Aurin Squire - Acclaim

Acclaim

Many of Squire's plays have received enthusiastic reviews and revivals, among them To Whom it May Concern, which ran off-Broadway in 2009, Defacing Michael Jackson, winner of the 2005 Samuel French, Inc. International Play Competition, and Match Me, produced by the New York International Fringe Festival in 2005. His art has been called "a true gem that deserves to be set apart from the rest" by The Drama Review, "brilliant" and "thoroughly entertaining" by Show Business Weekly, and "engaging and provocative" by critic Martin Denton.

His 2007 dark comedy To Whom It May Concern premiered at the Abingdon Theatre and won the Fresh Fruit Festival awards for best play and best playwright. To Whom It May Concern was also produced off-Broadway in 2009 at the Arclight Theatre with a cast including: Israel Gutierrez, Matthew Alford, Nicholas Reilly, and Carmelo Ferro.

In 2009, Squire wrote the book for the children's musical Matthew takes Manhatta, called "refreshingly clever" and a "cheerful tribute to our multiracial, multicultural America" by the New York Times.

Squire has won several awards for his docudramas on Jewish issues, including Spanish Jewish families who fled the Inquisition and European Jewish immigrants who came to America. Dreams of Freedom won a Core 77 Design Award, NMAJ's Communication Award, and an AIGA Design Effectiveness Award.