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Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, I started my professional life doing both Sound and Lighting Design on New York’s Theatre Row (in theaters like The Houseman, The Fairbanks, and The Music Box). In addition to acting, I also wrote, produced, and directed a number of shows in smaller venues. And, along the way, I studied acting with people like F. Murray Abraham, Emelie FitzGibbon, William Prosser, Dorothy Heathcote, Carol Monda, and Johnny Heller, as well as writing with Alan Ginsberg, Aurand Harris, and Frank McCourt.

I spent a few years as an Accent Coach and as a more traditional educator before leaving New York for western Massachusetts. While raising my family here, I have continued to teach (everything from Stagecraft to British Literat ...more

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	The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Creator), Alison Larkin (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Narrator), James Warwick (Editor)(Narrator) 4.17 avg rating — 405,690 ratings — published 1895 — 1611 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Steven Jay Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.30 avg rating — 110,079 ratings — published 1894	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart Lib/E by Maylis de Kerangal, Steven Jay Cohen (Goodreads Author) (reader), Sam Taylor (translator) 3.84 avg rating — 12,495 ratings — published 2014 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan (Goodreads Author), John King, Halee Fischer-Wright (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 10,016 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Sound: Stories by Ben Shattuck (Goodreads Author), Zachary Chastain (narrator), Paul Mescal (narrator) 4.31 avg rating — 8,679 ratings — published 2024 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews by Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic (Contributor), Robin Vrba (Editor)(Contributor) 4.48 avg rating — 7,960 ratings — published 1963 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caging Skies: A Novel by Christine Leunens, Steven Jay Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.09 avg rating — 6,407 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sycamore: A Novel by Bryn Chancellor, Cassandra Campbell (narrator), Steven Jay Cohen (Goodreads Author) (narrator) 3.71 avg rating — 4,006 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Shtetl by Max Gross, Steven Jay Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.81 avg rating — 3,703 ratings — published 2020 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nice Jewish Boys (Comixology Originals)

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“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
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“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
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“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
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