Gary P. Cohen
Gary P. Cohen is the producing director of Plays-in-the-Park, a respected summer theater in New Jersey, where he has directed more than fifty plays and musicals. In the early 1970s he founded a 100-seat semiprofessional theater, where he honed his craft before joining Plays-in-the-Park in the 1980s. He is the author of The Community Theater Handbook (Heinemann, 2003). Cohen has co-authored Off-B'way's Frankenstein, A New Musical and A High School Monster Musical with Mark Baron, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. A former William Morris agent, Cohen has also written and directed three 80's cult shot-on-video horror films: Video Violence Video Violence Il, and Captives, currently on DVD & Blu-ray.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1952-03-11 · New York
Known for
- Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector (2013) — Self
- Video Violence (1987) — Director
- Video Violence Part 2 (1988) — Anchorman
- VHS Revolution (2017) — Self
- Captives (1988) — Barry Epstein
- Frankenstein (I Swear on My Mother's Eyes) The True Story (1983) — Dr. Victor Frankenstein
- Halloweenville (2011) — Self
- Pizza Party Massacre (2024)
- Frankenstein - A New Musical — Adaptation
- S.O.V. The True Independents (2018)
- Holiday Horror (2027) — Janitor/Groundskeeper (segment "Twin-lepathy")
- Video Violence: The S.O.V. That Wouldn't Die (2020) — Director
- Grandma (2023) — Executive Producer