A.A. Brenner (he/they) is a writer, producer, and creator based in New York and London.
A.A.'s writing blends naturalistic dialogue with heightened realism to explore queer, trans, Jewish, and Disability themes, challenging societal power structures and creative form.
As a playwright, his work has been presented or commissioned in the U.S. and U.K., including at La Jolla Playhouse, National Disability Theatre, Lincoln Center, Breaking the Binary Theatre, Brooklyn Rep U.K., Queens Theatre, Phamaly Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company (Fellows Consortium), CO_LAB Theatre Group, and more. Their play for all audiences, Emily Driver’s Great Race Through Time and Space (co-written with Gregg Mozgala), was featured on the 2020 Kilroys List. They've been a Semi-Finalist at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference (2026, 2023); an Honorable Mention for the Leah Ryan Prize (2022); and Finalist selections for the Apothetae & Lark Playwriting Fellowship (2020), Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize (2021), and Columbia@Roundabout New Play Reading Series (2021). He has also been a writer-in-residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, New York Stage and Film, Peacedale Global Arts, Catwalk Arts Institute, and The Lark, among others.
When not writing, Brenner is also the Artistic Director of The Siq Collective, which develops and produces theatre for a new era by creating collective experiences people actually want to attend.
Co-founded with Danielle Hope Diamond, Siq (pronounced "sick") specializes in bold stories rarely told. Their most recent production, F-ck Me, I'm Grieving by Tatiana Kouguell-Hoell, premiered at The Hope Theatre in October 2026.
Currently, A.A. is developing his debut novel, a video podcast, an original TV pilot, and two plays. He is also, occasionally, sleeping.
MFA Playwriting: Columbia University School of the Arts. IG: a.a.brenner
