Becca Blackwell (born 1973/1974) [1] is an American trans actor, performer, and playwright based in New York City. Their [a] play They, Themself and Schmerm has been presented by a number of venues, including at The Public Theater's 2018 Under the Radar Festival, [3] the 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 . [1] Blackwell was 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]
Blackwell appeared in the second season of the television series The Pitt as social worker Dylan Easton. [9]
| Work | Role | Location | Year | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled Feminist Show | Jerome Robbins Theatre | 2012 | [10] | |
| Seagull: Thinking of You | Trigorin/Peter/Dorn | New Ohio Theatre | 2013 | [11] |
| Samara | The Manan | A.R.T./New York Theaters | 2017 | [12] |
| Is This a Room | Unknown Male | The Kitchen | 2019 | [13] |
| Hurricane Diane | Diane | New York Theatre Workshop | 2019 | [14] |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Peabody Awards | Entertainment | Sort Of | Nominated | [15] |