Press kit, Becca Blackwell · Press kit, official use
Becca Blackwell is an award-winning trans actor, performer, and writer based in NYC. Becca Blackwell is an NYC-based trans actor, performer, and writer. Existing between genders, and using the pronoun "they," Blackwell works collaboratively with playwrights and directors to expand our sense of personhood and the body through performance. Some of their collaborations have been with Young Jean Lee, Half Straddle, Jennifer Miller's Circus Amok, Richard Maxwell, Erin Markey, Sharon Hayes, Theater of the Two Headed Calf, and Lisa D'Amour. Film/TV includes: ”Survival of the Thickest,” “Bros,” “Sort Of,” “High Maintenance,” “Ramy,” “Marriage Story,” “Shameless,” “Deadman’s Barstool,” and “Jack in the Box.” New York theatre credits include Is This a Room (Broadway and The Vineyard), Hurricane Diane (NYTW), and Seagull: Thinking of You (Half Straddle). Their show Snatch Adams and Tainty McCracken Present It’s That Time of the Month opened the 2023-24 season at Soho Rep. They have toured their solo shows They, Themself and Schmerm and Schmermie's Choice across the US. Blackwell was a recipient of the Doris Duke Impact Artist Award, the Franklin Furnace award, and the Creative Capital Award. Learn about my new shows when they happen:
