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BIOGRAPHY
Aaron is a writer, director, actor and producer. He is scheduled to direct the feature film, AMERICAN SOLITAIRE, which he wrote, in early 2024. The nuanced narrative about the gun crisis in America came out of years of research, including traveling around the country talking to people about guns.
He served as Artistic Director of Traveling Jewish Theatre in San Francisco from 2001 - 2011. Among many projects at TJT, he co-wrote and directed the international collaboration BLOOD RELATIVE about the Israeli-Palestinian story, directed TJT’s critically acclaimed production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN and co-wrote and performed in GOD’S DONKEY which toured the United States. He originated the role of Momik Neuman in Corey Fischer’s Kennedy Center Award winning play SEE UNDER: LOVE, based on the David Grossman novel.
Beyond TJT Aaron directed GOLDA’S BALCONY and THE CHOSEN at Theatreworks and the world premiere of THIS WORLD IN A WOMAN’S HANDS by Marcus Gardley at Shotgun Players. He also directed the world premiere of Gardley’s LOVE IS A DREAM HOUSE IN LORIN at Shotgun for which he was named Best Director of 2007 by the East Bay Express. And the world premiere of Gardley's THE ROAD WEEPS, THE WELL RUNS DRY at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska.
Aaron is the author of WRESTLING JERUSALEM, a play that received it's premier at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco March 12 - April 6, 2014. The play was commissioned by Theatre J in Washington DC and supported in part by the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, TJT and Playwrights Foundation. As an actor he has performed at SF Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Shotgun Players, Theatre J, Arena Stage, and other theatres.
At TJT he produced THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG by Wendy Wasserstein; THE FLOATING LIGHTBULB by Woody Allen; ANDY WARHOL: GOOD FOR THE JEWS? by Josh Kornbluth; THE MODEL APARTMENT by Donald Marguiles; DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller; ROSE by Martin Sherman; FAMILY ALCHEMY Paley and Malamud Stories on Stage; CHERRY DOCS by David Gow; BLOOD RELATIVE, company-created; THE BRIGHT RIVER by Tim Barsky; DYBBUK adapted by Bruce Meyers; FALL DOWN GET UP by Naomi Newman; TIMES LIKE THESE by John O’Keefe; 3 VOICES emerging artists; MOONWATCHER, company-created; WINDOWS AND MIRRORS, in collaboration with Word For Word; GOD’S DONKEY, company-created; OPENING TO YOU, company-created; THE CHOSEN adapted by Aaron Posner.
Aaron received an MFA in Creative Writing/Playwriting from San Francisco State University. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received his theatrical training at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a recipient of the New Generations Fellowship from Theatre Communications Group and the 2016 TIKKUN AWARD.
Aaron is a writer, director, actor and producer. He is scheduled to direct the feature film, AMERICAN SOLITAIRE, which he wrote, in early 2024. The nuanced narrative about the gun crisis in America came out of years of research, including traveling around the country talking to people about guns.
He served as Artistic Director of Traveling Jewish Theatre in San Francisco from 2001 - 2011. Among many projects at TJT, he co-wrote and directed the international collaboration BLOOD RELATIVE about the Israeli-Palestinian story, directed TJT’s critically acclaimed production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN and co-wrote and performed in GOD’S DONKEY which toured the United States. He originated the role of Momik Neuman in Corey Fischer’s Kennedy Center Award winning play SEE UNDER: LOVE, based on the David Grossman novel.
Beyond TJT Aaron directed GOLDA’S BALCONY and THE CHOSEN at Theatreworks and the world premiere of THIS WORLD IN A WOMAN’S HANDS by Marcus Gardley at Shotgun Players. He also directed the world premiere of Gardley’s LOVE IS A DREAM HOUSE IN LORIN at Shotgun for which he was named Best Director of 2007 by the East Bay Express. And the world premiere of Gardley's THE ROAD WEEPS, THE WELL RUNS DRY at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska.
Aaron is the author of WRESTLING JERUSALEM, a play that received it's premier at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco March 12 - April 6, 2014. The play was commissioned by Theatre J in Washington DC and supported in part by the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, TJT and Playwrights Foundation. As an actor he has performed at SF Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Shotgun Players, Theatre J, Arena Stage, and other theatres.
At TJT he produced THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG by Wendy Wasserstein; THE FLOATING LIGHTBULB by Woody Allen; ANDY WARHOL: GOOD FOR THE JEWS? by Josh Kornbluth; THE MODEL APARTMENT by Donald Marguiles; DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller; ROSE by Martin Sherman; FAMILY ALCHEMY Paley and Malamud Stories on Stage; CHERRY DOCS by David Gow; BLOOD RELATIVE, company-created; THE BRIGHT RIVER by Tim Barsky; DYBBUK adapted by Bruce Meyers; FALL DOWN GET UP by Naomi Newman; TIMES LIKE THESE by John O’Keefe; 3 VOICES emerging artists; MOONWATCHER, company-created; WINDOWS AND MIRRORS, in collaboration with Word For Word; GOD’S DONKEY, company-created; OPENING TO YOU, company-created; THE CHOSEN adapted by Aaron Posner.
Aaron received an MFA in Creative Writing/Playwriting from San Francisco State University. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received his theatrical training at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a recipient of the New Generations Fellowship from Theatre Communications Group and the 2016 TIKKUN AWARD.
