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AspergersActor8693
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03 Sep 2014, 7:07 pm

While I was signing up for an audition yesterday, I was told that there will be a period of time where students can write something that can be performed and if they like it it may actually get produced for a one acts show that my school does. That got my wheels turning and I thought that I should write something about aspergers. In a nutshell, my vision is that one character has AS and is telling his friend all the hardships he has had to go through and the ignorance from people he has faced after a traumatic event involving his AS. His friend then reassures him and makes the AS character feel a bit better knowing he has someone who has his back. I'm really looking forward to doing this and I'd love for it to be shown.

Anyone have suggestions as to what else I may be able to add?



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04 Sep 2014, 3:02 am

AspergersActor8693 wrote:
While I was signing up for an audition yesterday, I was told that there will be a period of time where students can write something that can be performed and if they like it it may actually get produced for a one acts show that my school does. That got my wheels turning and I thought that I should write something about aspergers. In a nutshell, my vision is that one character has AS and is telling his friend all the hardships he has had to go through and the ignorance from people he has faced after a traumatic event involving his AS. His friend then reassures him and makes the AS character feel a bit better knowing he has someone who has his back. I'm really looking forward to doing this and I'd love for it to be shown.

Anyone have suggestions as to what else I may be able to add?


My suggestion would be, try to avoid making the Aspie character seem too whiny, or else you'll lose your audience's sympathy. Good luck with your project; we need our side of the story to be told, as too many people equate Asperger's with school shooters.


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04 Sep 2014, 6:23 am

Was leaning more towards the side of frustration than whinny anyway.



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05 Sep 2014, 12:29 pm

:D I'd read that!

I've only written a murder mystery, and it was HARD. But I wish you the best of luck!