Aaron Posner News

Second Thought Theatre has announced their full production of Sweetpea. As the closing production of the 2021 season, Sweetpea will serve as the theatre’s first in-person production in 18 months.

Lots of laughter on the opening night of Life Sucks by Aaron Posner, perfectly played at Playhouse Teater in Stockholm, Sweden

What could it have been like to be the son of a Founding Father, later to become President himself, who interacted with so many of this country’s movers and shakers?  Aaron Posner tackles this question with wit and intelligence in his play JQA, which he subtitles “A Series of Fictitious Encounters Between John Quincy Adams & Sundry Family Members & Political Associates on the Subjects of Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of a More Rational Relationship with Government.”

As Fidel Castro ponders on how to move his country forward, his political partner, Celia Sánchez, is never far from his side. Imbued with magical realism, Celia and Fidel is the dynamic story of radical change in Cuba featuring the country's most notorious political figure and Cuba's most influential female revolutionary.

In I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD., Anthony Misiano serves up a series of painfully funny, progressively more shocking true stories about his turbulent childhood and the modern broken home. A Dickensian journey as raw as it is intangibly universal, Misiano's fearless, high-energy storytelling takes us down an engrossing autobiographical road that makes us laugh at our darkest moments, and question what exactly we define as family. A bold, unapologetic comedy set in a simpler, more aggressive time known commonly as: The 90's.

Miriam Weisfeld most recently served as Director of Artistic Development for the Tony-winning Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. She assumes the position on Sept. 1, 2021 but is in Glens Falls Aug. 1-15 observing production of ATF's final show of the season, 'Traffic and Weather,' which opens Aug. 5.

Learn more about the full lineup of shows, including La Cage Aux Folles, A Christmas Carol, Life Sucks, Water by the Spoonful, Mud Row, and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.

Learn more about the full lineup and how to purchase tickets for upcoming shows, which include Airness, Hurricane Diane, Kill Move Paradise, and Life Sucks.

Learn more about the full lineup, including Scrooge in Rouge, Between Riverside and Crazy, JQA, Church & State, On The Exhale, Witch, and Into the Breeches!

This July, Bristol Old Vic joins forces with Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for a remarkable collaboration and startling production of three very different versions of Chekov's The Seagull, marking 125 years since its first performance.

Bristol Old Vic is back with a summer season of live and online work which balances the return of Touching the Void, with shows from Malaika Kegode and a range of creative opportunities for every community in the city. 

As long as the current standard theatrical canon is taught in schools, young artists will continue to riff on the sanctified artists from their syllabi. Thus, America has seen a recent trend in irreverence toward the works of Anton Chekhov.

Greta Thunberg-meets-Sondheim in the World Premiere of ​TREES​, a new musical with music and lyrics by Mur. Filmed and produced by wild project, this video-on-demand will be available for viewing beginning Friday, December 18 and be available to view through December 24​.

Theater J, the nation's largest and most prominent Jewish theater cancels all previously scheduled in-person programming through May 2021 due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eric Walton, whose one-man show Esoterica was a long-running hit Off-Broadway, now presents the World Premiere of his newest evening of mentalism and mind-reading, VIRTUAL IMPOSSIBILITIES. Performances will be streamed live from Manhattan's wild project December 16 - 20 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. Running time is 60 minutes.

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) announced today extended viewing access for the theatre’s filmed version of Aaron Posner’s play JQA. Directed by REP Artistic Director Sam Woodhouse, the film of Posner’s play about President John Quincy Adams will now be available for viewing through November 29.

JQA from San Diego Repertory Theatre allows Quincy Adams to step into the spotlight as it reviews his life, politics, and the U.S. government in general through a more modern lens, it is streaming through November 5th.

From Sunday, October 25th through Tuesday, October 27th, the Alliance For Jewish Theatre will hold its annual conference completely online. Each day will feature award-winning speakers, international panelists, and select performers.

San Diego Repertory Theatre announced today the details of a filmed version of Aaron Posner's play JQA, the second production of the theatre's revised 2020/21 online and onstage season that begins with the release of the feature film of A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, written by and starring Herbert Siguenza.

Olney Theatre Center, recipient of 27 nominations for the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, tonight releases a specially filmed version of The Humans by Stephen Karam and directed by Aaron Posner.