Syracuse, N.Y.- University Union, LGBT Resource Center and Disability Cultural Center, are proud to bring Ryan O’Connell on Tuesday October 22, 2019 in Goldstein Auditorium. The show will feature a moderated discussion by Eddie Zaremba, followed by an audience Q&A. Tickets are free and are available now.
Ryan O’Connell most recently adapted his book, I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves as an 8-episode short-form series for Netflix with Jim Parsons producing. O’Connell executive produced and starred in this series which is loosely based on his upbringing, growing up with cerebral palsy, discovering he was gay and navigating through his 20’s. Prior to that, he was an Executive Story Editor on NBC’s revival of “Will & Grace,” which was nominated for a 2018 Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Comedy. Previously, O’Connell spent several years writing for the television show, “Awkward” resulting in the creation of a character in the show based on him. O’Con
nell also wrote “Popular” for DreamWorks based on the autobiography by Maya Van Wagene. With his unique voice, O’Connell has served as the Editor of Thought Catalog and contributed to numerous publications including Vice and Buzzfeed .
Eddie Zaremba is a current Syracuse University Law student and serves the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach as a research and strategy assistant. Zaremba completed his undergraduate degree in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises at the Whitman School of Management in 2013 with one of the University’s first minors in Disability Studies and co-founded the Disability Student Union. He went on to complete his Master’s and Certificate of Advanced Study in Cultural Foundations of Education and Disability Studies as a Kauffman Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellow in 2015 before returning to Syracuse University for Law School.
This event formally honors Remembrance Week and is dedicated to Miriam Wolfe. Remembrance Week honors the victims of the Pan Am 103 terrorist attack in December of 1988. The victims included 35 Syracuse University students traveling home from studying abroad.
Wolfe was a theater major here at Syracuse, she intended to establish an alternative theater group in Syracuse to serve as a forum for social and political justice during her senior year. This event looks back and acts forward in her honor.
Tickets are free and are be available for students, staff, and faculty at http://boxoffice.syr.edu/. Tickets for the general public are free and available at the Women’s Building Box Office. Doors will open at 7:00 PM and the show will begin at 7:30 PM.
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