The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac

Full-length play/performance art cabaret/subversive jukebox musical of original songs and text; No set but lots of costumes and a giant suitcase
A flamboyant chameleon of words, music, and sociopolitical tirades, visual and vocal phenomenon Mac employs gender-bending surrealism to explore the human condition and challenge the contemporary culture of fear.

photo by Drew Geraci of Taylor Mac
Taylor Mac
Taylor Mac (photo by Lucien Samaha)
Taylor Mac (photo by Lucien Samaha)
Cast Requirements

1 performer – Taylor Mac

Honors

Edinburgh Festival's Herald Angel Award
Dallas Critics Award for Best Touring Show
Argus Angel Award
Brighton Festival Award for Best Show

Press

“An intellectually arduous and beautifully realized piece about the dangers of homogeneity, and what happens to the soul when it forgoes the richness of the imagination.” -- Hilton Als, The New Yorker

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Press

“An unflinching witness to a host of society’s ills...linked together by a gentle impassioned humanity and a wry humor that can have you helpless with laughter, then overcome by an urge to weep—and ultimately left thinking and wanting to make life better.”
—Herald

“[Taylor Mac] is one of the most jaw-dropping things on the (Edinburgh) fringe this year. He is a Pierrot figure for the modern age.”
—(UK) Daily Telegraph

5 stars. “Quite the most distinctive and brilliant performer I’ve witnessed in ages.”
—Scotsman

Production and Development History

The Be(A)St Of Taylor Mac has played over 40 theatres including: The Sydney Opera House, New York’s Public Theater, Yale Rep, London’s Soho Theatre, Stockholm’s Sodra Teatern, Dublin’s Project Arts Center, Portland’s Time Based Arts Festival, Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival and The Spoleto Festival.

Premiere: Joe’s Pub in New York.