Steve Cosson
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Steve Cosson is a writer and director specializing in the creation of new theatre work inspired by real life, as well as a free-lance director of new plays, musicals, and classics. He is the founding Artistic Director of the New York-based investigative theater company The Civilians
. Cosson won an Obie award in 2004 for his work with The Civilians
and his play (I Am) Nobody's Lunch
won a coveted First Fringe award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006 He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, a MacDowell Fellow, twice participated in the Sundance Theatre Lab, and a Resident Director at New Dramatists. His plays have been published by Oberon Books in the UK, Dramatists Play Service, and an anthology of his plays with The Civilians
was published by Playscripts Inc.
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: writer/director of The Great Immensity, music by Michael Friedman
, created in residence with the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Princeton Atelier; co-writer and director of This Beautiful City, which premiered to excellent reviews at the Humana Festival and then completed a critically acclaimed run at Vineyard Theatre (Drama Desk, Drama-League, Lortel Nominations); co-writer and director of Brooklyn At Eye Level, produced at Brooklyn’s Lyceum Theatre; co-writer/director of Paris Commune produced in The Public Theater’s PublicLAB series; writer/director of the long-running hit Gone Missing which has toured for several years throughout the U.S. and the U.K. culminating in a seven-month Off Broadway run at Barrow Street Theater (New York Times’ Top 10 of 2007 list); writer/director (I Am) Nobody's Lunch
(Fringe First award) and director of the company’s first show Canard, Canard, Goose?. Cosson has also directed The Civilians
’ work at A.R.T., Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse
, HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, The MoMA; London’s Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre among many others.
Cosson’s recent directing credits include Bus Stop at Kansas City Rep, Anne Washburn’s A Devil at Noon (O’Neill Center); Michael Friedman: Adventures in Reality (Lincoln Center Theatre); new plays at theaters including Hartford Stage, Soho Rep, O’Neill Conference, New Harmony Project and others.
The Civilians
The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods...
. Cosson won an Obie award in 2004 for his work with The Civilians
The Civilians
The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods...
and his play (I Am) Nobody's Lunch
(I Am) Nobody's Lunch
Nobody's Lunch is a 2006 play with music produced by The Civilians, an investigative theater company in New York City. Based on interviews conducted in 2003, the play explores the compromised issues of trust and truth that arose between the American government and its people during the lead-up to...
won a coveted First Fringe award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006 He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, a MacDowell Fellow, twice participated in the Sundance Theatre Lab, and a Resident Director at New Dramatists. His plays have been published by Oberon Books in the UK, Dramatists Play Service, and an anthology of his plays with The Civilians
The Civilians
The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods...
was published by Playscripts Inc.
Education
Cosson received his BA from Dartmouth College and holds an MFA in directing from UC San Diego, where he studied under director and Joint Stock member Les WatersLes Waters
Les Waters is a notable British theatre director. He has served as associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre for the last six years.-Career:...
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Career
With The CiviliansThe Civilians
The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods...
: writer/director of The Great Immensity, music by Michael Friedman
Michael Friedman
Michael Friedman may refer to:*Michael Jan Friedman, author*Mike Friedman, cyclist*Michael Friedman *Michael Friedman -See also:*Michael Freedman, mathematician*Michael Freeman...
, created in residence with the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Princeton Atelier; co-writer and director of This Beautiful City, which premiered to excellent reviews at the Humana Festival and then completed a critically acclaimed run at Vineyard Theatre (Drama Desk, Drama-League, Lortel Nominations); co-writer and director of Brooklyn At Eye Level, produced at Brooklyn’s Lyceum Theatre; co-writer/director of Paris Commune produced in The Public Theater’s PublicLAB series; writer/director of the long-running hit Gone Missing which has toured for several years throughout the U.S. and the U.K. culminating in a seven-month Off Broadway run at Barrow Street Theater (New York Times’ Top 10 of 2007 list); writer/director (I Am) Nobody's Lunch
(I Am) Nobody's Lunch
Nobody's Lunch is a 2006 play with music produced by The Civilians, an investigative theater company in New York City. Based on interviews conducted in 2003, the play explores the compromised issues of trust and truth that arose between the American government and its people during the lead-up to...
(Fringe First award) and director of the company’s first show Canard, Canard, Goose?. Cosson has also directed The Civilians
The Civilians
The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods...
’ work at A.R.T., Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. -Background:...
, HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, The MoMA; London’s Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre among many others.
Cosson’s recent directing credits include Bus Stop at Kansas City Rep, Anne Washburn’s A Devil at Noon (O’Neill Center); Michael Friedman: Adventures in Reality (Lincoln Center Theatre); new plays at theaters including Hartford Stage, Soho Rep, O’Neill Conference, New Harmony Project and others.