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Gardiner Comfort

I am an actor, writer, and teacher born and raised in New York City.  I do a lil of this and a lil of that.

www.gardinercomfort.com

Original solo show THE ELEPHANT IN EVERY ROOM I ENTER about Comfort's life with Tourette Syndrome, created with Kel Haney in Mabou Mines' Resident Artist Program: La Mama, New York Theatre Workshop, multiple tours.  Original solo show YOU'RE NOT TOUGH, (HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place - directed by Kel Haney), BE THE DEATH OF ME (The Civilians – workshop), FISHMEN (INTAR), JULIUS CAESAR (A.R.T.), CARDENIO (A.R.T., u/s), THE ZERO HOUR (13P), REENTRY (American Records), A PARSIFAL (PS122), RED BEADS (Mabou Mines), Richard Maxwell's HENRY IV, PART 1 (BAM, Hebbel Theatre - Berlin), FUNERAL GAMES (The Public - workshop). MFA from ART.  For more info about Gardiner visit: www.gardinercomfort.com.

Essay

All Eyes on Me (whether I like it or not)

Tourette Syndrome in the Theatre

8 November 2015

Actor Gardiner Comfort discusses his experiences as a performer and audience member with Tourette Syndrome, and how it has inspired aspects of his solo show The Elephant in Every Room I Enter.

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