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I AM JAMES E.HELDT

AUTHOR. ARTIST. LOCAL. CLEVELAND.

You may not see me, but I am here.

I survive where others would vanish.

I carry the voice of what you cannot name.

I am sacred. I am real.

And I walk between the world you know—and the one you fear.

Lab Rat: A Reckoning is a raw, unflinching queer memoir of survival, betrayal, and resilience. It traces one man’s journey through familial trauma, systemic abuse, and the quiet salvation offered by a single black cat. Told with fierce clarity and poetic grit, it is both a reckoning and a resurrection.

If you're interested in "Lab Rat: A Reckoning" a powerful one-act drama exploring themes of trauma and identity, please contact me directly for the full script and further details. I look forward to discussing its production possibilities.

LAB RAT: A Reckoning The Stage Play

From the searing memoir, Lab Rat: A Reckoning, comes a raw and transformative theatrical experience. Author James E. Heldt steps onto the stage to confront a lifetime of familial and medical trauma, turning pain into a powerful ritual of reckoning. Witness the alchemy of survival as the past is confronted, silence is shattered, and a unique act of creation offers a path to grace. More than a play, it's a testament to the unbreakable spirit and the power of art to heal.

Acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media works grounded in lived experience. My art explores themes of survival, identity, and emotional alchemy—transforming pain into color, and silence into form. Each piece is a meditation, a memory, a reclamation.

A direct shop link to my full Fine Art America collection can be found below.

Every piece I paint is a memory reclaimed. A wound reworked into color.

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CLEVELAND OH

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AUTHOR. ARTIST. LOCAL. CLEVELAND.

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