No Boundaries: A Series Of Global Performances Presents THE BE(A)ST OF TAYLOR MAC

NO BOUNDARIES: A Series of Global Performances, presented by Yale Repertory Theatre and World Performance Project at Yale, continues its 2009-10 season with The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac, written and performed by Taylor Mac, and directed by David Drake, at the University Theatre (222 York Street) for three performances only: Thursday, January 28; Friday, January 29; and Saturday, January 30, at 8PM.

A talk back with Taylor Mac follows each performance. Additional related programs, all free and open to the public, are also announced.

ABOUT The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac

New York solo performance art legend Taylor Mac sings about love, mermaids, subway safety, and revolution in The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac, a wild - and wildly funny - gender-bending fusion of cabaret, politics, and stark raving fabulousness,

Contains strong language.

Approximate running time: 90 minutes, followed by a talk back with Taylor Mac.

Funded in part by the Root Boy Slim Fund and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Hailed as "one of the most exciting theatre artists of our time: a Fabergé clown, at once beautiful and ridiculous, and full of hidden tricks" (Time Out New York), Taylor Mac blends performance art, playwriting, acting, musical composition, and direction to create solo and ensemble pastiches. He has performed at more than a hundred venues around the world, from Stockholm's Sodre Teatern to New York's Public Theater. His works include Red Tide Blooming, Peace, The Young Ladies of, and The Lily's Revenge. The recipient of the Edinburgh Festival's Herald Angel Award, P.S. 122's first ever Ethyl Eichelberger Award for artistic excellence, an Edward Albee Foundation Residency, a Peter S. Reed Grant, and The Ensemble Studio Theatre's New Voices Fellowship in Playwriting, Taylor Mac was named one of 10 New York Playwrights to Watch in 2005, one of nytheatre.com's People of the Year in 2006, and one of Out magazine's Top 100 in 2008.

Tickets for The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac and the other 2009-2010 No Boundaries presenatations are available online at yalerep.org, by phone (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Yale Rep Box Office (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street).

Tickets are $35 each. $10 student and $25 senior tickets are available for all performances. Yale faculty and staff tickets are $25. Discounts are also available for groups of ten or more.

RELATED PROGRAMS - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Gentrification of Freakishness
Lecture by Tavia Nyogo'o, Associate Professor, Tisch School of the Arts
Response by Joanne Meyerowitz, Professor in American Studies, Yale University
Monday, January 25, 5:30-7PM
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, Room 208

Workshop with Taylor Mac
Wednesday, January 27, 6-8PM
Theater Studies Ballroom, 220 York Street, Room 101
Audiences are invited to engage in an interactive studio session with featured artist Taylor Mac.

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