Alice Eve Cohen

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Biography

Alice Eve Cohen is a solo theatre artist, playwright, and memoirist. Her memoir, What I Thought I Knew (Viking, 2009) won the Elle's Lettres 2009 Grand Prix for Nonfiction, and it was selected as one of Oprah Magazine’s 25 Best Books of Summer. She has written for Nickelodeon, PBS, and CBS. Her plays have been presented at theatres throughout the country, and she has toured her solo theatre works internationally. Her writing about arts in education has been published in nine languages. The recipient of fellowships and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, she holds a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from The New School. She teaches at The New School in New York City.

Selected Works

Memoir
WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW
"Her darkly hilarious memoir, What I Thought I Knew (Viking), is an unexpected bundle of joy.” Oprah Magazine
Solo Theatre
THIN WALLS
One building. A city in upheaval. A solo play about twelve lives colliding. "Gripping" New York Times
Theatre
OTHER PLAYS AND SOLO THEATRE WORKS
“A little show, but with such a big, embracing heart.”
–The Guardian, London