A.A. BRENNER
PLAYWRITING
COMMISSIONS & PRODUCTIONS
Blanche & Stella, Dir. Colm Summers Expected: May 2021
Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts @ Columbia University, New York, NY
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Finalist for the 2021 Columbia @ Roundabout New Play Reading Series
Damocles November 2021
Rutgers Theater Company, Mason Gross School of the Arts
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Developed at Paula Vogel's 2020 Election Bake-Off
Plooto: A Space Oddity (Book & Lyrics) with John Garry, Music by Jay Adana Spring 2021
CO/LAB Theater Group
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Commissioned by CO/LAB Theater Group
Transgressions, Dir. Colm Summers March 2020* (*canceled due to COVID-19)
The Studio @ Schapiro, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Finalist for the 2020-22 Lark-Apothetae Playwriting Fellowship
Emily Driver’s Great Race Through Time & Space with Gregg Mozgala, Dir. Talleri A. McRae & Mickey Rowe January 2020
La Jolla Playhouse & National Disability Theatre, La Jolla, CA
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Commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse & National Disability Theatre
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The Kilroys’ 2020 List honoree
God is Dead & April’s Getting Married, Dir. Jess Phillips July 2018
Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, D.C.
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Named “Best of Fringe” by DC Metro Theater Arts
God is Dead & April’s Getting Married, Dir. Charlie Marie McGrath May 2017
Shakespeare Theatre Company (Fellows Consortium), Washington, DC
Twentyhood November 2015
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts @ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
READINGS
Blanche & Stella February 2021
The Lark (Roundtable), New York, NY
phantasia; or, those games you used to play with your barbies December 2020
The Lark (Roundtable), New York, NY
Emily Driver’s Great Race Through Time & Space with Gregg Mozgala, Dir. Evan Cummings July 2020
Queens Theatre and the Museum, Arts and Culture Access Consortium (MAC), New York, NY
The Wind Cries Mary, Dir. Colm Summers June 2020
The New Alternatives Festival / HowlRound TV, New York, NY
Still Life, Dir. Emily Ranii September 2014
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts @ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Olly Olly Oxen-Free, Dir. Austen Elizabeth Edwards July 2013
The Hangar Theatre Lab Company, Ithaca, NY
Riding With Camellia, Dir. Bob Moss February 2013
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts @ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Winner of the 2013 Heermans-McCalmon Dramatic Writing Competition
Tiger, Tiger, Dir. Shana Gozansky January 2013
Young Playwrights, Inc., New York, NY
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Winner of the 2012 Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition
DRAMATURGY
Macbeth, Dir. Liesl Tommy May 2017
Dramaturgical Assistant, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC
Titus Andronicus, Dir. Spencer Whale May 2017
Dramaturg, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts @ Cornell University
4,000 Miles, Dir. Shana Gozansky July 2013
Dramaturg, The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
ADVERTISING
Epiq Media New York, NY
Writer / Producer August 2020-Present
Brands: Lyft, Tampax, DayQuil / NyQuil, ZIX, Candy Crush, Native, & more
ARTS ADMINISTRATION
David Henry Hwang New York, NY
Assistant / Intern August 2019-Present
The Lark New York, NY
Artistic Roundtable & Casting Apprentice September 2017-June 2018
Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington, DC
Artistic Fellow June 2016-June 2017
Dramatists Guild of America New York, NY
Dramatists Guild Ambassador for the Central New York Region October 2014 – May 2016
Verve Literary and Talent Agency Los Angeles, CA
Intern June 2015 – August 2015
The Hangar Theatre Ithaca, NY
Playwriting Apprentice June 2013 – August 2013
EDUCATION
Columbia University New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts: Playwriting October 2021
Cornell University New York, NY
BA: English, Theatre May 2016
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Software: Microsoft Office; Tessitura; Adobe InDesign; FinalDraft; Pro Tools; QLab; FinalCutPro
Communication: Script coverage; Transcription; Captioning; Copyediting; Conversational Spanish (writing and speech)
Other: Tutoring Experience (Writing & Math); Valid US Driver’s License; Bartending / Concessions Experience