Aaron Wilton graduated with Honors from Hamilton College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. Before leaving, he received the Karen Williams Theatre Prize and a certificate of recognition for “Outstanding Contribution to Hamilton College.” He moved to NYC after graduation and co-created/performed the show Happy Mundanes, which was produced by the NYC International Fringe Festival in 2004. While acting in a touring company out of George Street Playhouse, he was nominated for a Perry Award for Montclair Operetta Club's Footloose (Best Featured Actor). Three years out of school, he landed a contract with Hudson Stage Company that got him his Equity card (which was originally mentioned in an article from Backstage and reprinted here!). In 2009, he won a Shellie Award for "Best Supporting Actor in a Play" as Stanley in The Willows Theatre's Brighton Beach Memoirs, which was also nominated for "Outstanding Production." Later that year, he proudly joined the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). He feels very lucky to have worked with and learned from some astronomically talented actors, directors and writers (see my extended resumé for more details).
Emily Grube's review of The Pillowman for the Metro:
"It is easy to get lost in these seamlessly woven and grim tales, thanks to Wilton's precise narration. His voice leads us, with every inflection and pause, back to our childhood when we felt that reading a story before bed was just as important as eating and breathing. It was our job to listen and imagine, and with Wilton's portrayal, it is our job again."
Jim Carnes's review of The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) for the Sacramento Bee:
"What appears to be three guys goofin' around actually is a trio of seriously funny actors at the top of their game."
Robert Hurwitt's review of The Foreigner for the San Francisco Chronicle:
"There's infectious joy in watching Wilton's slow-witted Ellard come alive when he thinks he's teaching Charlie English…"
Dan Pine's review of Brighton Beach Memoirs for the Jewish News Weekly:
"As brother Stanley, Aaron Wilton whips up a tightly coiled pugnacity, providing a perfect foil to Eugene’s benign wit. A scene in which Stanley shares with his kid brother the secrets of sex is easily the play’s funniest, thanks to the actors’ Abbott-and-Costello-like delivery."
Richard Connema's review of Brighton Beach Memoirs for TalkinBroadway.com:
"Aaron Wilton as the old brother Stanley gives a winning performance. He can be very comical in a hilarious sex talk scene with Eugene and he also handles the melodramatic aspects without being self-pitying."
Edward Buroughs's review of After All for the Journal News:
"Aaron Wilton, who stole the spotlight as a geeky teenager in Hudson Stage's fall production of Kimberly Akimbo, delivers another solid performance as the robotic Frank. Showing increasing fascination and intensity, Wilton makes Frank both highly sympathetic and borderline scary, like a bomb that could explode with one more stimulation."
Riley MacLeod's review of Happy Mundanes for NYTheatre.com:
"Tyler and Wilton have an excellent, unstated chemistry between them. They communicate superbly with small facial expressions and gestures…Their touch is electric, both together and with the audience. They draw you into their world—sort of like your world, if it was ghost-written by the Marx Brothers—and their exploration spreads out into all the mundane facets of human existence…Tyler and Wilton make the unbelievable expected and turn the usual on its head."
