Aaron Todd Douglas biography

Aaron Todd Douglas

At Writers Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest, Marjorie Prime

Aaron is a founding ensemble member of Congo Square Theatre Company, where his acting credits include their multiple Jeff Award winning production of Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson, Before it Hits Home, Spunk, and Ali. He originated the role of Flip in the world premiere of Stick Fly by Lydia Diamond (the play was later produced on Broadway) and performed in Joe Turner's Come and Gone at The Goodman Theatre commemorating the Goodman's historic completion of Wilson's Century Cycle. Aaron is a former company member at Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival where he appeared in numerous productions including Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Alchemist, Hamlet, Three Musketeers, and twice played the title role in Othello. Other acting credits include: Tree and Wheatley (Victory Gardens Theater), Wait Until Dark (Court Theatre), Journal of Ordinary Thought (Chicago Theater Company), Iphigenia 2.0 (Next Theatre Company), Fortunes of the Moor (eta Creative Arts Foundation), The State of Mississippi v. Emmet Till (Pegasus), Julius Caesar (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Perfect Mendacity (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), and Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre). He is a member of the Acting Faculty at Northwestern University and a member in good standing of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.

[Bio as of June 2015]