Alan is an award-winning playwright, esteemed public educator, and autism advocate. For the past twenty years, his students have performed the Revolutionary War play, which Alan penned twenty years ago. As a playwright, Alan is best known for his critically acclaimed solo plays, A Child Left Behind and Child's Play, produced at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival, PSNBC in New York, The Comedy Central Stage in Hollywood, and theaters across the country. His children's book, The Great City on the Hill, was produced as a segment for AOTV. He has also contributed writing to The Hollywood Reporter, LA Stage Times, and The Cradle.Alan has won several Best New Play Awards, including the African-American Playwright's Exchange for his play, RAP. In Los Angeles, the Association of Los Angeles Playwrights selected his play, The Old Man of the Mountain, for their New Play Festival. Alan currently tours the country every April to promote autism awareness with his play, My Education in Autism, based on his years as an autism specialist and as a parent to a child on the spectrum. Alan currently lives in Beverly Hills with his wife and three children. For more information, please visit www.teachthespectrum.com.
