Hello all! You’ve probably gleaned two things from the title of this blog, that the author (yours truly) is two things, an actor and an Aspie. You’re also probably wondering what the sam hill an Aspie is. It means I have Asperger’s Syndrome. Yes, the official term is now “on the autistic spectrum” but screw it, I’m not callin’ it that.
The Asperger’s has been around since birth (so suck it, anti-vaxxers) and the acting has been a thing since about second or third grade. At the moment, until 75 to 85% of the population decides not to be total dinguses and gets vaccinated against Covid-19, the acting is not a thing at present for me and countless others. We’ll talk about how I’ve been coping with all of that later but for now, I just want to prep everyone reading this for what they can expect going forward. I want to talk about the experiences I’ve had in the theater as an actor living with Asperger’s Syndrome as well as the oh so delightful combo of anxiety and depression (yeah, that’s a thing too). I’ve had my share of great experiences, don’t get me wrong, but every actor, union or otherwise, will tell you this profession is no walk in the park. I dunno how you normies get through it but for me, when the shit hits the fan, it can be a lot.
I don’t want this to be a complete bitchfest and make you all think I’m some ungrateful choad who secretly hates being in the theater but the purpose of this blog is honesty and that is what you will get. The names of specific theater companies and directors will remain anonymous out of respect, the names of actual shows I was in….not s’much. So watch this space because I’ve run out of things to say and I am terrible with endings. Till next time.
The Aspie Actor 