About
ROBYN COHEN
Over the last two decades, Robyn's enjoyed teaching, training and coaching Actors for Film, Theatre and Television Productions all over the world.
Since earning her BFA from The Juilliard School and her MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company at George Washington University, Robyn's been on faculty as a Master Acting Teacher at Playhouse West (California’s premiere Meisner School), The Victory Theatre Center, Studio 4 and The Meisner Institute - in addition to being a frequent Teaching Artist, Guest Instructor and Acting Coach on sets, stages and Theatre Festivals around the U.S. and abroad.
As a high-performance specialist, Robyn team-taught Acting Classes alongside film star Jeff Goldblum, co-leading an ongoing Professional Class with Mr. Goldblum in Los Angeles. She subsequently founded her own Acting School, The Cohen Acting Studio, in Burbank, CA., where she enjoys coaching beginning students as well as top-tier Professionals in a wide variety of styles, mediums and genres.
Robyn has performed and coached Actors in the works of Sam Shepard, Craig Wright, The Russo Brothers, Anton Chekhov, Wes Anderson, Clifford Odets, Jami Brandli, Neil Simon, David Mamet, Katori Hall, William Shakespeare, David Auburn, Jon Robin Baitz, Beau Willimon, Dominique Morisseau, John Patrick Shanley, Jon Jory, August Wilson, Theresa Rebeck, Arthur Miller, Mark St. Germain, Neil Labute, Christopher Hampton and Tennessee Williams.
As an award-winning Theatre Director, Robyn's helmed such productions as "The Elephant Man" by Bernard Pomerance, "Fool For Love" by Sam Shepard, "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller, "Tape" by Stephen Belber, "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" by Tennessee Williams, "Hello Out There" by William Saroyan, "Some Girls" and "The Break of Noon" by Neil LaBute and "Drowning" at the Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland.
As a Professional Actor for 30 years, Robyn starred in the T.V. series "Gravity" for Starz and "That Guy" for FOX, and made additional appearances on: "Law and Order True Crime," "Cristela," "N.C.I.S.," "The Defenders," "Invasion," "The Closer," "Angel," "The Strand," "N.C.I.S. L.A.," "Starved," "LAX," and others.
She starred in such Films as: Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic" opposite Bill Murray, "The Celestine Prophecy," "Beau Jest,” "Road Hard,” "Fools Gold," “Bukowski," Richard Halpern's cult thriller "ZZYZX" and the sci-fi sensation, "Ascension."
Robyn's performed onstage in New York and Regionally with: The Actors Theatre of Louisville (dir. John Jory), The Geffen Playhouse (dir. Doug Hughes), The Shakespeare Theatre Company (dir. Simon Godwin), Colony Theatre (under Jerry Herman), Nylon Fusion (overseen by John Patrick Shanley), The Will Geer Theatricum, Lincoln Center, The Ford's Theater (D.C.), The Delaware Rep., Goodspeed Opera House, The LA Opera (under Plácido Domingo), Coachella Valley Rep., Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, North Coast Rep., Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Light Opera, North Shore, Bucks County Playhouse, and in the National Tour of the Broadway Musical, "Cabaret."
She's appeared in over 55 national commercials and is a contributing writer to John Jory's handbook, "Tips on Auditioning: Ideas for Actors."
Outside of classes and crafts, Robyn enjoys hiking the halcyon hills of Topanga Canyon and singing show tunes galore from "The Sound of Music" and more...!
SEE YOU IN CLASS!
-Robyn Cohen
Over the last two decades, Robyn's enjoyed teaching, training and coaching Actors for Film, Theatre and Television Productions all over the world.
Since earning her BFA from The Juilliard School and her MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company at George Washington University, Robyn's been on faculty as a Master Acting Teacher at Playhouse West (California’s premiere Meisner School), The Victory Theatre Center, Studio 4 and The Meisner Institute - in addition to being a frequent Teaching Artist, Guest Instructor and Acting Coach on sets, stages and Theatre Festivals around the U.S. and abroad.
As a high-performance specialist, Robyn team-taught Acting Classes alongside film star Jeff Goldblum, co-leading an ongoing Professional Class with Mr. Goldblum in Los Angeles. She subsequently founded her own Acting School, The Cohen Acting Studio, in Burbank, CA., where she enjoys coaching beginning students as well as top-tier Professionals in a wide variety of styles, mediums and genres.
Robyn has performed and coached Actors in the works of Sam Shepard, Craig Wright, The Russo Brothers, Anton Chekhov, Wes Anderson, Clifford Odets, Jami Brandli, Neil Simon, David Mamet, Katori Hall, William Shakespeare, David Auburn, Jon Robin Baitz, Beau Willimon, Dominique Morisseau, John Patrick Shanley, Jon Jory, August Wilson, Theresa Rebeck, Arthur Miller, Mark St. Germain, Neil Labute, Christopher Hampton and Tennessee Williams.
As an award-winning Theatre Director, Robyn's helmed such productions as "The Elephant Man" by Bernard Pomerance, "Fool For Love" by Sam Shepard, "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller, "Tape" by Stephen Belber, "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" by Tennessee Williams, "Hello Out There" by William Saroyan, "Some Girls" and "The Break of Noon" by Neil LaBute and "Drowning" at the Edinburgh Fringe in Scotland.
As a Professional Actor for 30 years, Robyn starred in the T.V. series "Gravity" for Starz and "That Guy" for FOX, and made additional appearances on: "Law and Order True Crime," "Cristela," "N.C.I.S.," "The Defenders," "Invasion," "The Closer," "Angel," "The Strand," "N.C.I.S. L.A.," "Starved," "LAX," and others.
She starred in such Films as: Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic" opposite Bill Murray, "The Celestine Prophecy," "Beau Jest,” "Road Hard,” "Fools Gold," “Bukowski," Richard Halpern's cult thriller "ZZYZX" and the sci-fi sensation, "Ascension."
Robyn's performed onstage in New York and Regionally with: The Actors Theatre of Louisville (dir. John Jory), The Geffen Playhouse (dir. Doug Hughes), The Shakespeare Theatre Company (dir. Simon Godwin), Colony Theatre (under Jerry Herman), Nylon Fusion (overseen by John Patrick Shanley), The Will Geer Theatricum, Lincoln Center, The Ford's Theater (D.C.), The Delaware Rep., Goodspeed Opera House, The LA Opera (under Plácido Domingo), Coachella Valley Rep., Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, North Coast Rep., Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Light Opera, North Shore, Bucks County Playhouse, and in the National Tour of the Broadway Musical, "Cabaret."
She's appeared in over 55 national commercials and is a contributing writer to John Jory's handbook, "Tips on Auditioning: Ideas for Actors."
Outside of classes and crafts, Robyn enjoys hiking the halcyon hills of Topanga Canyon and singing show tunes galore from "The Sound of Music" and more...!
SEE YOU IN CLASS!
-Robyn Cohen
