Meryl Cohn is a playwright* who usually writes comedy—sometimes very tragic comedy. The Cape Cod Times calls her work, “simultaneously over-the-top and innately human.” The Provincetown Banner says that it’s “non-stop funny…and infused with comedic brilliance.”
Meryl Cohn is the winner of the 2009 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award. She was a semifinalist for both the 2008 and 2006 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, a 2007 finalist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council Playwriting Award, and a 2006 Lark Play Development Center Semifinalist. She studied Playwriting at Smith College and received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Reasons to Live
The Siegels of Montauk
And Sophie Comes Too
*If you want to know about Meryl’s other writing, including her book and her humorous advice column, check out her “Ms. Behavior” site.