Directing or Playwrighting Coaching with Aaron Posner

Aaron Posner is an award-winning director, playwright, teacher, former Artistic Director of two LORT theatres, and an Associate Professor of Theatre at American University. He has directed more than 150 productions at major regional theaters across the country including Arena Stage, American Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Folger Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Round House Theater, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Imagination Stage, The Kennedy Center, and many more. As a playwright, his re-imaging of Chekhov’s The Seagull, entitled Stupid F**king Bird, was one of the ten most produced plays in the country in 2015 and has had more than 150 productions worldwide. Other plays include JQA, The Heal, Life Sucks, No Sisters, District Merchants, Who Am I This Time? & Other Conundrums of Love, The Chosen, My Name Is Asher Lev, The Gift of Nothing, ME…JANE, and many more. He has won numerous awards for his work including six Helen Hayes Awards, two Barrymore Awards, The Outer Circle Critics Award, a Joseph Jefferson Award, an Elliott Norton Award, The Bay Area Theatre Critics Award, The John Gassner Prize, and more. He lives in Maryland with his wife, the exceptional actress, teacher and mother, Erin Weaver, and his amazing daughter, Maisie. 

Directing Tutorial
Are you interested in directing for the theater? Do you have an opportunity to direct in an academic setting, a community theater, or even a small professional theater? Could you use some guidance to be sure you are fully prepared? Come talk to me and let me help you make sure you have asked yourself the key questions and are ready to fully engage with your creative team, your actors, and your eventual audience. This is directing coaching that can be whatever you need it to be. Let me help you prepare to be the best director you can be.

Playwrighting Tutorial
I have been writing plays for more than 30 years, and have been reading them, thinking about how they function, and engaging with them for longer than that! There is no right way to write a play… there is only your unique, individual journey towards making your play the best version of itself. Let me help you by reading your play, offering thoughts and perspectives on how it can evolve, and then assist you in taking it further down its own particular path. I am here to help you and your play grow, mature and improve in any way I can.

Cost:
$125 per hour 

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