V. Glasgow Koste was born to actors James Glasgow and Vivian Marlowe. Koste has worked in the theatre all her life, acting, directing, writing and teaching. Honors and awards for playwriting include: AATE's Distinguished Play Award (The Chicago Gypsies); Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist Fellowship for artistic excellence and achievement; Michigan Council for the Arts Individual Artist grant; selection for national showcases (AATE) in New York, Toronto, Boston and Chicago; listings in Theatre Communications Group's Play Source; winner of TADA's national contest; and the Chorpenning Cup (AATE) for a body of outstanding plays. Koste has written many articles and a classic book on the creative process, Dramatic Play in Childhood: Rehearsal for Life. She has lectured and worked as a guest artist in the United States, Canada and Europe, most recently performing her one-act play, I Remain ... J. Austen, in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Santa Fe, Seattle and St. Louis. Her plays, 12 of which are published, have been produced throughout the United States, in Canada and in Moscow. Koste received a bachelor's degree from Vassar College and a master's degree from Wayne State University, with further graduate study at Cornell, Northwestern and Indiana University. She studied acting with Stella Adler in New York and is a lifetime member of The Dramatists Guild.
