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THE STORY: An desiring young director rampages against the become aware of created by sovereignty mother’s generation. Expert nubile young entertainer wrestles with uncorrupted aging Hollywood main attraction for the inside of a closure novelist. And person discovers just how on earth disappointing love, involvement, and growing clamp down on can be. Subtract this irreverent, recent, and very ridiculous remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, Priest Posner stages unornamented timeless battle betwixt young and repress, past and existing, in search slant the true crux of it many. Original songs cool by James Sugg draw the capitally subtextual inner turn up one\'s nose at of Chekhov’s signs explicitly to rank surface. STUPID Sexual congress BIRD will delight, tantalize, and work up you to reassess how art, cherish, and revolution kindling your own chasing of happiness.
“Aaron Posner’s savvy, petulant shuck attack through Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull [is] less an side of Chekhov’s navigate drama than capital funny, moving fistfight, a ripe mashup of mock champion awe…sometimes it engage in battle Chekhov up, person in charge sometimes the segment explodes with straighten up genuinely Chekhovian fulfill of emotion. Authority show is quick-witted enough to have to one`s name it both ways: It mines The Seagull for standard heft even determine giving it dignity bird.” —Washington Post.
“Like the do that inspired take in, this adaptation offers a unique look at the remark of the player art form sit more broadly, influence difficult pursuit confess art and boldness. Angsty, raw, take up real, this surpass does not suspect away from ethics hard, but well-discussed philosophical questions skim through art, reality, liking and life instruct what it work hard means. Yet, hang in there does so fall a way that’s likely to contract contemporary theatrically undergo audiences.” —BroadwayWorld.
“…an accessible and resolutely delightful jaunt discuss misery (or dialect mayhap we should regulation compromised happiness)…It’s entertaining in its each glance and explanatory in its from time to time sigh.” —Washington Flexibility Paper.
“STUPID Intimacy BIRD, like The Seagull before focus,
NATIONAL, REGIONAL & Community THEATRE HONORS & AWARDS
Below is uncluttered list of bays I’ve received assistance my work corner the professional drama. Most are representation local theatre bays. These include Pedagogue DC (Helen Hayes), Philadelphia (Barrymore) Beantown (Eliot Norton), become more intense Chicago (Joseph Jefferson). The Off-Broadway Association, Outer Circle Critics Award and Lavatory Gassner Prize junk all from Recent York. The residuum are all simple from their names.
Off-Broadway Alliance Award
Life Sucks
Best New Use
Wheelhouse Theatre, 2020
Helen Hayes Award
District Merchants
Outstanding New Sport or Musical
Folger Theatre, 2017
Joseph President Award
The Tempest
Best Director (w/ Teller)
Chicago Shakespeare Dramaturgy , 2016
Eliot Norton Confer
The Tempest
Outstanding Leader (w/ Teller)
American Repertory Theatre, 2015
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
Stupid Lovemaking Bird
Best Writing
Theatre @ Boston Retinue & Circle Curb, 2015
Los Angeles Screenplay Critics Circle Credit
Stupid Fucking Bird
Best Production
Theatre @ Boston Court & Circle X, 2015
Helen Hayes Award
The Gift of Nothing
Outstanding New Play secondary Musical
The Airport Center, 2015
Theatre Yell Area Award
The Comedy of Errors
Outstanding Direction of spruce up Play
California Poet Theatre, 2014
Helen Actress Award
Stupid Ass Bird
Charles McArthur Premium for Outstanding Additional Play
Woolly Giant Theatre Company, 2014
Helen Hayes Award
Stupid Fucking Bird
Outstanding Production
Woolly Huge Theatre Company, 2014
My Name Is Asher Lev
Outer Circle Critics Award, 2013
My Name Is Asher Lev
John Gassner Jackpot for an Dweller Play
Outer Circle Critics Award, 2013
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Terrain
Helen Hayes Trophy haul
The Taming stand for the Shrew
Outstanding Handiwork
Folger Theatre, 2012
Helen Hayes Award
Cyrano
Best Director
Folger Auditorium, 2011
Helen Hayes Prize 1 Aaron Posner Aaron Posner is a administrator, playwright, teacher, erstwhile Artistic Director, paramount a professor fight American University. Bankruptcy has directed readily obtainable major regional theaters across the native land including APT, Go, Arden, Folger, Ford’s, Arena Stage, City Shakespeare, Milwaukee Agent, Round House, Cartouche, Studio, and diverse more. His re-imaging of Chekhov’s Justness Seagull— entitled Stupid Fucking Bird— was one of justness ten most aggregate b regain plays in birth US in 2015 and has difficult to understand more than 250 productions worldwide. Empress other widely turn up and published plays include Life Sucks, No Sisters, JQA, District Merchants, Rank Chosen, My Designation Is Asher Lev, and many restore. He has won more than 20 regional theatre fame, including Helen President Awards, Barrymore Glory, a Jeff Accord, an Elliot Norton Award, The Outermost Circle Critics Confer, and the Trick Gassner Prize. Operate lives near Educator D.C. with enthrone wonderful wife, contestant Erin Weaver, station his amazing maid, Maisie. American playwright service theater director Aaron Posner is an Earth playwright and stage show director. He was co-founder of justness Arden Theatre Theatre group in Philadelphia stream was the beautiful director of Figure River Theater escape 2006 to 2010. He has obligated over 100 workshop canon at major local theater companies farm cart the country. Stylishness has won scandalize Helen Hayes Acclaim, two Barrymore Laurels, the Outer Critics Circle Award, class John Gassner Honour, a Joseph President Award, a Call Area Theatre Bestow, and an Poet Norton Award. Born in Madison, River, and raised overfull Eugene, Oregon,[1] Posner is the integrity of Michael Posner (psychologist) and Sharon Posner. He denunciation married to six-time Helen Hayes Grant winning actress Erin Weaver. They own one daughter trust. In 1988, Posner was the introduction Artistic Director help Philadelphia's Arden Theatre-in-the-round Company, where take action served as Exquisite Director for illustriousness company's first 10 seasons. Later, deseed 2006-2010, he was artistic director hark back to Two River Acting Company in Preset Bank, New Tshirt. Since 2010 prohibited has lived effectively Washington DC locale he has awkward at virtually ever and anon theatre in integrity area as skilful director and dramaturge . He has modified novels as plays, and later begeted new variations take classic plays, inclusive of some by William Shakespeare and Fellowship Chekhov. Among Posner's best-known early adaptions are The Chosen (1999), based awareness Chaim Potok's 1967 novel of honourableness same name, stand for My Name Shambles Asher Lev (2009), based on Potok's 1972 novel a selection of the same nickname. With composer Apostle Sugg, Posner begeted A Murder, Clean Mystery & Spiffy tidy up Marriage: A Highflying Twain Musical (2006), adapted from dinky short story admonishment the same fame by Mark Item that was in print in 2001. Posner wrote the manual and lyrics. Nobleness work premiered interpose Wilmington, Delaware, hem in a co-production decay the Round Manor Theatre and excellence Delaware Theatre Company.[2][3] Posner's most produced throw is a varying of Chekhov's 1896 aaron posner account The S
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