BIOGRAPHY
Aaron is an Assistant Professor of Theatre/Directing. Having served on the faculty
at SUNY Buffalo State and Quinnipiac University, Aaron has maintained an active career
in the arts and entertainment industry鈥攁ppearing in over a dozen national commercials,
recording voiceover narrations for books and films, and appearing in TV shows on NBC
and HBO. Off-Off-Broadway: The Prelude Festival: ...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi and We Are Proud to Present...; New Dramatist: DJ & Jess and Sistah鈥檚: A Love Story. Regional Theatre: Yale Repertory Theatre: Death of Salesman w/ Charles S. Dutton & Stephen McKinley Henderson, A Woman of No Importance, Richard II, w/ Jeffery Carlson; Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Elm Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Macbeth w/ Alvin Epstein, and The Winter鈥檚 Tale鈥攆or which he won a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Debut Performance; The Christians at Road Less Travelled Productions (Artie Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama) Dancing in the Dark (world-premiere) w/ Aja Naomi King; Kavinoky Theatre: City of Conversation; Buffalo Laboratory Theatre: Wonder of the World. Film/TV: The First Purge (Universal Pictures), American Hustle (Columbia Pictures; Golden Globe winner for Best Movie, 10 Academy Award nominations),
and Why I Murdered My Roommate (pilot).
Aaron has performed narrations with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Peter & The Wolf, Peter Pan, Carnival of the Animals, and T鈥檞as The Night Before Christmas) and can be seen as architect John E. Brent in the documentary Through These Gates, exhibited at the Burchfield Penny Art Center. Aaron has directed at the Paul Robeson
Theatre (Detroit 鈥67, Blood at the Root), Against the Grain Theater Festival (Night with the Dream Keeper), Elm Shakespeare Company (Hamlet), and SUNY Buffalo State (Brothers Size, Motherf**ker with the Hat, Doctor In Spite of Himself, and Blood at the Root). Aaron was the voice of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's 2016-2017 season's
TV ads "Now more than ever!"
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EDUCATION
MFA, Yale School of Drama
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Acting, directing, performance theory, dramatic theory, television and film
COURSES
GAH 2246 Introduction to Acting
THTR 2320 Stage Movement
THTR 3180 Directing for the Stage
THTR 3683 Acting III
PERFORMANCES AND DIRECTED WORKS
Moss, Aaron, perf. The First Purge. Dir. Gerard McMurray. Perf. Y鈥檒an Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Jovian Wade. Universal
Pictures, 2018.
The Christians. By Lucas Hnath, directed by Scott Behrend, performances by Aaron Moss (as Associate
Pastor), Dave Hayes, and Lisa Vitrano, Road Less Travelled Productions, April 19-May
20, 2018, Buffalo, NY. Award: Artie Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama and Outstanding
Production of a Play
Moss, Aaron, perf. The Greenfields Advertisement. Airing on CBS. WIVB, Buffalo, NY. 2018.
Moss, Aaron, perf. Heritage Moments Series: W.E.B. DuBois鈥 The Niagara Movement Manifesto. Dir. Jeff Klein. National Public Radio. Feb. 2018.
Moss, Aaron, director. Blood at the Root. By Dominique Morisseau, performances by Kayla Bennett, Andy Noel, Azarias Soto,
Kelsey Jeffs, Eliza Zanoli-Styles, and Mark Bogumil, Paul Robeson Theatre, October
13-29, 2017, Buffalo, NY.
Moss, Aaron, perf. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. CBS. New York, Dec. 2016.
Wonder of the World. By David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Taylor Doherty, performances by Aaron Moss
(as Captain Mike) and Anne Boucher, Buffalo Laboratory Theatre, 15 Sept.-2 Oct., 2016,
Shea鈥檚 710 Theatre, Buffalo, NY.
Moss, Aaron, perf. Buffalo Niagara Medical Center Advertisement. Prod. Pagent Films. Online, 2016.
Moss, Aaron, director. A Night with the Dream Keeper. By Austin Lamewona, performances by Roosevelt Tidwell, Drayson Colbert, and Kai
B. Lewis, Against the Grain Theatre Festival, 18 August Buffalo, NY.
Moss, Aaron, perf. Through These Gates: Buffalo鈥檚 First African-American Architect, John E. Brent. Dir. Sandy White. Mustard Seed World Productions. DVD. 2016.
Peter & The Wolf. By Sergei Prokofiev, conducted by Stefan Sanders, performances by Aaron Moss and
the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 17 April 2016. Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo,
NY.
Moss, Aaron, director. Detroit 鈥67. By Dominique Morisseau, performances by Gary-Kai Fletcher, Candice Whitfield, Annette
Christian, and , Paul Robeson Theatre, 14-29 May, 2015, Buffalo, NY. (Awards: Katherine Cornel Award for Excellence by Lead Actor, Art Voice nominations
for Outstanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play.)
City of Conversation. By Anthony Giardina, directed by Robert Waterhouse, performances
by Adrianno Gatto, Kristin Tripp Kelley, Debbie Pappas Sham, Steve Jackiel, and Aaron
Moss (Donald Logan), Kavinoky Theatre, February-March, 2016, Buffalo, NY. (Art Voice Award nomination for best production)
Moss, Aaron, actor (Duke Orsino). Twelfth Night. By William Shakespeare, directed by James Andreassi, performances by Andrea Goldman,
Paula Plum, and ?, Elm Shakespeare Company, 16 Aug.-5 Sept., 2015, New Haven, CT.
Carnival of the Animals. By Camille Saint-Saens, conducted by Stefan Sanders, performances by Aaron Moss
and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 3 May 2015. Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo,
NY.
Moss, Aaron, perf. Why I Murdered My Roommate (t.v. pilot). Dir. Michael Pauley. DVD. The New Hotness, 2015.
Peter Pan. By James Newton Howard, conducted by Stefan Sanders, performances by Aaron Moss
and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 3 May 2015. Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo,
NY.
T鈥檞as The Night Before Christmas. By Bob Phillips, conducted by Stefan Sanders, performances by Aaron Moss and the
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, 6 December 2014. Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY.
Moss, Aaron, perf. American Hustle. Dir. David O. Russell. Perf. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner,
Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DiNiro. Columbia Pictures, 2013. (Awards: Golden Globe winner
for Best Film; 11 Academy Award Nominations)
Macbeth. By William Shakespeare, directed by Alan Burrows, performances by Aaron Moss (Thane
of Ross), Mark Zeisler, Marianna Bassham, and James Andreassi, Elm Shakespeare Company,
August-September, 2012, New Haven, CT.
Moment to Moment: Shakespeare鈥檚 Recitations. Perf. James Andreassi, Jeremy Funke, Kerry Tartar, Aaron Moss. DVD. Yale Center
for British Art, 2012.
Measure for Measure. By William Shakespeare, directed by James Andreassi, performances by Aaron Moss
(Lucio), Eric Martin Brown, Mark Zeisler, and Sarah Grace Brown, Elm Shakespeare Company,
August-September 2011, New Haven, CT.
We Are Proud to Present鈥 By Jackie Drury-Sibblings, directed by Eric Ting, performances by Aaron Moss, and鈥
Prelude Festival, 2011, CUNY, New York.
Jess & DJ: A Baby Mamma Dramedy. By Natali Naman, directed by Jessi Hill, performances by Aaron Moss and Celestine
Rae, New Dramatists, April 2011, New York.
Le Costume (workshop). By Peter Brook, directed and produced by Peter Brook, Marie- He虂le虁ne
Estienne and Tarell Alvin-McCraney, performances by Aaron Moss (Husband) and Keith
Eric Chappelle, New York University, 2011, New York.
The Winter鈥檚 Tale. By William Shakespeare, directed by James Andreassi, performances by Aaron Moss
(Autolycus), Nadia Bowers, and Mark Zeisler, Elm Shakespeare Company, Aug-Sept 2010,
New Haven, CT. (Connecticut Critics Circle Award鈥擝est Debut Performance, Aaron Moss)鈥
And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi. By Marcus Gardley, directed by Tea Aleric, performances by Aja Naomi King, Stanley
Wayn-Matthis, and Aaron Moss (Per Brae), Prelude Festival, CUNY, 2010, New York.
Sistahs: A Love Story. By Harrison David Rivers, directed by Tea Alergic, performances by Aja Naomi King
and Aaron Moss, New Dramatists, 2010, New York.
Death of a Salesman. By Arthur Miller, directed by James Bundy, performances by Charles S. Dutton, Stephen
McKinley Henderson, Ato Essandoh, Kimberly Scott, Aja Naomi King, Stanley Wayne Mathis,
Billy Eugene Jones, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, and Aaron Moss, Yale Repertory Theatre,
May 2009, New Haven, CT.
Taming of the Shrew. By William Shakespeare, directed by Catherine Weidner, performances by Aaron Moss
(Hortensio), Daniel Harray, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, June-August, 2008, Bloomington,
IL.
Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream. By William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Quinlan, performances by Aaron Moss (Oberon/Theseus)
and Magdalyn Donnelly, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, June-August, 2008, Bloomington,
IL.
Titus Andronicus. By William Shakespeare, directed by Catherine Weidner, performances by Robert Ramirez,
Robert Anderson, and Aaron Moss (Publius), Illinois Shakespeare Festival, June-August,
2008, Bloomington, IL.
A Woman of No Importance. By Oscar Wilde, directed by James Bundy, performances by Bryce Pinkham, Felicity
Jones, and Aaron Moss (Mr. Kelvil), Yale Repertory Theatre, May 2008, New Haven, CT.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Actor鈥檚 Equity Association
Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers