Becca Blackwell

Becca Blackwell (born 1973/1974)[1] is a New York City-based trans actor, performer, and playwright. Blackwell's preferred gender 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 her 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]

Work	Role	Location	Year	Reference
"Untitled Feminist Show"		Jerome Robbins Theatre	2012	[9]
"Seagull: Thinking of You"	Trigorin/Peter/Dorn	New Ohio Theatre	2013	[10]
"Samara"	The Manan	A.R.T./New York Theaters	2017	[11]
"Is This a Room"	Unknown Male	The Kitchen	2019	[12]
"Hurricane Diane"	Diane	New York Theater Workshop	2019	[13]

References

"Becca Blackwell by Jim Fletcher - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
Albo, Mike (2019-06-17). "Becca Blackwell Is A Natural Disruptor". HuffPost.
"Becca Blackwell".
"Becca Blackwell: They, Themself and Schmerm".
"Becca Blackwell".
Hanna, Kathleen (December 2014). "Music: Best of 2014". Artforum. Vol. 53 no. 4. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
"2015 Doris Duke Impact Awards | Grant Recipients | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation". Artforum. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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.
Als, Hilton (2012-01-19). "Young Jean Lee's "Untitled Feminist Show"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
Brantley, Ben (2013-01-26). "'Seagull (Thinking of You),' at New Ohio Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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.
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.
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.

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[Fletcher_2016-1] "Becca Blackwell by Jim Fletcher - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

[2] Albo, Mike (2019-06-17). "Becca Blackwell Is A Natural Disruptor". HuffPost.

[3] "Becca Blackwell".

[4] "Becca Blackwell: They, Themself and Schmerm".

[pica-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.