Daniel Aukin

Bio

Daniel is a New York-based director. Broadway: Sam Shepard’s FOOL FOR LOVE. Recent world premieres: ADMISSIONS (LCT & London’s West End), SKINTIGHT (Roundabout and Geffen Playhouse), BAD JEWS (Roundabout), FULFILLMENT CENTER (MTC), RANCHO VIEJO (Playwrights’ Horizons), PLACEBO (Playwrights’ Horizons), WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA (Atlantic), SUITCASE and [SIC] (Soho Rep.), THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE (Dallas Theatre Center & The Public, HEARTLESS (Signature), 4000 MILES (LCT), THE UGLY ONE (Soho Rep.), BACK BACK BACK (MTC), EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT, CAT’S-PAW, THE YEAR OF THE BABY and MOLLY’S DREAM (all at Soho Rep.). Also revivals of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Arena Stage) and THE ADDING MACHINE (La Jolla Playhouse). Collaborators include Sam Shepard, Joshua Harmon, Melissa James Gibson, Abe Koogler, Dan LeFranc, Michael Friedman, Itamar Moses, Amy Herzog, Mark Schultz, Mac Wellman, Quincy Long and Maria Irene Fornes. Formerly the Artistic Director of Soho Rep. in New York (1998-2006) where he developed and produced world premieres by Richard Maxwell, Young Jean Lee, Thomas Bradshaw, Adam Bock, Anne Washburn and Jordan Harrison among many others. He has participated in development programs at Sundance Theater Lab, the O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference and New York Stage and Film. Upcoming: Emily Feldman’s THE BEST WE COULD (A FAMILY TRAGEDY) at MTC and David Adjmi’s STEREOPHONIC.