13 Facts About Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac Bowyer was born on August 24,1973 and is an American actor, playwright, performance artist, director, producer, and singer-songwriter active mainly in New York City.

In 2017, Mac was the recipient of a "Genius Grant" from the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation.

Taylor Mac's mother opened a private art school that influenced Taylor Mac's early aesthetic by embracing collage and teaching students to build from mistakes rather than attempt to erase them.

Taylor Mac moved to New York in 1994 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Taylor Mac's work has been described as a fight against conformity and categorization.

Taylor Mac's work has been performed at New York City's Lincoln Center, the Public Theater, the Sydney Opera House, American Repertory Theatre, Stockholm's Sodra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, and many other venues both in the United States and internationally.

Taylor Mac is a self-described "fool" and "collagist" who puts together forms and costumes to create a complex and sometimes contradictory look and sound.

Taylor Mac has resisted categorization by the press: after being described as Ziggy Stardust meets Tiny Tim, Taylor Mac created the show Comparison Is Violence, or the Ziggy Stardust Meets Tiny Tim Songbook.

Taylor Mac then developed The Lily's Revenge, combination of "camp extravaganza" and "comic self-deprecation" centered on the hero's journey of a lily that uproots itself to fight against nostalgia.

Taylor Mac starred in Classic Stage Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

On October 29,2018, in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, Taylor Mac performed a cover of Patti Smith's 'People Have the Power' after appearing as guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Clad in Giuseppe Arcimboldo costume and inspired make up, Taylor Mac hosted a series of live and pre-recorded vignettes.

In 2022, Mac was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, with a profile written by theatre scholar Sean F Edgecomb.