Alice Eve Cohen

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Events & Courses

COURSE OFFERINGS, FALL 2010:
Register for Alice's fall courses at The New School in New York City:
*PLAYWRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (Course # NWRW3708, Section A)
Wednesdays, 8:00-9:50pm. Starts Sept 1
*SOLO THEATRE (Course # NACT3325, Section A)
Thursdays, 8:00-10:40pm Starts Sept 2
Registration by phone at 212-229-5620
To register online: click link below, choose "fall" semester, and enter course number and section number - - see above.

EVENTS, 2010.
Sept 4, Reading and panelist at Spencertown Book Festival, NY
Sept to Dec 2010:. Alice teaches "Playwriting from Personal Experience" and "Solo Theatre" courses at The New School, NYC. Playwriting on Wednesday nights, 8-9:50; Solo theatre on Thurs nights, 9-10:50
2010 (time TBA). What I Thought I Knew, optioned by Lifetime for Television Movie: screenwriter, Katie Ford
June 18, 7pm. Reading at PowerHouse Arena: paperback launch party for What I Thought I Knew, Perfection, and The Center of the Universe
June 15, 6pm. Reading of new work, The Writers Room. A Writers Room event
May 25. Paperback release, What I Thought I Knew
April 10. Reading & Panel Discussion, Empire State Book Festival, Albany
March 4. Reading & Discussion, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
March 1. Reading and Discussion with med students and faculty, Stonybrook School of Medicine
Jan 29, 6:30pm.. Solo Performance of "The Parrot" for family audiences; benefit fundraiser for UNICEF, PS 199 auditorium, 70th St between Amsterdam and West End Avenue.

2009 Events
July 11. New York Times feature article on WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW
July 13. WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW in bookstores.
July 13. Interview on CBS The Early Show, and CBS online.
July 13. Essay published on wowOwow.com
July 15. Reading, signing, and reception at The Corner Bookstore, 1313 Madison Avenue (at 93rd St), NYC. 6:00pm. RSVP (212) 831-3554 or cornerbook@​aol.com
July 20. Interview for Writerscast.com
July-present:. 5-minute video performance WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW on Oprah.com and YouTube
July 22. Interview for Oprah.com
July 25. Interview on Live with Lisa Radio, CT
July 29. Interview on WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show
September:. WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW optioned by Lifetime for a television movie
Sept 12. Teacher Workshop for TDF
Sept 14. Interview for Syrius Radio, spoken word show
Sept 15. Interview for The Hungry Reader, Mumbai, India
Sept 16. Author reading and discussion, Princeton, NJ
Sept 24. Interview for ABC News Now: Parenting with Annie Plechette Murphy
Oct 4. Author reading and discussion, Friends of the Larchmont Library, NY
Oct 5. Interview, Radio New Zealand, "Nine to Noon"
Oct 19. Reading & Performance at "Judy Blume and Friends," National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)35th Anniversary Celebration, NYC
Oct 21. Author reading and discussion, PS 199 Diversity Book Group
Nov 1. Panelist, San Francisco Jewish Book Festival, JCC SF
Nov 7-8. Solo theatre performance, The Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY
Dec 17. Reading and talk at National Arts Club, NYC
Dec Awarded Elle Lettres Grand Prix for Non-Fiction
Dec Selected by Salon.com Best Books of 2009

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 (Click here for more info)
“A little show, but with such a big, embracing heart.”
–The Guardian, London