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SEAHORSE, Documenting the process: A different approach to auditions
In lieu of a traditional audition for this production, I invited interested performers to an “open rehearsal.” I did this for a couple of reasons: 1. The way we typically do auditions in the theatre–you walk into a room after waiting in line for an hour and have 90 seconds to prove yourself to a…
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SEAHORSE Documenting the process: Project Overview
What is this project? Seahorse is a one-act play written by JC Pankratz (they/them). It was awarded Synecdoche Works Theatre’s fellowship for Works in Heightened Language in 2021. In March of 2022, after hearing my conversations with trans theatre artists on Gender Euphoria, the Podcast, the artistic director at Synecdoche Works asked me to interview…
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Beyond “The Surgery”: A Trans Storytelling and Creative Workshop
On November 5, I had the chance to lead a creative workshop as part of the 2022 Trans in the CLE Symposium, hosted by the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland. THE WORKSHOP The main purpose of this storytelling workshop was to provide an opportunity for trans and nonbinary participants to connect with one another through…
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Navigating my queerness in the youth performance workshop space
Nicolas Shannon Savard April 23, 2019 Over the past two years, Be the Street has been a place where I’ve navigated across a wide spectrum of how “public” I am about my queer identity. Although in my first year as a facilitator I was “out” at the University, I was hesitant to make my transness…