John Dayton Cerna, often credited as J. D. Cerna, is an American actor and writer. He appeared in the 1988-89 horror film '' The Dead Come Home''. In the 1995 coming-of-age short film ''Alkali, Iowa'', which is part of ''

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'', the 1997 compilation of short films about gay males, Cerna portrayed Jack Gudmanson, a leading character who is coming to terms of his sexuality and learns about his father's secret past. Cerna was a columnist for the

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'' in 2002–05. 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 he crisisof

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," set in 1994. The play was nominated in the 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2003) for Outstanding Theatre: Washington D. C. He wrote another play ''Problem Cat: A Love Story''. Cerna is

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References

External links

*
Biography
at JD Cerna's Wordpress blog, Gaymanranting

at ''Theater in the Now'' (

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