Member News – Mark Cosdon

Mark Cosdon directed a Broadway Musical Revue with students at Sicily’s University of Palermo.  He continues as Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Allegheny College and as managing director of the college’s Playshop Theatre.  This past February, Cosdon directed Proof in the Playshop Theatre and in September 2021 Cosdon remounted Bikeman, Peabody-winning journalist Tom Flynn’s rumination on September 11.  In May/June Cosdon led his tenth travel course to Italy, a month-long investigation into renaissance art, culture, and theatricality.  As a former president of the American Theatre and Drama Society, Cosdon joined past-presidents at ATHE-Detroit in reflecting on the organization’s 35th anniversary.  This coming fall, Cosdon will return to the University of Palermo for a semester-long teaching appointment.