AARON
POSNER is currently the Artistic Director of Two River
Theater Company in Red Bank, New Jersey, as well as the Co-Founder and
former Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre. Additionally,
Aaron has directed at The Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Seattle Rep, Actor’s
Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, The Alliance Theatre,
and other major theatres. He won a Barrymore Award for his direction
of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Arden and a Helen Hayes Award
for his direction of TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at the Folger. His most
recent adaptation, Mark Twain’s A MURDER, A MYSTERY & A MARRIAGE
was nominated for 10 Barrymore Awards and the Charles MacArthur Award
for Best New Play. His adaptation of Chaim Potok’s THE CHOSEN
has been performed throughout the country, and won a Barrymore Award
for Outstanding New Play. Aaron is originally from Eugene, Oregon, and
graduated from Northwestern University.
MY
NAME IS ASHER LEV
Chaim Potok’s most autobiographical
novel is also one of his most powerful, most moving, and most complex.
Asher Lev is a young man born with a gift. He is a painter of genius.
He is also born a Hassidic Jew to a father for whom art is at best foolishness,
at worst, sacrilege. Asher’s journey to adulthood is a journey
toward understanding himself, the worlds that claim him, and the nearly
impossible choices he must make.
