1. Derek Ahonen is an American playwright, director, producer, and filmmaker.
10 Facts About Derek Ahonen
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Derek Ahonen is a co-founder of The Amoralists Theatre Company in NYC.
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Derek Ahonen's plays are published by Indie Theatre Now and Playscripts Inc.
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The son of Anna, a Children's Theatre Director, Derek Ahonen was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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Derek Ahonen married in 2019 and stated he lived for a time at a Congregational Church.
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Mr Derek Ahonen, who directs, brings the populist instincts of a born entertainer.
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The majority of Derek Ahonen's plays feature ensemble casts and characters living on the outskirts of society.
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Derek Ahonen's plays are often about the journey the characters are willing to take on their way to nowhere.
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Derek Ahonen's plays are plot-driven family melodramas about delusions and affairs of the heart, tragedies played at such a fever pitch that they spill into farce.
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Derek Ahonen was then commissioned to write his first post-Amoralists play, The Transcendents, by The Village Rep in Charleston, South Carolina.