Robert Cohen (playwright)

Robert Cohen (1938 – November 15, 2024) was an American academic, theatre director, playwright, and drama critic. A Claire Trevor Professor emeritus after 50 years teaching at the University of California, Irvine since 1965, he continued to write, and has published many books on theatre, along with articles, dramatic anthologies and many plays, and has conducted advanced teaching residencies in numerous countries and much of the United States. He has been called a Master Teacher by the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, has been praised as a "walking theatre directory and encyclopedia" by his fellow teachers, and has been honored during his career with the Polish Medal of Honor, the Honoris Causa Professor Degree at Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, UCI's Distinguished Professor of Research, and the Career Achievement Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.