Jenna Lourenco
Theatre Researcher & Practitioner
Gemini by Albert Innaurato
1976
Autistic Character: Herschel Weinberger (not specified by playwright)
American
The Golden Age by Louis Nowra
1985
Autistic Character: Stef (specified by playwright)
Australian
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
1987
Potentially Autistic Characters: Arnold and Lucien (not specified by playwright, but many productions have chosen this interpretation)
American
Danti-Dan by Gina Moxley
1995
Autistic Character: Dan (not specified by playwright, but acknowledged)
Irish
Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall
1997
Autistic Character: Spoonface (specified by playwright along with other disabilities)
British
God's Middle Name by Jennifer Overton
2006
Autistic Character: Nic (specified by playwright)
Canadian
Lucy by Damien Atkins
2007
Autistic Character: Lucy (specified by playwright)
Canadian
Theory of Mind by Ken LaZebnik
2008
Autistic Character: Bill Gates (specified by playwright -- not *that* Bill Gates)
American
Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World by Aliza Goldstein
2007
Autistic Character: Izzy (specified by playwright)
American
The Other Room by Ariadne Blayde
2008
Autistic Character: Austin (specified by playwright)
American
IN A WORD by Lauren Yee
2010
Autistic Character: Tristan (described by playwright as "maybe has Asperger's")
American
Falling by Deanna Jent
2011
Autistic Character: Josh (specified by playwright)
American
On the Spectrum by Ken LaZebnik
2011 - not published
Autistic Character: Mac & Iris (specified by playwright)
American
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
2012 (adapted from the novel by Mark Haddon)
Autistic Character: Christopher Boone (specified by playwright)
British
Dreaming in Autism by Christine Rodriguez
2012
Autistic Character: Imtiyaz, aka Babbu (specified by playwright but not physically represented)
Canadian
The Misfit Analysis by Cian Binchy*
2015 (not published)
Autistic Character: Cian as himself (specified by playwright)
British
Mockingbird by Julie Jensen
2015 (adapted from the novel by Kathryn Erskine)
Autistic Characters: Caitlin & William H (specified by playwright)
American
Burning Bridges by Amy Shindler
2016
Autistic Character: Sarah (specified by playwright)
British
Orange by Aditi Brennan Kapil
2016
Autistic Character: Leela (specified by playwright)
American
Uncommon Sense by Andy Paris & Anuskha Paris-Carter
2017 (not published)
Autistic Characters: Moose, Lali, Dan, Jess, Jake, Amy (specified by playwrights)
American
Ob Gob by Roderick Ford*
2017 (not published)
Autistic Character: Ob Gob (specified by playwright)
British
World of Wonder book & lyrics by Tonya Hays,
music & lyrics by Genesis Be
2017
Autistic Character: Noah (specified by playwrights)
American
The Autism Monologues by Christine Rodriguez
2018
Autistic Characters: 16 separate autistic characters (specified by playwright)
Canadian
We Live by the Sea by Patch of Blue
2018
Autistic Character: Katy (specified by playwrights)
British
All in a Row by Alex Oates
2019
Autistic Character: Laurence (specified by playwright but physically represented by a puppet)
British
A Therapy Session with Myself by Anthony J. Piccione*
2019
Autistic Characters: Alex, You, Me -- all are versions of Alex (specified by playwright)
American
Not Fit For Man Nor Beast by Michael L. Poirier
2019
Autistic Character: Blaise (specified by playwright)
Canadian
Fear of Missing Out by Michaela Di Cesare
2019
Autistic Character: Vincent (specified by playwright)
Canadian
Sorting It Out by Matteo Esposito*
2019 (not published)
Autistic Characters: Nick and Ed (specified by playwright)
Canadian
The Duck by Rhiannon Lloyd-Williams*
2019/2020 (unpublished)
Autistic Character: name unknown (specified by playwright -- a one-woman play based on a poem by the same title)
Welsh
What I (Don't) Know About Autism by Jody O'Neill*
2020
Autistic Characters: at least 14 distinct autistic characters + Actors 1-6 present a variety of autistic perspectives in the first-person narrative throughout the play (specified by playwright)
Irish