Artist in Residence

Playwright Aaron Kozak has been doing theater for 20 years, debuting in Camelot in 1990 at the Lamplight Theatre in Nacogdoches, Texas. Since then, he’s performed in over forty plays, 7 feature films, and countless shorts. He wrote, produced, directed, edited and starred in The Show Businessman, which was selected as an official finalist of the 2010 Las Vegas Film Festival. His directing/editing credits include eBay’s Regifting Campaign with Andy Richter, Revelle Studios’ Star Mashers, MTV’s True Life, The Night Audit, Basketball Shorts, The Chinnedy’s, and Savages. As a playwright, he was privileged to be affiliated with the International Fringe circuit. His play Goodbye, Love. Goodbye, Joy. Hello, Travis McElroy was performed at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC; and his play The Birthday Boys received several awards and nominations at the 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival. In May of 2011, The Birthday Boys was the first play produced since the Vaudeville era at the historic Texas Theatre, where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured after shooting JFK, and it will be making its New York debut in late 2011/early 2012. Aaron has a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Oklahoma.