Taylor Mac (born August 24, 1973) is an American actor, playwright,
performance artist, director, producer, and singer-songwriter active
mainly in New York City. In 2017, Mac was the recipient of a "Genius
Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Mac was
a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Mac was born Taylor
Mac Bowyer in Laguna Beach, California and raised in Stockton, the
child of Joy Aldrich and Vietnam War veteran Lt. Robert Mac Bowyer.
Mac's mother opened a private art school that influenced Mac's early
aesthetic by embracing collage and teaching students to build from
mistakes rather than attempt to erase them. Mac moved to New York in
1994 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After
graduation, Mac began working as an actor and wrote the plays The Hot
Month (1999), The Levee (2000), and The Face of Liberalism
(2003).Mac's work has been described as a fight against conformity and
categorization. It draws on forms such as commedia dell'arte,
contemporary musical theater, and drag performance, and Mac has noted
Charles Ludlam, the Theater of the Ridiculous, and theatrical history
reaching back to Greek theater as professional influences. Mac's work
has been performed at New York City's Lincoln Center, the Public
Theater, the Sydney Opera House, American Repertory Theatre,
Stockholm's Södra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, and many other
venues both in the United States and internationally.
performance artist, director, producer, and singer-songwriter active
mainly in New York City. In 2017, Mac was the recipient of a "Genius
Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Mac was
a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Mac was born Taylor
Mac Bowyer in Laguna Beach, California and raised in Stockton, the
child of Joy Aldrich and Vietnam War veteran Lt. Robert Mac Bowyer.
Mac's mother opened a private art school that influenced Mac's early
aesthetic by embracing collage and teaching students to build from
mistakes rather than attempt to erase them. Mac moved to New York in
1994 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After
graduation, Mac began working as an actor and wrote the plays The Hot
Month (1999), The Levee (2000), and The Face of Liberalism
(2003).Mac's work has been described as a fight against conformity and
categorization. It draws on forms such as commedia dell'arte,
contemporary musical theater, and drag performance, and Mac has noted
Charles Ludlam, the Theater of the Ridiculous, and theatrical history
reaching back to Greek theater as professional influences. Mac's work
has been performed at New York City's Lincoln Center, the Public
Theater, the Sydney Opera House, American Repertory Theatre,
Stockholm's Södra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, and many other
venues both in the United States and internationally.
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