Becca Blackwell (born 1973/1974)[1] is an American trans actor, performer, and playwright based in New York City. Blackwell's pronoun is the singular they.[2] Their play "They, Themself and Schmerm," has been presented by a number of venues including The Public Theater's 2018 Under the Radar Festival,[3] Abrons Arts Center[4] and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's TBA Festival.[5] Musician Kathleen Hanna, writing for Artforum, listed Blackwell among their favourite performers of 2014.[6] Blackwell was a recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award.[7] In 2016 they were interviewed by Jim Fletcher for BOMB Magazine.[1] Blackwell is part of the 2019 class of the Joe's Pub Working Group, a program dedicated to supporting artists at a critical point in their careers.[8]

WorkRoleLocationYearReference
"Untitled Feminist Show"Jerome Robbins Theatre2012[9]
"Seagull: Thinking of You"Trigorin/Peter/DornNew Ohio Theatre2013[10]
"Samara"The MananA.R.T./New York Theaters2017[11]
"Is This a Room"Unknown MaleThe Kitchen2019[12]
"Hurricane Diane"DianeNew York Theatre Workshop2019[13]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2022 Peabody Awards Entertainment Sort Of Nominated [14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Becca Blackwell by Jim Fletcher - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. Albo, Mike (2019-06-17). "Becca Blackwell Is A Natural Disruptor". HuffPost.
  3. "Becca Blackwell". Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. "Becca Blackwell: They, Themself and Schmerm".
  5. "Becca Blackwell".
  6. Hanna, Kathleen (December 2014). "Music: Best of 2014". Artforum. Vol. 53, no. 4. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  7. "2015 Doris Duke Impact Awards | Grant Recipients | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation". Artforum. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  8. Russonello, Giovanni (2019-01-23). "Joe's Pub Announces a Diverse Group of Artists in Residence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  9. Als, Hilton (2012-01-19). "Young Jean Lee's "Untitled Feminist Show"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  10. Brantley, Ben (2013-01-26). "'Seagull (Thinking of You),' at New Ohio Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  11. Brantley, Ben (2017-05-14). "Review: Lost and Found in a Steve Earle Soundscape in 'Samara'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  12. Hess, Amanda (2018-12-30). "Staging Reality Winner: An F.B.I. Transcript Becomes an Offbeat Thriller". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  13. Green, Jesse (2019-03-24). "Review: In 'Hurricane Diane,' the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  14. Voyles, Blake (September 20, 2023). "83rd Peabody Award Nominees". Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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