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Aug 25, 2012

Debutante Balls show & tech


Three Gala Balls, Two Southern Towns, One Leopard Print Dress.

Do YOU have the balls to be a Debutante?


"Debutante Balls" is a theatrical stand-up comedy dance through the fascinating culture of the Southern Debutante Ball. Schofield's wicked sense of self-aware humor and poetic sensibility guide us gently (or is that genteel-ly?) through the many ways he "came out" into Southern Society (as a lesbian, radical feminist, and finally, as a transgender man), poking fun at gender roles and sniffing the vapors of nostalgia gone-with-the-wind in these modern times. Applauded by Judith (Jack) Halberstam and the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity alike, this is a generous, insightful, not-to-be-missed solo show.

"Blanche DuBois would have died." - Time Out New YorkFruitie Audience Choice Award for Off-Broadway Performance

Technical Requirements
Personnel: * 3 technical staff to run light and sound:
1 – on follow spot
1 – on light board
1 – on sound

Lighting: * 1 Follow spotlight. (May be substituted for white special on face at Center Stage, but this is not ideal)
* General lighting plot with distinct pools left, right, and center.
* 1 leko upstage center, pointed downstage center, into dress.
* 1 mirror ball (if available)

Sound: * CD player OR laptop connection.

Other: * Two gallons of sweetened iced tea each night
* See-through, restaurant-style pitchers for pouring
* Small Dixie Cups (they must be Dixie brand, please no cartoon characters) equal to # of tickets sold.
* 2 Ushers to pour on cue.
* 8'x4' platform, no more than 8” high, painted bright white
(this is ideal, but not a dealbreaker)

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Jun 9, 2008

Scott Turner Schofield Calendar Dates

SPRING 2012

1/18 - Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter, NH

Two Truths and a Lie reading 

for high school students



FALL 2011

10/6-8 St. Lawrence University
New York

Debutante Balls

Trans 101 workshops

Guest Lecturer in Performance and Queer Theory
Page to Stage Workshop

10/18 - Provincetown, MA
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

part of Fantasia Fair 2011

10/23 National Theatre of Belgium
Brussels

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

headline performance of

Festival des Libertés



SPRING 2010

4/27/10 - University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Two Truths and a Lie reading
Strange Bedfellows workshop

4/26/10 - Queens College
Reading from Two Truths and a Lie


4/22-24/10 - Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps**NO FRIDAY SHOW***
This Residency was made possible by an Anonymous Donation
administered by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

3/29-4/4/10 - Theater Project
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
This Residency was made possible by an Anonymous Donation
administered by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

Feb. 2010 - Princess Grace FoundationPlaywriting Residency Period

Dec. 10 2009 - Jan 20 2010 - Out North
Guest Artistic Director Residency Period

FALL 2009


Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

presented by Painted Bride Art Center
Trans-Community Forum for Queer Youth at The Attic
This Residency was made possible in part
by an Anonymous Donation
administered by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
National Performance Network Residency


11/17-18/09 - Brown University
Debutante Balls

Trans 101 workshops


10/14-16/09 - Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland
Underground TransitTrans 101 workshops
International Premiere and Show Retirement




10/4-9/09 - CDDB
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Trans 101 for high school students

Page to Stage Workshop for high school students

International Debut!


9/18-19/09 - Real Art WaysBecoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

Trans Community Forum

This residency was made possible by an Anonymous Donation
administered by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.



SPRING 2009



3/6-8 - Highways Performance Space

Los Angeles, CA
L.A.'s QUEER EXCHANGE + SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS 
National Performance Network Residency
presented by 
presented by Highways
FRINGES-MARGINS-BORDERS
3/10 - Claremont College
Claremont, CA
L.A.'s QUEER EXCHANGE + SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS 
National Performance Network Residency
presented by 
presented by Highways
FRINGES-MARGINS-BORDERS


3/12-14 - Sushi

San Diego, CA

L.A.'s QUEER EXCHANGE + SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS 
National Performance Network Residency
presented by 
presented by Highways
FRINGES-MARGINS-BORDERS

3/24-26 - Butler University

Indianapolis, IN

Two Truths and a Lie reading

Trans 101 Workshops

4/3-5 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

4/8-10 - Knox College
Galesburg, IL
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops
Page to Stage Workshop
Strange Bedfellows Workshop
Transgender Inclusion for Administrators Workshop

4/20-24 - The University of Kansas
 Lawrence, KS
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

5/2 - The 17th Annual Houston Transgender Unity Banquet
Keynote Speaker

5/4-7 - University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Two Truths and a Lie Reading

5/12-14 - DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Two Truths and a Lie Reading
Trans 101 Workshops



FALL 2008

10/8 - University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Two Truths and a Lie Reading
Trans 101 Workshops

10/14 - University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Trans 101 Workshops
Page to Stage Workshop
Transgender Inclusivity for Administrators Workshops

10/16 - Rollins College
Orlando, FL
Two Truths and a Lie Reading
Trans 101 Workshops
Transgender Inclusivity for Administrators Workshops

10/23 - Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

11/8 - The Flynn Center
Burlington, VT
Words Can’t Describe
with S. Bear Bergman
Strange Bedfellows Workshop at UVM

11/17 - University of Wisconsin
Whitewater, WI
Transgender Inclusion Workshop

11/20 - Portland State University
Portland, OR
Two Truths and a Lie Reading

12/13-14- On The Boards
Seattle, WA
National Performance Network Annual Meeting Showcase
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps



SPRING 2008

1/20-27- The Carnival Center
Miami, FL
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Trans 101 high school workshops
Trans-Community Forum
National Performance Network Residency

1/28-2/3 - 7 Stages
Atlanta, GA
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
National Performance Network Residency

2/22-24 - The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally Conference
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops

3 /24-30 - Out North 
Anchorage, AK

"Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps"
Trans 101 Workshop

Page to Stage with incarcerated youthNational Performance Network Residency



San Francisco, CA
Selections from Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
MC


FALL 2007


10/2 - Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops
  
10/19 - The Evergreen State University
Olympia, WA
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Creation residency
Performance Studies Guest Lecturer

10/27 & 28- Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC)
Seattle, WA
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
World Premiere!
National Performance Network Residency

11/6-9 - Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

11/12-19 - Legion Arts Center
Cedar Rapids, IA
Debutante Balls
National Performance Network Residency
Trans 101 Worshops



SPRING 2007

1/20 - The University of Wyoming at Laramie
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir
Trans 101 Workshops
Strange Bedfellows Workshop

1/22-23 - Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops

1/27 - Femme Mafia Masquerade
Atlanta, GA
MC
Seattle, WA
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps Creation Residency
Trans-Community Forum

3/23 - SUNY Purchase
Debutante Balls

3/25 - Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops

4/2-6 - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops

4/12 -Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops

4/15-16 - Yale University
New Haven, CT
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops
Page to Stage Workshops
Guest Lecture in Performance Studies
Minneapolis, MN
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Creation Residency
Minneapolis, MN
Page to Stage Workshop

4/19 - University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshops

4/25 - Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Trans 101 Workshop

4/27 - Marietta College
Marietta, OH
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Worshops
Page to Stage Workshop
5/18 - Moxie Cabaret
Atlanta, GA
MC

FALL 2006

10/10 - Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir
Trans 101 Workshops
Strange Bedfellows Workshop

10/11 - The University of Georgia 
Athens, GA
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir

10/12 - The University of North Carolina at Asheville
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

10/22 - International Drag KingCommunity Extravaganza
Austin, TX
Debutante Balls Selections

10/24 - Rice University
Houston, TX
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshops

10/27 - The Forum at College of Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir

11/1 - The University of Wyoming at Laramie
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir
Strange Bedfellows Workshop

11/5 - Reed College
Portland, OR
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir

11/6 - The University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Debutante Balls

11/12 - National Performance Network Annual Meeting
Cedar Rapids, IA
Debutante Balls Artburst

11/14 - Portland State University
Debutante Balls

SPRING 2006

1/13 - The University of Wyoming at Laramie
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir
3/15 - The University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Underground Transit
Trans 101 workshop
Page to Stage workshop

3/22 - Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Workshop of Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Sponsored by the Center for Women at Emory, The Office of LGBT Life

and the Department of Theater Studies



4/5 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Underground Transit

Trans 101 workshop
Transgender Inclusion for Administrators workshop

4/8-15 Touring with the Tranny Roadshow

 5/11 Queens CollegeCharlotte, NC
Underground TransitA benefit for Time Out Youth

5/17 and 19 - Hugo House
Seattle, WA
Debutante Balls
Presented by The Pat Graney Company

5/26-28 - Jump Start Performance Co.
San Antonio, TX
Debutante Balls
National Performance Network Residency
Page to Stage Workshop
Words Can’t Describe Community Performance

FALL 2005

9/13 - The Poynter Institute
St. Petersburg, FL
Underground Transit
Trans 101 workshop

9/23 - Southern Comfort Conference
Atlanta GA
Debutante Balls

10/7 - Agnes Scott College
Decatur GA 
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir

10/17 - Bates College
Lewsiton, ME
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir
Trans 101 Workshop

10/18-20 - Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshop
Guest Lecturer in Performance Studies

11/7-9 - West Chester University
West Chester, PA
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshop

11/15 - Reed College
Portland, OR
The Southern Gents Tour
with Athens Boys Choir

11/16 - Portland State University
Portland, OR
Debutante Balls

11/17 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshop

11/19 - TransGiving
Los Angeles, CA
Selections from Debutante Balls

11/20 - The University of California Los Angeles
Underground Transit
SUMMER 2005

7/29-30 - 7 Stages
Atlanta, GA

Words Can’t Describe
with S. Bear Bergman

6/16-18 - National Queer Arts Festival
San Francisco, CA
Debutante Balls

SPRING 2005

2/10-13 - The University of California at Santa Barbara
Debutante Balls

3/3 - Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
Underground Transit

3/4-8 - Emory University Brave New Works Festival
Atlanta, GA
Playwriting Residency for Turn Me On
with Sheri Man Stewart

3/15 - Columbia College
Chicago, IL
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshop

3/29 - Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshop
Page to Stage Workshop

3/31 - Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshop

4/3-4 - Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
Underground Transit
Page to Stage Workshop

4/13 - Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Debutante Balls

5/16 - Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Debutante Balls

5/15-29 - 7 Stages
Atlanta, GA
Wizzer Pizzer
by Amy Wheeler

FALL 2004


9/23-24 - The Chicago Single File Festival
Chicago, IL
"Debutante Balls"
WORLD PREMIER


10/4-7 - Emory University Brave New Works Festival

Atlanta, GA

School’s Out playwriting residency
with Mark Blankenship

10/12 - The University of Houston
Houston, TX
Debutante Balls
Trans 101 Workshop

10/15 - The University of North Carolina at Asheville
Debutante Balls

10/21 - The University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Gay Marriage Here Today Community Performance
Page to Stage Workshop
Trans 101 Workshop

11/7 - LadyFest South
Atlanta, GA
Debutante Balls Selections

11/18-20 - The University of Wyoming at Laramie
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshop
Page to Stage Workshop
12/9 - GenderCrash
Boston, MA
Debutante Balls selections

SPRING 2004

April - The B Complex 
Atlanta, GA
Debutante Balls - first look

2003

11/7 - The University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Underground Transit

10/11-12 - The University of Wyoming at Laramie
Underground Transit
Trans 101 Workshops

9/4-6 - sTaGes 2003: The First National Transgender Theatre Festival
WOW Cafe
New York City
Underground Transit

7/29-8/3 - The 27th Annual Meeting of ALTERNATE ROOTS
Winder, GA
Underground Transit

6/25-26 - HERE Arts Center and Dixon Place
New York City
Underground Transit
Part of the FUSE Festival

4/6-9 - AIDS OASIS Conference
Pensacola, FL
Underground Transit

4/3 - The University of North Carolina at Asheville
Underground Transit

1/9-18 - Actor's Express 
Atlanta, GA
Underground Transit

2002

10/21- Ondine & Co. 
Atlanta, GA
Falling as Sport
part of "Damaged but Not Dead and Other Hilarious Survival Stories" 

produced by EstroFest Productions


10/12 - LadyFest South 

Atlanta, GA

Underground Transit


9/29 - Southern Comfort Conference
Atlanta, GA
Underground Transit

9/27-10/6 - Theatre in the Square Alley Stage
Marietta, GA
Underground Transit

8/30-31 - Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Fresh Fringe Curated Selection
Mumm PuppetTheater 
Philadelphia, PA
Underground Transit

6/22-28 - PushPush Theater 
Atlanta, GA
Underground Transit
Part of Vamp/ReVamp

March/April - Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Underground Transit

3/11 - Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Underground Transit

3/9 - Bard College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Underground Transit



2001

2/18 - PushPush Theater
Atlanta, GA
Underground Transit
part of SEEN+HEARD: Atlanta's Women's Arts Festival

produced by EstroFest Productions



12/1 -Charis Books & More

Atlanta, GA

Underground Transit
World Premiere!
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May 6, 2008

Audience Response

Yours is the Best Press 

 Organizing your visit here to SLU has been one of my favorite experiences in my 3 years here, in no small part because it was one of the clearest examples of students being inspired and energized and challenged to think both creatively and critically about their own lives and the world around them.

I attended Scott Turner Schofield: Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps on Saturday, 9/19.
What an exceptional show! I was so impressed with Scott's unflinching honesty about what it means to be transgender. He is an extraordinarily brave person with a truly innovative artistic voice. I was touched, enlightened and filled with laughter, all in the span of  a single performance.
Congratulations to Scott! I hope the awards keep coming his way.
 
I saw your show tonight at Real Art Ways in Hartford and wanted you to know how much I loved it. The "127 Steps" and "choose your own adventure" format was pure genius, I think.

i just wanted to thank you for your art. i'm not sure yet what it means to me-- a 20something, woman-born woman, married to a man (i guess i might fall into the "Questioning" category, whatever that means...)-- but i'm certain, on a grander level than just my own context, yours is great and necessary work.

Thomas King, a Canadian Storyteller and educator, wrote in his book (first a lecture series) The Truth About Stories: "the truth about stories is that's all we are".  that was the first thing that came to mind when i saw bits of your performance on YouTube. You give me hope in people-- in the ability to change people through stories and in the ability to trust people with stories. Thank you.

 Just wanted to say that it was a pleasure working with you at DiverseWorks! At our staff meeting yesterday, we talked about how awesome your performance was and how the TG community rules in Houston. You have made such an impact on all of us! Anyways…
Just wanted to make sure you that got this fantastic review from The Rice Thresher!

Thanks again for performing at TransGiving. You stole everyone's heart and refused to give any of them back, especially Jason's. Now he sees why I think you and Ryka are both such special people, and he wants to understand more about transgendered and genderqueer folk.
Thanks again for presenting to our Counseling Center staff and guests last Wednesday morning, as part of your time at UCF. The feedback that I heard was very positive, and it seemed that everyone found your talk valuable. I enjoyed meeting you and appreciate your working with us on this.
Thank you so much for coming to Rollins this week and for speaking to us as faculty, staff and students. I found your presentation to be informative and inspiring, offering me a sense of clarity and compassion for a community I will admit I do not often think twice about. Thank you, thank you, thank You.
I wanted to tell you how fantastic you were! To put yourself out there like that takes a lot of courage and I applaud you for having the confidence in yourself to do that and share how wonderfully diverse yet ultimately, in a deeper sense, how similar we are. With such honesty yet keeping it light with your humor.
I just wanted to reiterate how much Jay and I enjoyed your show last night. Your story is a fascinating one, and beautifully told.
i was so touched by your performance.
there was a strong connection for me in watching it...... seeing that is was sooo very real.
not that i thought it wouldn't be , or that of it was made up. you are so very brave. i wanted to hug you, but when i shook you hand, i couldn't even talk because i wanted to cry. not from being sad, but just feeling like i wasn't alone.
it hit me very hard, because i've kinda been struggling for the past year with my identity, and all the labels there are to choose from. i don't want to have to choose, or have to explain myself and who i am to anybody.i am trans.but i always felt like i had to look a certain way.....to actually be able to use that, for people to understand me in this community.  but its me.its who i am. and i accept it. it made so much sense....made me so comfortable to watch you and hear you......i cried during your show. and i felt like the audience...maybe took some of things that you talked about differently than i did. i just understood it. i understood you. and i understood myself better than i have in recent months. i can't wait to read your book, to read all of your stories.....because some of them are mine too, you know?
I was at the Evergreen workshop performances and I was wondering how well the Seattle show went. 127 Steps was one of the most moving and dialectical things I've ever seen. I talk about it to all of my friends and what an intense experience the show was.
The flier hangs in my studio because it was something so thought provoking.

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Jun 2, 2005

FRESH MEAT 2005

FRESH MEAT 2005
4th Annual Festival of Transgender and Queer Performance

Dates/times: June 16-18, 2005
** NOTE: TWO SHOWS SATURDAY NIGHT! **
Thurs June 18: 8pm show
Friday June 19: 8pm show
Sat June 18: 7:30pm AND 9:30pm shows

Location: ODC Theater (3153 17th Street @ Shotwell, SF)

Tickets: $15 (advance tickets recommended – this show sells out!)
415-863-9834 or www.ticketweb.com
Info: www.freshmeatproductions.org

“fierce and fine tuned … history in the making” (Bay Area Reporter)
”outstanding, joyful, irreverent” (Critical Dance)

It’s coming…our biggest event of the year! Fresh Meat is an annual festival of outstanding transgender and queer performance – a sell-out, high energy, deeply moving, outrageously sexy, history-making gathering of exceptionally talented transgender and queer artists from across the nation.

Hear tales about coming out tranny at a Deep South Debutante Ball; experience the infectious harmony of the world’s first transgender barbershop quartet; witness some of the world’s first trans-themed modern dance; pulse with the throbbing beats of homo hip hop and tranny glam rock; hear intersex and transsexual perspectives on the body and intimacy; and be exhilarated by gender-bending, gravity-defying trapeze.

Fresh Meat 2005 artists include: Miguel Chernus-Goldstein, Ryka Aoki de la Cruz, Sean Dorsey and Mair Culbreth, Harlem Shake Burlesque, Thea Hillman and Johnnie Pratt, Lipstick Conspiracy, Jaycub Perez and Katastrophe, Scott Turner Schofield, Emcee Sile “Luster” Singleton, Sisterz of the Underground, The TransAMS Barbershop Quartet, The Viragos and more!

These shows will SELL OUT so get your tickets in advance!

Fresh Meat 2005 is a featured presentation of the National Queer Arts Festival
and is an official Pride 2005 event.
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