Mickey Rowe: Fearlessly Different

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Author of the book "Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage" discusses accessibility in theatre.

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This event will take place in person at the Library for the Performing Arts.In this conversation about accessibility and representation, Mickey Rowe, the first autistic actor to play Christopher Boone, the lead role in the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and author of the book Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor&#x27;s Journey to Broadway&#x27;s Biggest Stage chats with Miranda Hoffner, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Associate Director in charge of Accessibility. The two will discuss the book, and how for all of us, disabled or not, our differences really are our biggest strengths.&quot;Mickey is the definition of a ‘trailblazer’, and blazes with such grace and effervescence, through the highs of success and rollercoaster of life he remains grounded and relatable. This book is personal, charming, important and touching. No matter one&#x27;s lived experience it is incredibly pertinent.&quot; - Award-winning Disability Rights Activist, Forbes 30 under 30, Princess Diana Award Winner, and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation&#x27;s Keely Cat-Wells&quot;Mickey Rowe is a living example of overcoming adversity as an activist and leader for change. Fearlessly Different sends you on an immersive journey of one&#x27;s own courage, determination, strength, and self-awareness.&quot; - U.S. International Council on Disabilities&#x27; Director and Award Winning Disability Rights Activist Dylan Rafaty.&quot;Mickey Rowe’s Fearlessly Different is fascinating, educating, elucidating, and sometimes enraging. It is inspirational and eye-opening. It is insightful and, hopefully, inciting — a call for action, for necessary and overdue change, for a vital, urgent reframing and rethinking of disability. But mostly, Fearlessly Different is a very good story — several of them, in fact — of resilience and courage and the strength and power of being two things: different and who you are.&quot; - New York Times best selling, award-winning author, and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, Laurie Frankel.

Mickey Rowe (he/him) has had a prolific and varied career as an actor, director, consultant, and public speaker; now highly sought after both nationally and internationally. He was the first autistic actor to play Christopher Boone, the lead role in the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He has also appeared as the title role in the Tony Award-winning play Amadeus and more. Mickey has been featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, PBS, Vogue, Playbill, NPR, CNN, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Forbes, and has keynoted at organizations including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center, Yale University, Columbia University, Disability Rights Washington, The Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, the DAC of the South Korean government, and more. Mickey was the founding Artistic Director of National Disability Theatre, which works in partnership with Tony Award-winning companies such as La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He is the Author of Fearlessly Different - In bookstores everywhere March 2022. Mickey Rowe is in Seattle on the occupied land of the Duwamish people past, present, and future.

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