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Experience

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

First National Broadway Tour

Director: John Tiffany

Playwright: Jack Thorne

Role: Scorpius Malfoy

I am part of the original company bringing this brilliant, spellbinding show to Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C., an honor, a privilege, and a delight. And the tour is far from done! Get your tickets now!

“Close, expertly leaning into Scorpius’ outsized reactions and ample enthusiasm, provides extended periods of comedic relief. Smith, as the rebellious and moody Albus, is a rational foil to Scorpius’ restless energy. With remarkable chemistry, both actors are responsible for much of the play’s emotional core, crafting a strong, believable bond between two unlikely friends.”

Nolan Morris, The Daily Trojan

12 Elephants

The Tank (New York City)

Director: Megan Higley and Aidan Close

Playwright: Megan Higley

Role: Teddy

This two-hander, born out of passion and assembled together without a budget, was a lightning in a bottle. With a short run in a small theater, 12 Elephants had nothing but its words and its actors to bring its devastating, intimate story to life. Not a false note was entertained in this piece, requiring a deeper focus and empathy in both Megan and myself than we had accessed before. I look forward to our future partnerships with great excitement and gratitude.

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Incels and Other Myths (NY Premiere)

New York Theatre Festival

Director: Jamey Miller

Playwright: Ally Sass

Role: Avery

This triumphant play was taken to New York with a new creative team and vision, but with many of the original cast providing the same magic that was found in the Boston run. The new, shorter version of the script was a stripped, emotional one that shot like a bullet through its runtime. What a gift it was to introduce New York to this story.

Photographer: Kathryn Tornelli

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Art House (Sitcom Pilot)

Boston University School of Theatre / Film & TV

Director: Eli Cantor

Writing Supervisor: Adam Lapidus

Role: Lil Bub

In this historic collaboration between BU's School of Theatre and the College of Communication's Film & TV department, I was able to stretch my comedic and broad muscles in a fully produced, professionally run sitcom. In this project I inhabited the grey area between theater and film, honing my ability to navigate mediums.

Photographer: Michael D. Spencer

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Writers: (Ave Akinsete, Ian Aquino, Madeleine Bedenko, Sarah Craig, Mira Dhakal, Julia Glicksman, Ella Gullion, Zack Kaplan, Sarah Klein, Ashley Makuwa, Olivia Malek, Nick Mason, Jameson Murray, Edwin O'Neill, Hannah Schreiber, Charlotte Schuster, Amanda Schneider, Joe Sigman, Samir Singh, Bridget Wixted)

"Lil Bub, played by audience favorite Aidan Close (CFA '23), is the energetic wannabe rapper who keeps running out of rhymes."

Joel Brown, BU Today

Once

Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre

Director: Shamus

Playwright: Edna Walsh

Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Role: Švec

On top of the specific dialect work, this moving musical had me playing multiple instruments (drum kit, guitar, and bodhran), as well as requiring incredibly athletic dancing and physicality. Acting across the entirety of the spectrum between comedy and drama, this role is one that engrained in me the value of the stamina and technique required for this work.

Photographer: Annie Kao

Once - Photo by Annie Kao

Timon of Athens

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Director: Gary Lagden

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Role: Flavius

Caroline Robson, an NYU London professor of British Literature, said this of the show: "I had always thought [Timon of Athens] an unlovable and frankly unperformable play within Shakespeare's oeuvre, but quite frankly the energy, verve, and passion that each of you brought to the stage under Gary's superlative direction was simply enthralling."

Photographer: Provided by RADA

Timon of Athens - Photographer Provided by RADA

Incels and Other Myths (World Premiere)

Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Director: Erica Terpening-Romeo

Playwright: Ally Sass

Role: Avery

After originating the role in a staged reading nearly a year prior, I was lucky enough to bring Avery to life in the world premiere of this brilliant take on exploring identity, masculinity, and growing up in the digital era.

Photographer: Stratton McCrady

Incels and Other Myths - Photo by Stratton McCrady

"I particularly liked Aidan Close’s effervescent, ranged performance as Avery."

Diane Lu, The New England Theatre Geek

Much Ado About Nothing

Prague Shakespeare Company

Director: Jim and Carolyn Johnson

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Role: Claudio

Guy Roberts, the artistic head of PSC, came up to me after the performance and said that I was "the only Claudio [he] didn't want to punch in the face." Maybe the best compliment I've ever gotten. I tried to play the role like an open vein and the audience seemed to resonate with that choice.

Photographer: Stanislav Callas

Much Ado About Nothing - Photo by Stanislav Callas

King Henry VI Part III

Prague Shakespeare Company

Director: Brandon Fox

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Role: King Henry VI

Three casts did all three parts of Henry VI in one night, with ours finishing it out with this high intensity production of Part IIon the Bez Zábradlí stage in Prague. 

Photographer: Stanislav Callas

King Henry VI Part III - Photo by Stanislav Callas

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