Becca Blackwell

Becca Blackwell (born 1973/1974)^[1] is an American trans actor, performer, and playwright based in New York City. Blackwell's pronoun is the singular they.^[2] Their play "They, Themself and Schmerm," has been presented by a number of venues including The Public Theater's 2018 Under the Radar Festival,^[3] Abrons Arts Center^[4] and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's TBA Festival.^[5] Musician Kathleen Hanna, writing for Artforum, listed Blackwell among their favourite performers of 2014.^[6] Blackwell was a recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award.^[7] In 2016 they were interviewed by Jim Fletcher for BOMB Magazine.^[1] Blackwell is part of the 2019 class of the Joe's Pub Working Group, a program dedicated to supporting artists at a critical point in their careers.^[8]

Work	Role	Location	Year	Reference
"Untitled Feminist Show"		Jerome Robbins Theatre	2012	[9]
"Seagull: Thinking of You"	Trigorin/Peter/Dorn	New Ohio Theatre	2013	[10]
"Samara"	The Manan	A.R.T./New York Theaters	2017	[11]
"Is This a Room"	Unknown Male	The Kitchen	2019	[12]
"Hurricane Diane"	Diane	New York Theatre Workshop	2019	[13]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Peabody Awards	Entertainment	Sort Of	Nominated	[14]