Nolan Kelly: Voice actor, author and musician in La Pine, Oregon.

Hello, good people!

Middle age is a weird time. My brain still thinks it's 20, but my body complains when I bend down to tie my shoes. I still love robots, EBM, and comics just as much as I did 30 years ago, but I struggle to stay awake past 9pm.

I adventured through my first four decades, working at jobs so farfetched I’ve left them off my résumé, and partying like it’s 1929. I accumulated a lot of older friends: skateboarders, activists, artists, AIDS survivors, musicians, and goths, some in their seventies. One told me, “I only work three days a week. Any more than that cuts into my social life.”

Getting old doesn’t have to mean getting boring. Last year I turned 50. And last year I left my career in office admin to become a screenwriter. Maybe writing’s easier when you’re older, because you know who you are, or because you hone your style, or because you just lose patience with empty, needless words.

I’m a Canadian living in Scotland, trying to sell my show about senior vigilantes in the US. Stage 32 is helping. I dig the Pitch Tank sessions and I think it’s time to join in. I’m also working on an all-female film adaption of HP Lovecraft’s story, “Pickman’s Model”.

Wondering “What if…” doesn’t inspire me to write, the way my literary heroes say it’s supposed to. My inspiration comes from wondering “Why…” It also comes from the seniors in my life, like my 87 year old dad who listens to ABBA on his daily three-mile walks, and my 74 year old friend with a mohawk. It comes from Cabaret Nocturne, Perturbator, and Orax. I’ll draw on all those sources while I find my way.

Hey, thanks for letting me into the clubhouse. Let’s connect!

Hi Nolan. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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RB

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