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American trans actor, performer

Becca Blackwell (born 1973/1974) is an American trans actor, performer, and playwright based in New York City. Blackwell's pronoun is the singular they. Their play "They, Themself and Schmerm," has been presented by a number of venues including The Public Theater's 2018 Under the Radar Festival, Abrons Arts Center and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's TBA Festival. Musician Kathleen Hanna, writing for Artforum, listed Blackwell among their favourite performers of 2014. Blackwell was a recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award. In 2016 they were interviewed by Jim Fletcher for BOMB Magazine. 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.

Work Role Location Year Reference
"Untitled Feminist Show" Jerome Robbins Theatre 2012
"Seagull: Thinking of You" Trigorin/Peter/Dorn New Ohio Theatre 2013
"Samara" The Manan A.R.T./New York Theaters 2017
"Is This a Room" Unknown Male The Kitchen 2019
"Hurricane Diane" Diane New York Theatre Workshop 2019

Accolades

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

References

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  7. "2015 Doris Duke Impact Awards | Grant Recipients | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation". Artforum. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  9. Als, Hilton (2012-01-19). "Young Jean Lee's "Untitled Feminist Show"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. 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. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  14. Voyles, Blake (September 20, 2023). "83rd Peabody Award Nominees". Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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