Mickey Rowe

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Mickey Rowe

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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 ...more

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Mickey Rowe I get inspired and recharged to write by taking long walks with good audio books in my ears.
Mickey Rowe The best part about being a writer is being able to share your thoughts with others in ways that bring people together. (And being able to do that wit…moreThe best part about being a writer is being able to share your thoughts with others in ways that bring people together. (And being able to do that with out any face-to-face small talk!) :)(less)
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Fearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe
"As an autistic actor myself, who is only just beginning their post-diagnosis journey, it’s comforting to hear from another one of our community. It also hurts to get a more personal account of the discrimination that still runs rampant in the theatre" Read more of this review »
Fearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe
"Mickey Rowe is such a fantastic writer. It is no secret to anyone who knows me that I love memoirs. But this one stands above the rest for me. As an autism mom and special education teacher, I learned so much from reading about Mickey's perspective o" Read more of this review »
Fearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe
"Inspiring! Great story of visibility!"
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“If your voice didn’t hold any power, people wouldn’t work so hard to make you feel so small.”
Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

“People want so desperately to fit in that they forget what makes them stand out. Be loud. Take up space. Our differences are our strengths.”
Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

“In life we get the opportunity of seeing everything that happens to us as a gift. We get to make it so that everything that happens to us happens for a reason. We can turn our shoelace lemons into standing ovation lemonade.”
Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

“People want so desperately to fit in that they forget what makes them stand out. Be loud. Take up space. Our differences are our strengths.”
Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

“If your voice didn’t hold any power, people wouldn’t work so hard to make you feel so small.”
Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage

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