J. D. Cerna

John Dayton Cerna, often credited as J. D. Cerna, is an American actor and a writer. He appeared in the 1988-89 horror film The Dead Come Home.[1][2] In the 1995 coming-of-age short film Alkali, Iowa, which is part of Boys Life 2, the 1997 compilation of short films about gay males, Cerna portrayed Jack Gudmanson,[3] a leading character who is coming to terms of his sexuality and learns about his father's secret past.[4] He was a columnist for the LGBT-related newspaper Washington Blade in 2002–05.[5] He wrote and performed a leading role of his semi-autobiographical play Not as Cute as Picture, whose story focuses on a "young gay man's pursuit of purpose[,] often obstructed by [crisis] of AIDS," set in 1994.[5] The play was nominated in the 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2003) for Outstanding Theatre: Washington D. C.[6] He wrote another play Problem Cat: A Love Story.[7] Cerna is openly gay.[5]

References
  1. Albright, Brian (2012). "New York". Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-state Guide with Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co, Inc. pp. 249–50. ISBN 9780786472277. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  2. Willis, Donald C (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780810830554. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. Willis, John (1999-02-01). Screen World 1998 Film Annual with 1,000 Photographs. Vol. 49. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 9781557833419. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  4. The Motion Picture Guide, 1998 Annual: The Films of 1997. CineBooks. 1998. p. 54. ISBN 9780933997417.
  5. "J.D. Cerna's Not as Cute as Picture Returns to the Duplex, 2/8-3/22". Broadway World. February 5, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  6. Gans, Andrew (April 8, 2003). "14th Annual GLAAD Media Award Winners Include The Goat and Zanna, Don't!". Playbill. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  7. (via AfterDark) Hoglund, John (November 10, 2013). "JD Cerna - Mainstage Past (11/10/2013)". Do NYC. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
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