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.
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
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
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
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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
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
"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
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 III on the Bez Zábradlí stage in Prague.
Photographer: Stanislav Callas
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