David Toussaint
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| David Toussaint | |
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| Born | David Toussaint April 23, 1964 Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Manhattan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, Commentator, Theater Critic, Playwright |
David Toussaint (born April 23, 1964) is an American writer, commentator, theater critic and playwright.
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[edit] Biography
Born on April 23, 1964 to Maynard and Leona Toussaint in Walnut Creek, California, Toussaint is the youngest of five children including Beth Toussaint. Toussaint's first poem was published in a Contra Costa County elementary school competition when he was in second grade. While in high school, he was an intern for the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek and eventually was hired as an assistant to the real estate editor. From 1977 to 1979, Toussaint attended the American Conservatory Theater and toured as an actor throughout California with the Theater's Young Conservatory group. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles with a major in English literature. Toussaint now lives in Manhattan.
[edit] Career
Since 1997, Toussaint has written articles for Brides magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Working Woman, Instinct, Gay Financial Network, Outsider Ink, Caribbean Travel and Life and Diversion magazine. He has been an editor at Conde Nast and a three-time Guest Editor for Francis Ford Coppola's ASME-award-winning online magazine Zoetrope. Currently he writes a weekly column and is a theater critic for EDGE magazine.
In 2003, Toussaint wrote an article entitled Outward Bound on same-sex weddings for Brides magazine. It was the first article on gay and lesbian weddings ever published by any of the five major, top-selling bridal magazines and its publication created a significant controversy when reported by the New York Times.[1]
Because of his work, Danielle Durkin of Random House approached Toussaint to write Gay and Lesbian Weddings: Planning the Perfect Same-Sex Ceremony which was published by Ballantine Books in 2004.
Toussaint's original one-act play, Backstage Bitches, was produced and directed by him and ran for two consecutive summers in New York City (1998–1999). The play starred a young Jake Robards, son of Jason Robards, in his professional acting debut.
[edit] Works
[edit] Non-fiction
TOUSSAINT!, Stay Thirsty Press, 2009
Gay and Lesbian Weddings: Planning the Perfect Same-Sex Ceremony, Ballantine, 2004
[edit] Short fiction
Fire, Literary Potpourri, 2003[2]
The Dream of the Rabbits, Snow Monkey, 2002[3]
Queer Window - A Chelsea "Horror" Story, Outsider Ink, 1999[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/business/media/28BRID.html
- ^ http://www.literarypotpourri.com/003_07/ss_02.html
- ^ http://www.ravennapress.com/snowmonkey/volume.php?volume=4&issue=3
- ^ http://outsiderink.com/99/fall/toussaint.html
