Aaron White
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Aaron White is an NAACP Theater Award-winning American
United States
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 playwright, his most notable work being The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy is an American stage play written and directed by Aaron White and Jason Christopher White, which opened in 2005...

, which he wrote with Jason Christopher White
Jason Christopher White
Jason Christophe White is an NAACP Theater Award-winning American playwright, his most notable work being The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy, which he co-directed with Aaron White . He is also the co-owner of In Tha Cut Productions.He is a graduate of The California Institute of the...

 (no relation). He also an independent music producer, as the owner and founder of In Tha Cut Productions.

He graduated from St. Bernard High School
St. Bernard High School (Los Angeles, California)
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, in Playa Del Rey, CA in 1998, and is a graduate of The California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
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, where he received a B.F.A. in Theater in 2003.

Plays

  • City Noise (play) (2003)
  • The Blood They Shed (2004)
  • The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
    The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
    The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy is an American stage play written and directed by Aaron White and Jason Christopher White, which opened in 2005...

    (2005) (Co-Director)

Awards

In 2007, The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy
The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy is an American stage play written and directed by Aaron White and Jason Christopher White, which opened in 2005...

won an NAACP award for “Best Playwright”, given to both Aaron and Jason. The production has garnered the support of Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

, KCET
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and others.

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