🚨 Submissions are OPEN! 🚨
We’re officially accepting submissions for Trans History Project's Cohort 2 of new plays—and we’re calling on trans and gender nonconforming playwrights/artists to bring bold, imaginative, and historic stories to life.
This national initiative will commission and develop new works that illuminate the real history of TGNC people across cultures and time—in partnership
Selected artists will receive a $10,000 commission, dramaturgical support, and a two-year residency at Native Voices, East West Players, Actors Theatre of Louisville, or Baltimore Center Stage.
Help build a trans canon for the American theatre. Now more than ever we must tell the stories history left out.
Submissions open through May 29, 2026
Learn more & apply - LINK IN BIO
#TransHistoryProject #NewPlays #Playwrights #TheatreAsActivism #TGNCArtists #trans #transgender #nonbinary
In my interview for @americantheatremag I said that “I want this to be the production that I never had when I was 15” Well… after a SOLD-OUT run, consistent standing ovations, dozens of messages of love/gratitude from TGNC folx… I can definitively say (as I sit here bawling) that it was the production I never had as a teenager.
I am beyond grateful to every single artist who put their talent into this show. We blazed a trail and I hope we paved the way for other TGNC artists. We made trans hxtory. This one was truly special.
📸: Jenn Udoni (he/they) @francoimages.photography
#ticktickBoHo
This weekend we say goodbye to BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE…
I am so grateful to have been able to create this amazing piece with such a phenomenal team. Thank you to the entire team for making this show happen. Thank you to @firstfloortheater for taking a chance on me. Thank you to this STUNNING cast for being so willing to play and create. I am so grateful that we met.
Simply could not have imagined a better piece to have made my Chicago directing debut with.
BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE by @jordan.tannahill
Scenic Design - @laurenm.nichols
Lighting Design - @bcarnelights
Costume Design - @hilaryrubio
Sound Design - @worksbywillow
Props Design - @c.mc.c
Intimacy/Fights - @micahfigs
Stage Manager - @ozzy_avile
Assistant Director - @strawberrygelato
“Work” Choreographer - @locallad33
Assistant SM - @brooklynsanjones
📸: Lauren Nichols and Evan Hanover
Took a trip down to the underworld for the last 2 months with some hard-working college students and somehow came back alive.
EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Yours Truly
TEAM:
Scenic & Lighting - Terri Raulie
Costumes - Stephanie Parks
Sound & Projections - MaeAnn Ross
Production Stage Manager - Breanna Wilson
Stage Manager - Victor Scigala
Production Coordinator - Jennifer Ring
Intimacy - Damon Krometis
CAST:
Eurydice & Asst Director - Taylor Fruhling
Orpheus - Jordan Caesar Scott
Father - Tamufor St. Michael
Lord(s) of the Underworld - Nathaniel Ayorinde & JJ Tamufor
Stones - Melody Blahut, Jay Johnson, Jory Williams
Special mention to @jamillionzzzz who was cast as Eurdyice but sadly fell ill during tech. Your Eurydice will come alive again someday…
📸: @teresacastracanephotography
Day 8 of our 12 Days of Giving: We are spotlighting our Trans History Project, created by Artist in Residence @mx.bosephine in partnership with @breakingthebinarytheatre - This revolutionary national commission project was just named on the @baltimorebeat Best of 2025 list! Now more than ever, we need to tell the important history of trans and gender non-conforming people.
Visit our lobby or website during the holiday season and select an ornament from the Giving Tree or give online and help support Trans History Project.
Give Today - LINK IN BIO or centerstage.org/givingtree
5 plays created by TGNC artists have been commissioned by Baltimore Center Stage, Breaking the Binary Theatre, and TGNC theatremaker Bo Frazier. Over the next 2 years, the artists will develop new works about the history of gender nonconformity with the Trans History Project. For more, visit link in story or AmericanTheatre.org.
@ladydanefe@breelowdermilk@rogerq.mason@yona.oli@frump.chump@schul.mmm@worldingwithmud@murp.severt
“The purpose of this project is not only to pay TGNC artists and boost representation, but also to prove, hopefully once and for all, that we have ALWAYS existed, the binary isn’t real and that anti-trans hatred is the thing that has NOT always existed” - @mx.bosephine speaking on Trans History Project for their interview in the Pride Issue of @baltimorebeat #pride #transpride #pride2025 #transhistory #transrights #nonbinary
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Wishing the Maryland LGBTQIA+ community a very Happy Pride Month from Baltimore Center Stage!
From producing powerful queer stories on our stages, to commissioning TGNC playwrights for the Trans History Project, to presenting the world premiere of queer writers such as Jordan E. Cooper, Lena Waithe, Sarah Mantell, we are committed to being a theatre for everyone through joy service and connection.
ICYMI: Trans History Project was featured in @americantheatremag last week! Read through to hear from Stevie Walker-Webb, Bo Frazier and all of our partner residency theaters.
We are accepting applications through May 11 at centerstage.org/THP #transhistoryproject
✨ Baltimore Center Stage and Breaking the Binary Theatre join forces to launch a groundbreaking national initiative: THE TRANS HISTORY PROJECT.
⚧️ Created by Baltimore Center Stage Artist-in-Residence Bo Frazier, the project aims to commission, develop, and publish 10 new plays about the real history of gender nonconformity which has existed across all cultures since the beginning of time. Ten transgender and gender non-conforming writers (TGNC) will be selected and commissioned by BCS and subsequently placed into 2-year development residencies at theaters across the country including Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, CA, Rattlestick Theater in New York City,NY, Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, as well as Baltimore Center Stage.
🗣️ CALLING ALL TGNC WRITERS: We are now accepting applications to join the first cohort of five playwrights selected through an open submission process. Each play will receive a commission fee of $10,000, dramaturgy/research support and a 2-year residency at one of our partner theaters.
For application information - LINK IN BIO!
#transhistory #transrightsarehumanrights #transgender #transgenderrights #transgenderawareness #nonbinary #nonbinarypride #nonbinaryartist #nonbinarypride🌈 #genderqueer #NewWork #newwork #newplays
TBH: Initially I looked back on 2024 as a year of disappointments, struggles, and a lack of creative opportunities - it truly tested me. Yet when I scrolled back through my photos, I was surprised to find a plethora of small moments of joy with my amazing friends and chosen family. I am grateful for everyone who shared moments of happiness with me over the last year. For 2025 I am manifesting growth, joy, creativity, patience, self-love, and community.
