Gender Euphoria

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Hosted by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Gender Euphoria: The Podcast is a series of conversations between trans and queer theatre artists. The show amplifies the voices of trans and queer performers, writers, designers, educators, and community organizers from across the United States, from every corner of the performing arts—we are everywhere! Weaving together stories of fabulous performances, queer resistance, trans joy, activism, and solidarity, Gender Euphoria is an exploration of the cultural work trans-queer art is doing for and within our communities.

  1. LOUD Queer Youth Theatre: Sustaining Youth-Led, Adult-Supported Arts Community

    4D AGO

    LOUD Queer Youth Theatre: Sustaining Youth-Led, Adult-Supported Arts Community

    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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    37 min
  2. LOUD Queer Youth Theatre: Devising and Political Education in New Orleans

    APR 28

    LOUD Queer Youth Theatre: Devising and Political Education in New Orleans

    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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    42 min
  3. The Queer-Trans Performance Family Tree is more of a Galaxy

    09/13/2023

    The Queer-Trans Performance Family Tree is more of a Galaxy

    Dr. H. May joins host Nicolas Shannon Savard, who introduces the Queer-Trans Performance Family Tree Project, an interactive, open-access digital exhibit visually connecting trans artists across the United States to the collectives and communities who have sustained our work. This episode explores the role of mentorship in both the research for the project and in their own work as gender nonconforming theatremakers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    49 min
  4. Queer Archival Praxis Roundtable With Guests David Silvernail, Janet Werther, Victoria Lafave, Jordan Ealey, and Kelli Crump

    09/06/2023

    Queer Archival Praxis Roundtable With Guests David Silvernail, Janet Werther, Victoria Lafave, Jordan Ealey, and Kelli Crump

    What role does white supremacy play in the creation of the queer theatre canon? What power and what responsibility do we—as queer theatremakers, historians, and educators—have to challenge canons and archives that define “queer” almost exclusively as white and cisgender? Artist-scholars Janet Werther, Victoria LaFave, Jordan Ealey, David Silvernail, and Kelli Crump join host Nicolas Shannon Savard to tackle these questions and to queer the archive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    48 min
  5. Making Space for Queer Futurity in Texas

    08/16/2023

    Making Space for Queer Futurity in Texas

    Austin’s pop princess, p1nkstar, shares the story of her evolution from performance artist creating a pop star persona for Instagram to real life pop star to community leader creating spaces for fellow trans artists to showcase their work in Texas. This episode also features guest co-host Melissa Lin Sturges, coordinator of the annual Doric Wilson Panel for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) LGBTQ+ Focus Group. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    36 min
  6. Making Space for Self-Authorship through Audio Description

    07/31/2023

    Making Space for Self-Authorship through Audio Description

    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    51 min
  7. Making Space: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy

    07/12/2023

    Making Space: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy

    J.C. Pankratz returns to the podcast to reflect on the first full production of their play Seahorse, directed by Nicolas Shannon Savard, starring Emmett Podgorski. Nicolas, J.C., and Emmett discuss how the collaborative process, from auditions through closing night, was informed by queer community building, access intimacy, and consent-based practice. They offer behind-the-scenes perspectives and concrete examples of how tools and ideas discussed in previous episodes played out in practice. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    59 min
  8. Queer-Trans Intimacy: One Foot in the Academy and the Other in the Nightclub

    07/05/2023

    Queer-Trans Intimacy: One Foot in the Academy and the Other in the Nightclub

    Nicolas Shannon asks Joy Brooke Fairfield and Raja Benz how their intimacy work is informed by queer theory and critical theory. Their conversation bounces between queer of color theory, decolonial theory, disability theory, and the dim glow of the night club; between past, present, and future; between the ideas they’re sure of and the ones they’re working out in real time. Bonus! It comes with dozens of recommended readings. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    47 min
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Hosted by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Gender Euphoria: The Podcast is a series of conversations between trans and queer theatre artists. The show amplifies the voices of trans and queer performers, writers, designers, educators, and community organizers from across the United States, from every corner of the performing arts—we are everywhere! Weaving together stories of fabulous performances, queer resistance, trans joy, activism, and solidarity, Gender Euphoria is an exploration of the cultural work trans-queer art is doing for and within our communities.

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