TAYLOR MAC.
an award-winning theatre artist and Patron Saint of Hybridity.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY.
Taylor Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play, and the recipient of the International Ibsen Award. Selected works include: Bark of Millions (a fifty-five song—and counting—parade trance extravaganza for the living library of the deviant theme); The Hang (a jazz-infused Passion play about the final hours of the life of Socrates); A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (a 24-hour performance-art concert about communities building themselves because they’re torn apart); and An American Dionysia (four full-length plays about the polarization of America, to be performed separately or as an ancient Greek festival: Prosperous Fools; The Fre; Gary; and Hir). The concert-doc, Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, is currently streaming on HBO/Max.
ARTIST INTERVIEW.
Stay tuned for the interview, to be released on June 15.
My job as a theater artist is to remind people of the things they’ve forgotten, dismissed, or buried, or that other people have buried for them... Theater can get you to express the full range of your humanity, so it’s a ritual that allows for more complexity than a sporting event or church, in my estimation.
Artist Website.
Mac gave me one of
GREAT EXPERIENCES
OF MY LIFE
It wasn’t simply the physical feat... And [judy] sang them — in every imaginable style, at every tempo, with every possible facial expression and every register of [judy's]
HANDSOME, PROTEAN VOICE.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
GALLERY.
Discover photos and videos from Taylor's work.
CREDITS: THE LILY'S REVENGE, written by Taylor Mac, directors Taylor Mac, Paul Zimet, Rachel Chavkin, Faye Driscoll, Aaron Rhyne, David Drake, and Kristin Marting, photos courtesy of the artist; Headshot courtesy of the artist; BARK OF MILLIONS, lyrics and direction by Taylor MAc, music and musical direction by Matt Ray, produced by Pmegranate Arts and Nature's Darlings, photos courtesy of the artist; THE HANG, book and lyrics by Taylor Mac, music and music direction by Matt Ray, directed by Niegel Smith and Taylor Mac, featuring performers Taylor Mac, Kenneth Ard, El Beh, Ryan Chittaphong, Kat Edmonson, Queen Esther, Wesley Oliver, Synead Cidney Nichols, and Trebien Pollard, photos by Maria Baranova; THE FRE, written by Taylor Mac, directed by Niegel Smith, photos by Maria Baranova; all other photos courtesy of Taylor Mac.