Mickey Rowe Explained

Mickey Rowe
Birth Date:August 19, 1988
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation:Author, actor, and speaker
Known For:First autistic actor to play the lead role in the Tony Award Winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Autistic and legally blind author of the award-winning best-selling book Fearlessly Different. Founding Artistic Director of the National Disability Theatre.
Website:https://mickeyrowe.com/

Mickey Rowe is an American autistic and legally blind author of the award-winning best-selling book Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage[1] [2] [3] [4] and the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.[5] [6] [7] He was the Founding Artistic Director of the National Disability Theatre.

Biography

Mickey grew up in Seattle and studied drama at the University of Washington.[8] He performed as an actor at the Gershwin Theater, Syracuse Stage and Indiana Repertory Theatre,[9] [10] he is also a public speaker[11] and was the founding artistic director of National Disability Theatre.[12] [13] [14]

Mickey is the first autistic actor to have played Christopher Boone in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2017[15] This made Mickey one of the first openly autistic actors to play an autistic character.[16] He landed the title role in the play Amadeus.[17]

He wrote the award-winning best-selling book Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage.[18]

Mickey provides DEIA trainings and workshops for companies including Nordstrom, Pfizer, TD Bank, BrightHouse, Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City Ballet.

Awards

Washington State Book Awards[19] [20]

D-30 Disability Impact List honoree 2022 (incredible leaders with disabilities).[21]

LitHubs Best Audio Books of April.[22]

AudioFile's Earphone Award Winner for best Audio Book.[23]

Pathfinder Award for highest alumni honor in 2021.[24]

Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Award for Leading Actor in a Play in 2018.[25]

Winner of the 2017 Christopher Reeve Scholarship, Media Access Awards.[26]

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society's (SDC) Top Ten “Standout Moments” recognition 2017–2018.[27]

References

  1. Web site: 2022-03-15 . Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage by Mickey Rowe . 2022-08-22 . www.publishersweekly.com.
  2. Web site: 2022-03-15 . Q&A With Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different . 2022-08-22 . We Need Diverse Books . en-US.
  3. Web site: Fearlessly Different . 2022-08-22 . www.goodreads.com.
  4. Web site: 2022-03-30 . "Be fearless in pursuit of your goals. Be courageous in the pursuit of what you know is right." . 2022-08-23 . www.kuow.org . en.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-25 . I May Be Autistic, But I'm Not A Bad Actor, No Matter What Sia Says . 2022-06-26 . HuffPost . en.
  6. Web site: 2017-05-10 . Finally, An Actor With Autism Is Starring In This Iconic Play . 2022-08-23 . HuffPost . en.
  7. Web site: Doyle . Nancy . A Lesson In Inclusive Recruitment From Pixar . 2022-06-26 . Forbes . en.
  8. Web site: Actor Mickey Rowe, '11, puts autism in the spotlight . 2022-08-13 . UW Magazine — University of Washington Magazine.
  9. Web site: Wild . Stephi . HowlRound Theatre Commons Announces Publication of a New Anthology . 2022-08-13 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  10. News: Teachout . Terry . 2020-12-13 . Opinion The Best Theater of 2020: With Broadway Dark Due to Covid-19, an At-Home Curtain Call . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2022-08-13 . 0099-9660.
  11. Web site: Mickey Rowe: An Autistic Broadway Actor's Journey & Insights . 2022-08-18 . Top Education Speakers Bureau . en.
  12. Web site: 2022-04-28 . Autistic Actor and Author Mickey Rowe Fights Ableism On and Off Stage . 2022-08-13 . Observer . en-US.
  13. Web site: Wild . Stephi . Ford Foundation Gifts $50,000 To National Disability Theatre . 2022-08-13 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  14. Web site: Spotlight on the National Disability Theatre . 2022-08-13 . www.arts.gov . 6 February 2019 . en.
  15. News: Collins-Hughes . Laura . 2017-11-06 . The World Really Is a Stage, Scripts and All, to an Actor With Autism . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-13 . 0362-4331.
  16. Web site: Rozsa . Matthew . 2017-05-16 . For once, an autistic role will be played by an autistic actor . 2022-08-23 . Salon . en.
  17. Web site: Mickey Rowe - Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures . 2022-08-13 . en-US.
  18. Web site: Actor and Activist Mickey Rowe on Taking Pride in Our Differences . 2022-08-23 . Audible Blog.
  19. Web site: Meet the 2023 Washington State Book Awards Finalists and Winners . 2024-09-19 . Seattle Met . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2023-09-05 . Here are the 2023 Washington State Book Award nominees . 2024-09-19 . The Seattle Times . en-US.
  21. Web site: D-30 DISABILITY IMPACT LIST . 2022-08-18 . Diversability . 21 July 2022 . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2022-04-27 . AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of April . 2022-08-22 . Literary Hub . en-US.
  23. Web site: FEARLESSLY DIFFERENT by Mickey Rowe Read by Mickey Rowe Audiobook Review . 2022-08-22 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  24. Web site: 2021-03-16 . Pathfinder Award recipients to receive district's highest alumni honor . 2022-08-18 . Mercer Island Reporter . en-US.
  25. Web site: Winners! Laughs, tears, more highlight 2018 SALT Awards ceremony . Syracuse New Times. 14 November 2018 .
  26. Web site: Oweis . Zein . 2017-11-19 . Mickey Rowe Awarded for Becoming First Actor with Autism to Perform in The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time . 2022-08-18 . Respect Ability . en-US.
  27. Web site: SDC Announces 2017-2018 Top Ten "Standout Moments" Stage Directors and Choreographers Society . 16 October 2018 . 2022-08-18 . en-US.

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