Derek Ahonen

Derek Ahonen. Writer: The Transcendents. Derek Ahonen is an internationally celebrated playwright, theater director, and filmmaker. Regarded widely as one of the most promising talents of his generation, Ahonen's writing is known for its unique combination of malapropisms, trippy non sequiturs, working-class poetry, and bizarre but exact metaphors. As the founder of NYC's legendary downtown theatre troupe, The Amoralists, The New York Times has raved that "Mr. Ahonen has a showman's sensibility....