Transgender performance artist Scott Turner Schofield explores gender issues for the average JoeSchofield, a 25-year-old female-to-male transsexual from Charlotte, North Carolina, is a rising light in the field of queer theater. He has performed at regional theaters and theater festivals in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and elsewhere, and has brought his "one-trannie" shows and workshops to major universities. His college audiences span everyone from women's studies classes to fraternities. This month, his residency at the University of Wyoming in Laramie will mark the eighth anniversary of the beating death of gay student Matthew Shepard.
Schofield recently received the largest commission of his career. The National Performance Network (NPN), an alliance of performing arts presenters, gave him a grant to create Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps. The new show will debut next May in Seattle at the Pat Graney Company, and later will play at 7 Stages in Atlanta and DiverseWorks in Houston. A second NPN grant provides for Schofield to talk at community forums and teach performance workshops in conjunction with the show.
