Aaron Preusse
Aaron is the Founder of the Fake Fighting Company, a stage combat organization in Minnesota. He is also a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the Society of American Fight Directors. He has received honors of Advanced Gold with Recommendation from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. In addition, Aaron has completed the Society of American Fight Directors Theatrical Firearm Safety Course multiple times. Aaron also continues training in Tai Chi, HEMA and various other martial arts and is a Black Belt in Taekwondo. He is also a proud member of the SDC, SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
Aaron has been the Fight Director for The Guthrie Theater with over twenty five productions since 2016. He has also created moments of violence for The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, The Minnesota Opera, The Children’s Theatre Company and their Theatre Arts Training Intensives, Commonweal Theatre Company, Park Square Theatre, Exposed Brick Theatre, Pillsbury House Theater, Red Bird Theatre, Gremlin Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, Old Log Theater, Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Six Elements Theatre Company, the University of Minnesota, Concordia University of St. Paul, Macalester College, Gustavus Adolphus College, UW Marathon County, the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, Visitation School/VISTA Productions, Apple Valley High School, Valley View Middle School, White Bear Lake Area High School, Central High School, Cretin-Derham Hall Theatre and Performing Institute of Minnesota Arts High School and many other theatres and schools.
Aaron has also served as Stunt Coordinator for the film BITCON, LITTLE MEN and PROFILE OF A KILLER as well as for the music video for Kiss the Tiger's BAD BOY. He was also a precision stunt driver for the movie THIN ICE. He was a Co-Stunt Coordinator and Stunt Performer for the movie CHRISTMAS BREAK-IN. He provided Utility Stunts for MARMALADE, BODY LANGUAGE. Other film credits include MALLRATS, MEMORIAL DAY, TOTALLY SADIE, ART.
As a teacher, Aaron has taught for the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, the University of Minnesota, Concordia University of St. Paul, North Hennepin Community College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Winona State University, Cretin-Derham Hall Theatre Department, The Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theatre Company, Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Park Square Theatre, the Minnesota Thespian Festival, the Society of American Fight Directors Regional Workshops as well as other schools and institutions.
Aaron is a proud recipient of a 2008 City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, as well as a 2012 and 2017 Minnesota State Arts Board’s Artists Initiative Grant as well as the 2014 Metropolitan Arts Council’s Next Step Fund. In addition, Aaron has received the Central Illinois Stage Combat Workshop’s Nobel Blade Award and the National Stage Combat Workshop’s Award for Outstanding Performance.
As an actor, Aaron has worked with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Children’s Theatre Company, Minnesota Opera, Berkeley Repertory, the Court Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, among many others. Aaron is also co-creator of An Evening of Experimental Repertory, an exploration in how the principles of Jazz can be used in creating new works of theatre. He is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Aaron Preusse
Aaron is the Founder of the Fake Fighting Company, a stage combat organization in Minnesota. He is also a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the Society of American Fight Directors. He has received honors of Advanced Gold with Recommendation from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. In addition, Aaron has completed the Society of American Fight Directors Theatrical Firearm Safety Course multiple times. Aaron also continues training in Tai Chi, HEMA and various other martial arts and is a Black Belt in Taekwondo. He is also a proud member of the SDC, SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
Aaron has been the Fight Director for The Guthrie Theater with over twenty five productions since 2016. He has also created moments of violence for The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, The Minnesota Opera, The Children’s Theatre Company and their Theatre Arts Training Intensives, Commonweal Theatre Company, Park Square Theatre, Exposed Brick Theatre, Pillsbury House Theater, Red Bird Theatre, Gremlin Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata, Old Log Theater, Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Six Elements Theatre Company, the University of Minnesota, Concordia University of St. Paul, Macalester College, Gustavus Adolphus College, UW Marathon County, the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, Visitation School/VISTA Productions, Apple Valley High School, Valley View Middle School, White Bear Lake Area High School, Central High School, Cretin-Derham Hall Theatre and Performing Institute of Minnesota Arts High School and many other theatres and schools.
Aaron has also served as Stunt Coordinator for the film BITCON, LITTLE MEN and PROFILE OF A KILLER as well as for the music video for Kiss the Tiger's BAD BOY. He was also a precision stunt driver for the movie THIN ICE. He was a Co-Stunt Coordinator and Stunt Performer for the movie CHRISTMAS BREAK-IN. He provided Utility Stunts for MARMALADE, BODY LANGUAGE. Other film credits include MALLRATS, MEMORIAL DAY, TOTALLY SADIE, ART.
As a teacher, Aaron has taught for the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, the University of Minnesota, Concordia University of St. Paul, North Hennepin Community College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Winona State University, Cretin-Derham Hall Theatre Department, The Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theatre Company, Lyric Arts Company of Anoka, Park Square Theatre, the Minnesota Thespian Festival, the Society of American Fight Directors Regional Workshops as well as other schools and institutions.
Aaron is a proud recipient of a 2008 City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, as well as a 2012 and 2017 Minnesota State Arts Board’s Artists Initiative Grant as well as the 2014 Metropolitan Arts Council’s Next Step Fund. In addition, Aaron has received the Central Illinois Stage Combat Workshop’s Nobel Blade Award and the National Stage Combat Workshop’s Award for Outstanding Performance.
As an actor, Aaron has worked with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Children’s Theatre Company, Minnesota Opera, Berkeley Repertory, the Court Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, among many others. Aaron is also co-creator of An Evening of Experimental Repertory, an exploration in how the principles of Jazz can be used in creating new works of theatre. He is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.