Alan Aymie
Actor * Playwright * Author * Producer
Okay, here goes... Born in Boston, studied in Baltimore & NY before working professionally in DC until I moved to LA to study with the Late Sanford Meisner, worked on stage, film, TV then a gang fight at a chldren's party led me to a career in teaching before children, marriage, and more children. I'm a huge autism advocate, use theater for social activism and have published my first book (So freaking cool to see it at the local Barnes & Noble). Currently, I'm producing at Rogue Machine Theater's Rant & Rave, advocating for autism awareness and working on several projects in development. Happily living in LA with my wife and chldren but I still root for all sports, Boston.
REVIEWS
""Alan Aymie's moving semi-autobiographical, Child's Play is a testimony to the travails of adult responsibilities and fatherhood. Aymie deftly creates a montage of intriguing characters while telling of life as an impoverished artist who's about to become a father. Because Aymie instills a full-bodied, infectious humanity into his characters." - LA Weekly
"Ratings notwithstanding, Aymie proves a first-rate educator here, making a cogent and compelling case that when it comes to educating children, numbers don’t tell the whole story. The piece aches with vivid descriptions of life behind a teacher’s desk in an underprivileged community where the celebrity parents are gang leaders, and advancing to sixth grade is a bad career move...Despite his self-confessed longtime fatalistic attitude that “it doesn’t pay to speak up,” it’s a good thing for us that he’s changed his mind." - LA TIMES
"Playwright Alan Aymie takes swipes at gangster rap, the music industry and consumer culture in this boldly refreshing one-act. While performing on Hollywood Boulevard, street musician from Ghana, Kwame (James Black), is “discovered” by an executive (Wylie Small) from Gang Rape Records. Despite the fact that he’s a soulful folkie who doesn’t rap, he’s made over into a gangster rapper. The cast is excellent under Rodney Nugent’s direction, and Black demonstrates amazing range in the lead. Aymie’s audacious one-act has much to recommend it." - LA WEEKLY
