has lectured and taught in twenty-five states and ten foreign countries, and his twenty books on theatre, including Acting Power, Acting in Shakespeare, and Acting Professionally have been published in fifty editions and translated into six languages.