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Taylor Mac (who uses "judy"-lowercase sic-as a gender pronoun) is a theater artist whose work has been performed at New York City's Town Hall, Lincoln Center, and Playwrights Horizons; London's Hackney Empire and Barbican; D.C.'s Kennedy Center; Los Angeles's Royce Hall and Ace Theater (through the Center for the Art of Performance); Chicago's Steppenwolf; Australia's Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Festival; Stockholm's Södra Theatern; San Francisco's Curran; and hundreds of other theaters, museums, music halls, opera houses, cabarets, and festivals around the globe. Mac is the author of seventeen full-length works of theater including A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Hir, The Walk Across America for Mother Earth, The Lily's Revenge, The Young Ladies Of, Red Tide Blooming, and The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac. Sometimes Taylor acts in other people's plays (or co-creations). Notably: Good Person of Szechwan (La Mama and The Public Theater), A Midsummer's Night Dream (Classic Stage Company), and The Last Two People on Earth (American Repertory Theater), a two-person vaudeville opposite Mandy Patinkin and directed by Susan Stroman. Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama and the recipient of multiple awards including the Kennedy Prize, two Helpmann Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Herb Alpert in Theater, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, two Bessie Awards, two Obie Awards, and an Ethyl Eichelberger Award. An alumnus of New Dramatists, judy is currently the resident playwright at the Here Arts Center.

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Taylor Mac STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theater Off-Broadway Production, 2024
Orlando

[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Off-Center Production, 2018
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
World Premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse, 2016
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company Production, 2012
Egeus

Puck

Writing

Playwright

Taylor Mac Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lyrics

Taylor MacThe Hang

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lyrics

Taylor MacThe Hang

Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards

Taylor MacThe Hang


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Drama League Awards - 2019 - Unique contribution to the Theatre

Taylor Mac

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Play

Taylor Mac, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus


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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Special Citation

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music


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Obie Awards - 2017 - Special Citations

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

The Pulitzer Prize - 2017 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

Drama League Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play

Taylor Mac, Hir

Drama League Awards - 2014 - Distinguished Performance Award

Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan

The Lortels - 2014 - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan

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Review Roundup: ORLANDO Opens at Signature Theatre


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Review: HIR, Park Theatre


In its basic premise and form, Hir is a very traditional piece of theatre. It follows a typical two-act structure and the whole play takes place in one room with the same four characters. Within this familiar form, however, Mac wreaks havoc on the notion of the nuclear family, exploring what takes place in a family unit without a patriarch.

Photos: First Look at Felicity Huffman in Taylor Mac's HIR at Park Theatre


Multi award-winning actress Felicity Huffman is making her UK stage debut in the revival of Hir by Taylor Mac at Park Theatre. Performances run through 16 March. Check out all new photos here!

Taylor Mac FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Taylor Mac written?

Taylor Mac has written 3 shows including A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Author), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Playwright), The Fre (Playwright).

What awards has Taylor Mac been nominated for?

Taylor Mac has been nominated for Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Hang," Distinguished Performance Awards at the Drama League Awards for "The Hang," a Unique Contribution to the Theatre at the Drama League Awards, Best Play at the Tony Awards for "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," a Special Citation at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," Special Citations at the Obie Awards for "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," The Pulitzer Prize for Drama at The Pulitzer Prize for "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for "Hir," a Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Good Person of Szechwan," and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play at The Lortels for "Good Person of Szechwan."

What awards has Taylor Mac won?

Taylor Mac has won the Unique Contribution to the Theatre award at the Drama League Awards, a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music," and Special Citations from the Obie Awards for the same production.

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