Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner is a nationally recognized playwright, director, teacher and former Artistic Director. He is currently a professor at American University in Washington DC. He has won an Off-Broadway Alliance Award, an Outer Circle Critics Award, an Elliot Norton Award, a Joseph Jefferson Award, a Bay Area Critics Award, two Barrymore Awards and six Helen Hayes Awards as a playwright and director. His plays and...
Aaron Posner is a nationally recognized playwright, director, teacher and former Artistic Director. He is currently a professor at American University in Washington DC. He has won an Off-Broadway Alliance Award, an Outer Circle Critics Award, an Elliot Norton Award, a Joseph Jefferson Award, a Bay Area Critics Award, two Barrymore Awards and six Helen Hayes Awards as a playwright and director. His plays and adaptations include THE HEAL, JQA, STUPID FUCKING BIRD, LIFE SUCKS., NO SISTERS, DISTRICT MERCHANTS, WHO AM I THIS TIME (AND OTHER CONUNDRUMS OF LOVE), THE CHOSEN, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, CYRANO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and more. His musicals include A MURDER, A MYSTERY & A MARRIAGE and WHAT HO, JEEVES! His plays for young people include THE GIFT OF NOTHING and ME...JANE: THE DREAMS & ADVENTURES OF YOUNG JANE GOODALL. He has directed more than 100 productions at major regional theatres across the country and was the founder and Artistic Director of the Arden Theatre Company and a former Artistic Director of Two River Theatre.

Plays

  • LIFE SUCKS by Aaron Posner
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, political
    A rough, irreverent, profane, and maybe even slightly profound re-imagining of Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA. It recently won the Off-Broadway Theatre Alliance Award in 2020 as Best New Play. It has been done by Theatre J, Lookingglass, Wheelhouse and many others. Seven actors, great opportunities...
  • Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Chekhov, adaptation
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Chekhov, adaptation
    An irreverent, dramatic, fun, funny and fucked-up re-imagining of Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.

    It has now had more than 150 productions at professional theatres, universities, and community theatres across the States, as well as runs in Australia, Sweden, China, Canada and more...
  • JQA by Aaron Posner
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Politics, government + 2 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, political
    Keyword: Politics, government, American history, President
    JQA uses the life and times of our sixth President, John Quincy Adams, to explore current issues about Government, Leadership, and the nature of the American Democracy and American Identity. Organized as a series of dialogues between John Quincy Adams and other dignitaries and family members over the course of his long and extraordinary life, it is as much an inquiry as it is a play. It's premier at Arena...
    JQA uses the life and times of our sixth President, John Quincy Adams, to explore current issues about Government, Leadership, and the nature of the American Democracy and American Identity. Organized as a series of dialogues between John Quincy Adams and other dignitaries and family members over the course of his long and extraordinary life, it is as much an inquiry as it is a play. It's premier at Arena Stage in 2019 was applauded by audiences and critics, and was a sold-out success.