Daniel Aukin

Daniel is a New York based director.  Broadway: Sam Shepard’s FOOL FOR LOVE.  World premieres: THE BEST WE COULD (MTC), CATCH AS CATCH CAN (Playwrights’ Horizons), 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., US premiere), BACK BACK BACK (MTC, NY premiere),  EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT, CAT’S-PAW, THE YEAR OF THE BABY and MOLLY’S DREAM.  Also revivals of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and THE ADDING MACHINE.  Playwright collaborators include Maria Irene Fornes, Dan LeFranc,  Melissa James Gibson, Abe Koogler, Amy Herzog, Michael Friedman, Itamar Moses, Martyna Majok, Mark Schultz, Mac Wellman, Quincy Long,  Sam Shepard, Mia Chung, Joshua Harmon and Emily Feldman.  He was Artistic Director of Soho Rep., (1998-2006) garnering three OBIE Awards.

• “Critic's Pick! Adjmi ingeniously weaves sound and story into something as granular as it is operatic... A relentlessly compelling production by Daniel Aukin that has the grit of a documentary... as rich and lustrous as they come. You could even call it platinum.”

  — Jesse Green, The New York Times | Read Full Article

• “When the last time a play made you cry just because it was so damn good? In turning friction into fire in a California recording studio, David Adjmi's "Stereophonic," at Playwrights Horizons, reminds you that nothing thrills like theater at its best.”

  — Ben Brantley, former chief theater critic, The New York Times | Read more.