DANIEL AUKIN (Director) most recently directed A View from the Bridge at Arena Stage. He directed a workshop Rachel Axler’s new play Smudge at the Eugene O’Neill Conference this summer. Other recent credits include Melissa James Gibson’s Current Nobody at Woolly Mammoth and Elmer Rice’s The Adding Machine at La Jolla Playhouse. As Artistic Director of Soho Rep Daniel directed Mark Schultz’s critically acclaimed Everything Will Be Different (world premiere), Melissa James Gibson’s [sic] (world premiere, OBIE award for direction), Quincy Long’s The Year of the Baby (world premiere), Mac Wellman’s Cats-Paw (world premiere), María Irene Fornés’ Molly’s Dream (world premiere), and Melissa James Gibson’s Suitcase (also at La Jolla Playhouse). For other theatres: Alexandra Cunningham’s No. 11 (Blue and White), Melissa James Gibson’s Brooklyn Bridge at the Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis and Mat Smart’s The Hopper Collection at the Huntington Theatre. He is also developing a musical adaptation of the Jonathan Lethem novel The Fortress of Solitude with Michael Friedman (composer/lyricist) and Itamar Moses (book). During his tenure at Soho Rep, he strengthened the company’s commitment to developing iconoclastic new plays. He commissioned over fifty new plays though the Writer/Director Lab and produced sixteen-full-length productions (including new plays by Adam Bock, The Flying Machine, Young Jean Lee, and Richard Maxwell). Accolades for this body of work include eight OBIE awards, four Drama Desk Nominations, two Kesselring Prizes, and one Oppenheimer Award.