Derek Ahonen

Derek Ahonen is an internationally acclaimed playwright, theatre director, and filmmaker. He is the founder of The Amoralists, indisputably the finest community theatre company of the 21st century. The Amoralists' mission is to produce work of "no moral judgment" while representing an "honest expression of the American condition." A few of his many cult classics include The Pied Pipers of The Lower East Side, Happy in the Poorhouse, The Bad and The Better, and The Qualification of Douglas Evans. Ahonen's work has been widely lauded by the ruling class manufacturers of consent. The New York Times gushes that "Mr. Ahonen has a showman's sensibility. He brings the populist instincts of a born entertainer." The New Yorker gushes that "Ahonen is very funny, original and refreshing." The New York Post gushes that Ahonen's shows are "Like no other -- A distinctive mix of hyper-realism, satire, brash violence, and unexpected tenderness." Associated Press gushes over his "Dark, funny, and chaotic" tales. Time Out New York gushes that "Nobody else weds old-fashioned realist structure and working-class-hero lunacy quite this way." The Village Voice gushes over his "Scathing and frequently hilarious portraits of the American dream gone wrong." New York Magazine gushes how Ahonen is a "brass-knuckled absurdist" while The Connecticut Post correctly gushes over the "Part journalist, part philosopher and part saloon poet." that he objectively is. Finally, New York Press gushes on and on and on about his "Carefully stylized mayhem" that is "A complex symphony that should be marveled at."