#mickey rowe

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—Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different

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Why Autistic Actors Should Be Cast In More Roles | Mickey Rowe

Mickey Rowe has felt the stigma around autism his whole life, whether it was growing up and trying to make friends in school or auditioning at casting calls ...

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Watch the First Autistic Actor to Play Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’s Lead Role in Rehearsal

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Finally, An Actor With Autism Is Starring In This Iconic Play

When actor Mickey Rowe found out he had been cast as the leading character in “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” the news brought tears to his eyes.

Earning a spot in a production of the Tony Award–winning play based on Mark Haddon’s 2003 murder-mystery novel of the same name was a life-changing accomplishment in itself. But even more remarkably, Rowe was cast in the role of Christopher, a 15-year-old with autism spectrum disorder. Having been diagnosed with autism at age 21, Rowe is one of the first actors with autism to play a character with autism on a major professional stage ― and the very first to play Christopher in the critically-acclaimed show set to premiere this fall at the Indiana Repertory Theatre before traveling to New York’s Syracuse Stage, an achievement the Broadway production was never able to pull off.

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In an email to HuffPost, Rowe explained how living with autism not only prepared him for his role as Christopher, but his life as an actor. “Autistics use scripts every day,” he wrote. “We use scripting for daily situations that we can predict the outcome of, and stick to those scripts. My job as an autistic is to make you believe that I am coming up with words on the spot, that this is spontaneous, the first time the conversation has ever happened in my life; this is also my job on stage as an actor.”

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Mikey Rowe will take the lead in “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," as theater marks a milestone

”[Mickey Rowe] will be playing the autistic leading character of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

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Mickey Rowe discusses the ongoing fight for disability representation on stage.

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"Late one night David [Shiner] and I were sitting in the shared living room after a long day of clowning. He looked over and said to me, 'I am not really David Shiner.' 'What do you mean?' I questioned...wondering if I was just being punked after finally believing I was getting to work with one of my idols. David said, 'We must treat everyone we meet as if they are God or the universe just pretending to be a person for a short lifetime. We must treat everyone that way. Every single person on the street has that spark inside them.' I tried to repeat this all back to him to show my understanding, but the Cirque clown just stared at me. 'Well...yeah...but that's all just dense academic philosophizing. The point is: Be kind to everyone. Always. That's it,' said the clown."

Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage

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An interview with Mickey Rowe, autistic theater actor and first autistic person to play an autistic character professionally with The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Nighttime

A great interview overall in terms of not asking the same questions, but also goes into accessibility in theater since the interviewer is disabled and autistic herself