This is a Virtual Only Event.
Are you a writer, actor, director, or other theatre artist interested in learning about how to support trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming identities in your work? This workshop is for you. Think of this like a "Trans 101" crash course — we'll cover definitions, pronouns, writing inclusive character descriptions, fostering safe casting and rehearsal environments, and more. You'll also have an opportunity to ask questions about supporting TGNC identities in a judgment-free zone.
Note: While this workshop is geared toward cisgender artists, TGNC artists are welcome to attend.
Topics to be covered: trans history and definitions, pronouns, writing inclusive character descriptions, casting, directing, marketing, fostering inclusive rehearsal spaces, advocacy, and more
If there anything we can do to help make this event more accessible for you, please contact us.
Max Raymond (pronouns he/they) is a trans man, DGF award-winning writer, actor, educator, theatre administrator, and creative strategist living in NYC. He holds a B.A. in Communication Media, Arts Entrepreneurship, and Vocal Performance from NC State University, and has worked with theatre companies throughout North Carolina and New York. They are currently an ensemble member of the NYC- and Chicago-based Social Justice Improv Project, and are developing two new plays, Citrus Blues and Everyone Dies at the End, with The PlayGround Experiment. He is also beginning work on a new musical, Shoulderpalm: A Musical Masculinity Fantasia, about his lifelong fascination with fictional men, through a partnership with Primary Stages. They teach vocal performance, piano, and music theory to students of all ages, with a special focus on TGNC students, through Music & Arts and as a freelance private instructor. Recent projects include Frailty, Thy Name, an adaptation of Hamlet, for the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, in which he played a nonbinary Hamlet. maxraymond.org