Aaron Posner

A.R.T.: Debut. Aaron Posner is a Helen Hayes and Barrymore Award-winning playwright and director. Adaptations include: Macbeth (with Teller), Stupid Fucking Bird (a finalist for the Steinberg Award and the winner of the 2014 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, adapted from Chekhov’s The Seagull), Who Am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums of Love) (adapted from Kurt Vonnegut short stories), The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev (adapted from the Chaim Potok novels), Sometimes a Great Notion (adapted from Ken Kesey), a nine actor Cyrano, and a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage. He is a founder and former Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre and has directed at major regional theaters from coast to coast. He is an artistic associate at Milwaukee Rep and the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.