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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 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 Theatre Workshop 2019 [13]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2022 Peabody Awards Entertainment Sort Of Nominated [14]

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