Becca Blackwell

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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]

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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

WorkRoleLocationYearReference
Untitled Feminist Show Jerome Robbins Theatre 2012 [10]
Seagull: Thinking of YouTrigorin/Peter/Dorn New Ohio Theatre 2013 [11]
SamaraThe Manan A.R.T./New York Theaters 2017 [12]
Is This a RoomUnknown Male The Kitchen 2019 [13]
Hurricane Diane Diane New York Theatre Workshop 2019 [14]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2022 Peabody Awards Entertainment Sort Of Nominated [15]

Notes

  1. Blackwell's pronoun is the singular they. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Becca Blackwell by Jim Fletcher - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. Albo, Mike (2019-06-17). "Becca Blackwell Is A Natural Disruptor". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  3. "Becca Blackwell". Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. "Becca Blackwell: They, Themself and Schmerm".[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Becca Blackwell". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  6. Hanna, Kathleen (December 2014). "Music: Best of 2014". Artforum . Vol. 53, no. 4. Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  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. Factora, James (January 16, 2026). "'The Pitt' Is Still Expanding Its LGBTQ+ Cast". Them.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Voyles, Blake (September 20, 2023). "83rd Peabody Award Nominees". Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.