Mr. Aaron F. Brateman

Theater/High School Director

Mr. Brateman is a graduate of NYU Tisch, where he earned a BFA in Acting, as well as NYU Steinhardt, where he earned an MA in Educational Theatre. Over the last decade he has directed more than 75 productions with students of all ages, many of them at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. Mr. Brateman has also taught at various programs throughout New York including the Atlantic Acting School, Random Farms Kids Theater, and New York City Center. He is the co-founder of Playgrounded, NYC’s only improv program exclusively for kids and teens. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity, and as an actor has been seen Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, Under-Broadway at 54 Below, away from Broadway in the National Tour of Charlotte’s Web with Theatreworks USA, and on Broadway as a pedestrian. Mr. Brateman has a great love of improv and has studied at UCB, The Magnet, and the PIT, where he was also a House Team player with The Rockefellers.