All the Latest!
November 2015:
Cole has been named to the 2016 American Society For Theatre Research (ASTR) Conference Program Committee.
Cole presented the paper Disappearing/Reappearing: The Radical Embodied Resistance and Phenomenal Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors at the 2015 Queer Graduate Student Conference at UCLA.
August 2015:
Aug 1 - Cole moved to Ithaca, New York to attend Cornell University as a student in the PhD program in Performing and Media Arts.
March 2015:
Mar 11-15 - Cole visited Cornell University where he will begin the PhD program in Performing and Media Arts in the fall of 2015.
Mar 6 - Cole guest lectured in a course called Gender, Sexual Identity, and Communication at Champlain College.
February 2015:
Cole presented the paper Disappearing/Reappearing: Phenomenal Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors at the 23rd Annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) sponsored by The University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies.
January 2015:
Cole began teaching Intro to Public Speaking, Business and Professional Communication, and Mass Media and Society at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
August 2014:
Aug 4 - Featured interview by Theatre Communications Group and the top of the TCG Homepage!
Aug 3 - Cole prepared talkback discussion points for a staged reading of MJ Kaufman's SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA, produced by Upstream Artists' Collective.
July 2014:
July 31 - Cole published an article called "Who's Missing From the List? The Killjoys and Why American Theater Needs Trans Playwrights" on the Huffington Post and was featured in both Arts & Culture and Gay Voices.
July 23 - 27 - Cole performed his Transman-ifesto at the ATHE LGBTQ Focus Group pre-conference and co-presented the workshop Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies for Actor Training with Joy Brooke Fairfield at Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference: Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal.
July 1 - Cole re-located to the Burlington, Vermont area.
June 2014:
Cole participated as dramaturg and curator for Obie-winner Erin Courtney's I WILL BE GONE at the first ever NEW WORKS BROOKLYN Play Festival.
May 2014:
May 12 - Cole dramaturged YELLOW CLOVER, written by Jess Eisenberg Chamblee and directed by Sara Lyons for the 12th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, New York City’s grassroots, multidisciplinary international festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer arts and culture.
May 7 - Cole spoke to the MA theatre history class at his alma mater: Brooklyn College. He presented a full lecture on transgender representation in dramatic literature and production.
April 2014:
Cole performed in the sold-out 5-day run of the newly developed evening length version of J Dellecave's ANGRY WOMEN: reVISITED at HERE Arts Center.
February 2014:
Cole has been accepted to present with Joy Brooke Fairfield at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference:
Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal - July, 2014 (anticipated)
Workshop: Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies for Actor Training
DECEMBER 2013:
Cole has been accepted to present at the Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC) - MIGC14: ANIMACY
JULY 2013:
Cole has been accepted to present at trans*: Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference in October!
May 2013:
Cole joined the cast of J Dellecave's ANGRY WOMEN: reVISITED. A work in progress performance will be shown in the 22nd Annual HOT! Festival at Dixon Place.
JAN 2, 2013:
Cole is now a cast member of THE BIRDS AND THE BEES...UNABRIDGED.
DEC 13:
Cole's play, CHEEKY LADIES, was produced in Your Name Here's Holiday Blips!
SEPT 8:
Cole has been published in the new online theatre journal, Theatre Provocateur. Read the essay here:
Stop the Spot: Polemics of Transmale Stage Representation and Its Criticism
AUG 26:
Cole is now a member of the adjunct faculty at the City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College.
AUG 15:
Staged reading of Cole's play, TWO TRUTHS AND ALLIE, was a huge success!
AUG 13:
Cole was interviewed with his colleague, Topher Cusumano, by 31 Plays in 31 Days. See the article here:
31+ Interviews | Joshua Bastian Cole and Topher Cusumano
AUG 1:
31 PLAYS IN 31 DAYS has begun!
JULY 20:
Cole attended Maggie Keenan-Bolger's two workshops for what was first named the 'LGBT History Project,' and is now 'Queering History.' He also submitted a video to the project, as well. The first reading is coming in August!
JUNE 24:
Cole participated in a Queer Ballet Flash Mob at the Dekalb Market in Brooklyn as part of Queer Pride!
JUNE 6:
Cole received an excellent birthday surprise when the inaugural reading series presented by {Your Name Here}: A Queer Theater Company completely packed the house at TADA! in Manhattan. This was also Cole's playwriting debut, and it was a hit!
MAY 30:
Graduate school commencement day! Cole is now a Master of Arts!
Cole has been named to the 2016 American Society For Theatre Research (ASTR) Conference Program Committee.
Cole presented the paper Disappearing/Reappearing: The Radical Embodied Resistance and Phenomenal Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors at the 2015 Queer Graduate Student Conference at UCLA.
August 2015:
Aug 1 - Cole moved to Ithaca, New York to attend Cornell University as a student in the PhD program in Performing and Media Arts.
March 2015:
Mar 11-15 - Cole visited Cornell University where he will begin the PhD program in Performing and Media Arts in the fall of 2015.
Mar 6 - Cole guest lectured in a course called Gender, Sexual Identity, and Communication at Champlain College.
February 2015:
Cole presented the paper Disappearing/Reappearing: Phenomenal Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors at the 23rd Annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) sponsored by The University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies.
January 2015:
Cole began teaching Intro to Public Speaking, Business and Professional Communication, and Mass Media and Society at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
August 2014:
Aug 4 - Featured interview by Theatre Communications Group and the top of the TCG Homepage!
Aug 3 - Cole prepared talkback discussion points for a staged reading of MJ Kaufman's SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA, produced by Upstream Artists' Collective.
July 2014:
July 31 - Cole published an article called "Who's Missing From the List? The Killjoys and Why American Theater Needs Trans Playwrights" on the Huffington Post and was featured in both Arts & Culture and Gay Voices.
July 23 - 27 - Cole performed his Transman-ifesto at the ATHE LGBTQ Focus Group pre-conference and co-presented the workshop Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies for Actor Training with Joy Brooke Fairfield at Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference: Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal.
July 1 - Cole re-located to the Burlington, Vermont area.
June 2014:
Cole participated as dramaturg and curator for Obie-winner Erin Courtney's I WILL BE GONE at the first ever NEW WORKS BROOKLYN Play Festival.
May 2014:
May 12 - Cole dramaturged YELLOW CLOVER, written by Jess Eisenberg Chamblee and directed by Sara Lyons for the 12th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, New York City’s grassroots, multidisciplinary international festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer arts and culture.
May 7 - Cole spoke to the MA theatre history class at his alma mater: Brooklyn College. He presented a full lecture on transgender representation in dramatic literature and production.
April 2014:
Cole performed in the sold-out 5-day run of the newly developed evening length version of J Dellecave's ANGRY WOMEN: reVISITED at HERE Arts Center.
February 2014:
Cole has been accepted to present with Joy Brooke Fairfield at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference:
Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal - July, 2014 (anticipated)
Workshop: Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies for Actor Training
DECEMBER 2013:
Cole has been accepted to present at the Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC) - MIGC14: ANIMACY
JULY 2013:
Cole has been accepted to present at trans*: Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference in October!
May 2013:
Cole joined the cast of J Dellecave's ANGRY WOMEN: reVISITED. A work in progress performance will be shown in the 22nd Annual HOT! Festival at Dixon Place.
JAN 2, 2013:
Cole is now a cast member of THE BIRDS AND THE BEES...UNABRIDGED.
DEC 13:
Cole's play, CHEEKY LADIES, was produced in Your Name Here's Holiday Blips!
SEPT 8:
Cole has been published in the new online theatre journal, Theatre Provocateur. Read the essay here:
Stop the Spot: Polemics of Transmale Stage Representation and Its Criticism
AUG 26:
Cole is now a member of the adjunct faculty at the City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College.
AUG 15:
Staged reading of Cole's play, TWO TRUTHS AND ALLIE, was a huge success!
AUG 13:
Cole was interviewed with his colleague, Topher Cusumano, by 31 Plays in 31 Days. See the article here:
31+ Interviews | Joshua Bastian Cole and Topher Cusumano
AUG 1:
31 PLAYS IN 31 DAYS has begun!
JULY 20:
Cole attended Maggie Keenan-Bolger's two workshops for what was first named the 'LGBT History Project,' and is now 'Queering History.' He also submitted a video to the project, as well. The first reading is coming in August!
JUNE 24:
Cole participated in a Queer Ballet Flash Mob at the Dekalb Market in Brooklyn as part of Queer Pride!
JUNE 6:
Cole received an excellent birthday surprise when the inaugural reading series presented by {Your Name Here}: A Queer Theater Company completely packed the house at TADA! in Manhattan. This was also Cole's playwriting debut, and it was a hit!
MAY 30:
Graduate school commencement day! Cole is now a Master of Arts!
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