Aaron Posner (Playwright) is an award-winning director, playwright, teacher, and former Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre and New Jersey’s Two River Theatre. He has directed more than 150 productions at major regional theaters across the country including virtually every theatre in the DC area. As a playwright, his re-imaging of Chekhov’s The Seagull, entitled Stupid F**king Bird, was one of the ten most produced plays in the country in 2015 and has had more than 150 productions worldwide. Other plays include The Heal, JQA, Life Sucks, No Sisters, District Merchants, Who Am I This Time? & Other Conundrums of Love, The Chosen, My Name Is Asher Lev, The Gift of Nothing, Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall, and many more. He lives outside of D.C. with his wife, actress Erin Weaver, and his daughter, Maisie.

Miriam White (Asher's Mother and others) is a Philadelphia based actor and educator thrilled to be back with Theatre Ariel. Recent theatre credits include: Our Town (New Light), Clue (Bristol Riverside Theatre), Salt Pepper Ketchup and We are Proud to Present...(InterAct), Clean Slate (Passage Theatre), Cinderella (Arden), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Old Globe, u/s/performed), and  Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue (Ion Theatre, San Diego Critic Circle Award Nomination).  Big love to her incredible family and friends, without whom she would be lost.