BERTRAND PRIEST

by Ian Cohen

Dreams, fate, chance, spirituality and hints of magic swirl together in this dark, cutting-edge comedy about being an artist in New York City. 

First Prize Winner: Kaufman & Hart Award for New American Comedy

• Cast Size: 3M 2W
• Running Time: 90+ minutes
• Royalty Rate: $75 per performance

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About the Playwright

Ian Cohen’s full-length plays include BERTRAND PRIEST, winner of the 2006 Kaufman & Hart Award for New American Comedy and subsequently produced at Arkansas Rep in 2007. LENNY & LOU, world premiere September 2004, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington,D.C. Nominated, Charles MacArthur Award for Best Play and Best Resident Play as part of the Helen Hayes Awards.  Also nominated, American Theatre Critics’ Association’s New Play Award. OLD WOUNDS, semi-finalist Ashland New Plays Festival, 2016; Selected for inclusion in the 2019 Great Plains Theatre Conference;  HE WHO LAUGHS, Cohen’s full-length plays include BERTRAND PRIEST, winner of the 2006 Kaufman & Hart Award for New American Comedy, and LENNY & LOU, nominated for the Charles MacArthur Award for Best Play and Best Resident Play. His other works include OLD WOUNDS, HE WHO LAUGHS, VATTAGO, JEFFERSON STREET, GOD’S CREATURES, and LITTLE UNIVERSE, which have received various nominations and accolades.” HE WHO LAUGHS, workshop, Yale Off-Broadway Theatre, JCC Theatreworks, New Haven, CT., December 2013; Citation, Jerry Kaufman Award, 2014. VATTAGO, featured at undergroundzero, PS 122, selected as a PlayLabs Playwrights Center semi-finalist and winner of the Jerry Kaufman Award, 2011; JEFFERSON STREET, finalist NAAA Playreading Contest, UK, staged reading at NYU Studio Tisch.  GOD’S CREATURES, semi-finalist, Stageplays’ International Playwright’s Competition; LITTLE UNIVERSE, screenplay, semi-finalist Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition. OLD WOUNDS winner of the Jerry Kaufman Award, 2020.