Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner (performance dramaturg), an an award-winning director and playwright, is a founder and former artistic director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre and the former artistic director of Two River Theater Company. His plays include Stupid Fu**ing Bird, Life Sucks, District Merchants, JQA, and The Heal. Notable directing credits include The Tempest and MacBeth at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and many productions at the Folger Theater, where he was an associate artist. He is the recipient of numerous Helen Hayes Awards, the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Play, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and the John Gassner Award. Posner is published by DPS.