Taylor Mac
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.
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BIO
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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Theatre Marquee unveiling for the Taylor Mac Comedy "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus" starring Nathan Lane and Andrea Martin with direction by George C. Wolfe at the Booth Theatre on February 8, 2019 in New York City.
From: Photo Coverage: A Look Back on Broadway's Marquees of 2019
STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Writing
Awards and Nominations
Taylor Mac, The Hang
Taylor Mac, The Hang
Taylor Mac, The Hang
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Taylor Mac
Taylor Mac, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
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Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
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Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Taylor Mac, Hir
Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan
Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan
Videos
Video: Mandy Patinkin Leads 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' at Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration
by Stephi Wild - 2026-01-02 07:02:29
Video: Sierra Boggess in a Scene from MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL at Goodman Theatre
by Joshua Wright - 2024-08-01 13:43:31
Video: J. Harrison Ghee Performs 'Let There Be Light' from MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by Joshua Wright - 2024-07-25 15:10:22
Video: Highlights from MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by Nicole Rosky - 2024-07-08 16:29:52
Video: Tony-Winner Rob Ashford Talks MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by A.A. Cristi - 2024-06-14 23:46:37
Video: Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown Talk MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by A.A. Cristi - 2024-06-13 20:55:38
Video: Choreographer Tanya Birl-Torres On MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL at the Goodman
by Joshua Wright - 2024-06-12 13:49:34
Video: Rob Ashford Discusses MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2024-05-29 14:36:40
News
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray will reunite for a concert staging of BARK OF MILLIONS at Emerson Paramount Center, presented in association with The Huntington, featuring 17 artists in live music and drag spectacle.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
Taylor Mac will bring two performances to London this November and December, including A 24-Decade History of Popular Music and Holiday Sauce. Learn more here.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2026
Little Island will wrap its third season with Thomas Bartlett's tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Cake Zine: Closing Time, and a final Papi Juice party in New York.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 28, 2026
Vangeline will perform her Butoh dance work MAN WOMAN at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford, followed by a discussion on gender and Butoh history with Dr Baldock.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2026
BAM's fall lineup will include Meshell Ndegeocello celebrating her album SYNONYM, Claudia Rankine discussing her book TRIAGE, and programs from Hanif Abdurraqib, Ross Gay, and Taylor Mac.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2026
xBirdland Jazz Club will present the return of crooning troubadour and nouveau vaudevillian Bryce Edwards in “The Frivolity Hour”. Once more, Bryce will share his original brand of hot traditional jazz and early 20th century popular music.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2026
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 13, 2026
Performance artist, writer, director, actor, and singer Taylor Mac is back with a brand-new concert, Tender Heart Revolution, coming to San Francisco’s Curran Theatre for one-night-only.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 9, 2026
The Flea announced the cast of BEYOND THE STARDUST, an immersive nightlife show conceived by Niegel Smith and The Illustrious Blacks, featuring aerialists, vocalists, and dancers in an Afro-disco-space-punk production.
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 25, 2026
Yvonne Strahovski, David Corenswet & François Arnaud will star in Three Days of Rain on Broadway in February 2027, directed by Anna D. Shapiro.
by Kat Mokrynski - Jun 15, 2026
The star talks her origins in the performing arts, the importance of Pride and more ahead of her solo show 6/21 at NYC's Beechman Theatre in Hell's Kitchen.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2026
Oakland Theater Project will present THE FRE, a new play by Tony Award-nominee Taylor Mac, in a strictly limited two-week run at its Oakland venue, directed by Mylo Cardona.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2026
Broadway and West End star Sierra Boggess returned to London for a one-night-only solo concert at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane. See photos of the concert here!
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2026
Mike Leigh's black comedy ABIGAIL'S PARTY, directed by Nadia Fall, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre following its Theatre Royal Stratford East run, with Tamzin Outhwaite and Kevin Bishop leading the cast.
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2026
ArtsEmerson announced its 2026/27 season, featuring eight theatrical events from the U.S., Ireland, Canada, and South Africa, including works by Taylor Mac and Tony Award nominee Patrick Page.
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2026
Birdland Jazz Club will present an encore of HOT COMBINATION, featuring Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis honoring 1920s jazz duo Red Nichols and Cliff Edwards, backed by an all-star traditional jazz band.
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2026
Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac will perform HOLIDAY SAUCE live in the UK for the first time at Soho Theatre Walthamstow, blending music, film, burlesque and what Mac calls 'random acts of fabulousness.'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 7, 2026
Stanford Live announced its 2026–2027 season, featuring more than 50 artists spanning music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary performance, with the guitar as a unifying theme and America's 250th anniversary as a backdrop.
by - Apr 30, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2026
The Public Theater has announced the lineup for The Public’s Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 season. The season lineup will include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, plus works from James Ijames, Ryan J. Haddad, Richard Nelson, Taylor Mac, and more.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Taylor Mac has written 4 shows including A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Author), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Playwright), The Fre (Playwright), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Book).
Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for The Hang, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for The Hang, Distinguished Performance Awards (Drama League Awards) for The Hang, Unique contribution to the Theatre (Drama League Awards), Best Play (Tony Awards) for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Special Citation (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Special Citations (Obie Awards) for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for Hir, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Good Person of Szechwan and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (The Lortels) for Good Person of Szechwan.
Taylor Mac has won several prestigious awards, including the Unique Contribution to the Theatre from the Drama League Awards. Additionally, Mac received a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Further, they were awarded Special Citations from the Obie Awards for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.
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