 Cohen has directed twelve classical productions at the Utah and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals and over ninety stage productions at his Irvine campus and other theatres; his work includes classics like "King Lear", "Macbeth", and "Twelfth Night"; his own translations of "Tibi’s Law", "The Misanthrope", "Carmen", "The Magic Flute", and "Pedro Gynt"; and a variety of American musicals including "My Fair Lady", "Oklahoma!