Host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Des Bennett of The Theater Offensive about the Queer (Re)Public Emergent Artist Residency. Their conversation covers organizational “harvest partnerships,” emergent strategy, queer liberatory aesthetics, and decolonizing the producer-artist relationship.
In this episode, Nicolas talks with lead producer for Chicago’s Trans Voices Cabaret lead producer Kidany Camilo about creating equitable opportunities in musical theatre, showcasing outstanding trans and nonbinary musical talent, and centering joy.
Nicolas talks with Francis Miller about their solo show, Body of the State, which explores access to gender-affirming healthcare and asks the audience to vote on which path the story takes. They discuss how audiences have responded to and taken up that responsibility as the show has evolved.
Nicolas Shannon Savard recounts the evolution of their solo show, Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome, from the original 2018 production to adapting pieces for testimony opposing anti-trans legislation in Ohio to remounting the show in 2025 with a renewed focus on “taking our stories back.”
Ciara Hannon and Saylor Lake return to talk about 11th Hour Productions’ repertoire of lesbian comedies that play with genre, including Mary Kay Vampires, Gay Cowboys, and An Adele Horror Story. Nicolas provides theoretical and historical framing on camp aesthetics in gay and lesbian theatre.
Host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Ciara Hannon and Saylor Lake from Orlando-based queer theatre company, 11th Hour Productions. They discuss queer community at the Orlando Fringe and using campy comedy as a mode of resistance in the face of state-level backlash to LGBTQ art in Florida.
In part two of their discussion on The Trans History Project, host Nicolas Shannon Savard and Bo Frazier explore how the initiative is building networks for support for the cohort of playwrights and collaborating with theatres across the US to produce trans stories.
This episode is an interview with Baltimore Center Stage’s artist-in-residence Bo Frazier on the Trans History Project. The conversation covers what the initiative is doing to create counter-narratives in a political moment defined by trans erasure, plus a taste of the first five plays in development.
Nicolas continues their conversation with Keyshia Pearl and Roney Jones, digging into LOUD Queer Youth Theatre’s youth-led, adult-supported program model and how the ensemble provides long-term community, and artistic and professional development for Black and indigenous trans and queer youth.
Gender Euphoria: The Podcast returns for season three. Host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Miss Keyshia Pearl and Roney Jones of LOUD Queer Youth Theatre about the ensemble’s programming, devising practices, and political education with Black and Indigenous trans and queer youth in New Orleans.