04/2023

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The ideas surrounding gender differ widely across various spheres of life. Within academia, binary operations, and how they are present in our construction and view of gender, are often discussed. Within daily life, gender is a controversial subject with trans and gender non-conforming people being attacked for living their authentic experience. Within theatre, there is also a lack of representation of these groups. To help bridge the gap between theory, praxis, and theatre, I created an original performance piece that was put on in a non-traditional theatre space on the FSC campus. The piece follows Gio as they struggle with the different facets of being non-binary on both a personal and theoretical level. I grounded my piece in gender theory by Judith Butler and Michel Foucault and trans theory by Susan Stryker. I was also inspired by feminist and queer theatre. I explored the embodied experience of gender in a way accessible to a broader audience.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in the script or the full paper.