Kip Cohen

Kip Cohen is an American arts and entertainment executive, concert presenter, record company and management executive, and non-profit administrator.

Cohen was born in Cleveland, Ohio and has lived and worked in San Francisco, Miami, New York City and Los Angeles. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School (Shaker Heights, Ohio), and attended Columbia University, New York, NY (liberal arts, music, composer of Varsity Show, “Dig That Treasure”) and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (fine arts, drama).

Cohen began his career in theatre at the Cleveland Musicarnival and the Westport Country Playhouse in production capacities. He was the Music Director at The Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA; Production Stage Manager and then Managing Director at The Peninsula Players, Fish Creek, Wisconsin; Production Stage Manager and then Managing Director at The Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida. Cohen subsequently joined the staff of Broadway producer Arthur Cantor in New York City, serving as Casting Director and Production Associate for productions of "The Committee" and "The Passion of Josef D." Later, he cast, produced and supervised national touring productions for producer Zev Bufman, including companies of "Porgy & Bess" and "Marat/Sade."

Cohen formed Sensefex, Inc. with Carnegie Mellon University (then called, Carnegie Tech) colleague Joshua White. The company created lighting effects for fashion, industrial shows and nightclubs. Eventually the creative team became The Joshua Light Show, which accompanied hundreds of musical acts at the Fillmore East and elsewhere.

In 1968, Cohen became Managing Director of Bill Graham’s Fillmore East – the iconic music venue in New York City. When it closed in 1971, he was signed to do weekend live radio as a disc jockey at New York City’s WNEW-FM, the Metromedia progressive rock station.

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