Nicholas Linnehan
Current Town: New York New York
Q: Tell me about Identity.
Current Town: New York New York
Q: Tell me about Identity.
A: Identity was written when I was trying to reconcile aspects of my own identity. I was and am gay disabled and Catholic. These three things don't seem to go together. So I wrote this play as a way to explore these concepts in order to figure out how I was going to reconcile them for myself. It was written in 2005, and performed off off Broadway in 2006. Now it has undergone a revision and 12 years later it's grown into something that I didn't expect but I'm very proud of ..This play celebrates individuality and teaches us to live fully so that we can embrace the sunlight of the spirit.
Q: What else are you working on now?
Q: What else are you working on now?
A: I have written a short film called Catfish that is in post-production. Catfish deals with sexuality and disability. What happens when two men meet up for a casual encounter and one is in a wheelchair but didn't tell the other that he is? How do they negotiate this situation?
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
A: I remember seeing my sister perform in Sweet Charity. I knew right there and then that I wanted to do theater. Then I was cast as the Mayor of Munchkin City in 7th grade and once I experienced the exhilaration of performing I knew I was home.
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: It will be more inclusive of actors with disabilities and use them in every kind of roles not those just written for characters with disabilities
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: Peter Dinklage who shows us that actors with disabilities exist and are talented and can do great things
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: I like theater that pushes the envelope and dares the audience to think outside the box
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
A: Don't be afraid to dream. Imagination knows no disability
Q: Plugs, please:
Q: Plugs, please:
A: Be an advocate for change. Rethink the Impossible because we are only limited by ourselves. If you dream it, it can come into existence!
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