Joshua Bastian Cole

www.joshuabastiancole.weebly.com


Education

2012 Master of Arts - Theater History and Criticism
CUNY, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
GPA: 3.9

Thesis: When Trans Men Dance: FTM Embodied Subjectivity and Classical Ballet

Supervisors: Helen Richardson and Meg Araneo-Reddy (thesis); Erin Courtney (playwriting)


2002 Bachelor of Arts
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
GPA: 3.3

Major: Theatre and Dance
Thesis: Gender is Performance
Minor: Film Studies

Activities and Societies: Division I Varsity Fencing, Stratford Players, Golden Key Honor
Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Army ROTC, FreethinkersAtheist, Agnostic,
and Humanist Society, Harmony LGBTQA, Safe Zones Speaker and Panelist

Awards: Army ROTC Scholarship, Dean's List, Coach's Award (Varsity Fencing)

Semester Abroad London, 2000
London Theatre History - University College London
Shakespeare Intensive and Masterclass with Patrick Spottiswoode and Andrew Gurr
Shakespeares Globe, Bankside, London


Professional Affiliations

Professional Staff Congress/CUNY
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)
Congress on Research in Dance (CORD)



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Conference Presentations

February 2015 23rd Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT)
(anticipated) Queer(ing) Performance
University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
and Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
Paper: Disappearing/Reappearing: Phenomenal Stage Presence of
Trans Men Actors
July 2014 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal
Workshop: Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies
for Actor Training
February 2014 Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC)
MIGC14: ANIMACY
Paper: Cyborg Alice: Cyborgs and Erin Courtneys The Service Road
October 2013 trans* : Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference
Paper: Vanishing Point: Dys-Appearance and the Not-Quite-There of
Transmasculine Spectatorship
August 2013 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
P[L]AY: Performance, Pleasure and Pedagogy
Panel: Training Queer: Intersections of Queer/Gender Studies and
Actor/Performer Training
Paper: Phenomenal Presence of the Transmasculine Actor: Dys-
Appearance, Trans-Parency, Fragmentation, & The Nothing
March 2012 36th Comparative Drama Conference
Paper: Transitioning Twelfth Night: A Transgender Reading of a Female
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February 2012 Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) Special Topics Conference
Meanings and Makings of Queer Dance
Paper: When Trans Men Dance: Hermeneutics of Dance Masculinities
March 2011 35th Comparative Drama Conference
Paper: Athena in Armor: The Warrior Goddess in Greek Drama as an
Embodiment of Gender Variance
October 2011 Union College Symposium
April 2006 Southeast Regional Unity Conference
February 2003 True Spirit Conference
Trans Forming Families, Author Panel









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Publications

Pressure and Movement, Thats How it Works: Revisiting August Strindberg's Miss Julie in
Kim Davies' Modern-Day Smoke. The Flea Theater. 11 Sept. 2014. Web.
"Who's Missing From the List? The Killjoys and Why American Theater Needs Trans
Playwrights." Huffington Post. 31 July 2014. Web.
Cyborg Alice: Cyborgs and Erin Courtneys The Service Road. Signals: A Contemporary
Performance Journal (2013). Web.
Daily Beast Within. Original Plumbing Magazine. August 2013. Web.
Stop the Spot: Polemics of Transmale Stage Representation and Its Criticism. Theatre
Provocateur (2012). Web.
A New American Gothic: Tallgrass Gothic at the New Workshop Theater. The Kingsman
[Brooklyn College Newspaper]. 25 Oct. 2010, Arts and Culture: 11. Print.
Some Femmes Dont Wear Heels. Visible: a Femmethology. Ed. Jennifer Clare Burke. Vol. 1.
Ypsilanti: Homofactus Press, 2009. Print.
Tarheels and Transfags. Beyond Masculinity. Ed. Trevor Hoppe.
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com. 2008. Web.
Ill Be Different. With Julie Loyd. Trans-Fusions. 2008. CD.
Real Trans (In)Visibility. Lambda Magazine, [UNC LGBT Magazine]. The Transgender
Issue. December, 2005. Print.
Tomboy to Femme Boy. Trans Forming Families. Ed. Mary Boenke. New Castle: Oak Knoll
Press, 2003. Print.


Public Appearances in Media

Tillett Wright, iO. The Self Evident Truths Project. We Are You. Sept. 2014. Web.
What Is Taking So Long? Interview by Jacqueline E. Lawton. TCG Circle. Theatre
Communications Group, 04 Aug. 2014. Web.
The Birds and the BeesUnabridged. Interview by Rhina Valentin. Open. BronxNet. 15 Mar.
2013. Television.
Osen Averill, Julia. Queering the F*ck Out of Musical Theater: The Personal is Political is Art.
Autostraddle. Feb. 2013.
31+ Interviews | Joshua Bastian Cole and Topher Cusumano. Interview by Chelsey Little.
31 Plays in 31 Days. 13 Aug 2012.
Mac, Amos. Original Plumbing Magazine, The Entertainment Issue. 2012.
Halpern, Ashlea. Date These Trans Folks. Time Out New York. 5 Nov. 2009.
Moore, Candace. Beyond Narrative and Name. Curve Magazine. Oct. 2009.
Dugan, Jess T. Transcendence I. June 2009. Web.
Anderson-Minshall, Jacob. Becoming a Different Kind of Man. TransNation. 4 Nov. 2008.
Cooper, T. The Trans Fags. Out Magazine. Apr. 2008.
Taormino, Tristan. The New Wave of Trans Cinema. The Village Voice. 8 Apr. 2008.
Cahalane, Claudia. When Girls Will be Boys. Metro. 6 Feb. 2008. London, UK.
Diana Cage Show. Interview by Diana Cage. Sirius Radio. Dec. 2007. Radio.
Early Transcasting. Interview by Fausto Fernos. Feast of Fun. 30 July 2007. Podcast.
The End? Interview by Fausto Fernos. Feast of Fun. 23 July 2007. Podcast.
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Block, Kael T. XX Boys: Portrait de la Transsexualit Masculine. 2005. Web.
Paone, Rocco Jr. The Story of J. Bastian Cole. Accept This!!! E-zine. 2004.
Nelson, Corey. Kind of a Drag. The Breeze. 1 Mar. 2004. Harrisonburg, VA.
Fenn, Jessica. The Advent of J. Bastian Cole. 2003.
Jeffreys, Angie. Its Good to be King. Hollins Columns. 2003. Roanoke, VA.
Interview. JMU Bluestone. 2002.
Clarke, Jessica. Battle of the Sexes. Daily News-Record. 4 May 2002, Harrisonburg, VA.
Ferber, Lawrence. Altered Image. Frontiers Magazine. 2001.

Guest Speaking on Transgender Topics

Brooklyn College, MA Theatre History guest discussion facilitator, 2014
Union College, 2011
Duke University, 2009
James Madison University, 2008
Wakefield High School GSA, 2008
Guilford College, 2008
Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist Youth Group, 2008
Wakefield High School GSA, 2007
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2007
North Carolina State University, 2006
Sweaty Southern Radical Queer and Trans Convergence, Durham, NC, 2006
Hollins University, 2004
Mary Baldwin College, 2003
Lynchburg Pride, Lynchburg, VA, 2002
Roanoke Unitarian Universalist Youth Group, 2002
Morris Hills High School GSA, 2001
Student speaker at James Madison University and Safe Zones panelist, 2000-2002

Related Work Experience

2014 2015 Adjunct Lecturer
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York
Beginning spring semester 2015 in Dept. of Communication Studies
Courses: Intro to Public Speaking, Business & Professional Speaking, and Media &Society

2014 2015 Paraeducator
Burlington School District
Burlington, Vermont
Individualized instruction to a special needs 9th grade student one-on-one, as well as in small
group and classroom environments
Facilitating and supplementing the educational process under the direction of professional staff
members, occupational therapists, and physical therapists
Created modified independent study in Greek mythology, covering Heracles, The Iliad, and
The Odyssey
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2012 2014 Adjunct Lecturer
City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York City
Fundamentals of Speech - Dept. of Speech, Communications, & Theater Arts
Students learned to develop effective public speaking, active listening, and critical thinking
skills
Consistently favorable faculty observations

Internships and Volunteering

2012 2014 Script Reader
New Georges, New York City
Aided the Literary Department of New Georges with script submissions
Read scripts, wrote synopses and comments, and made recommendations as to whether the
company should pursue the play or playwright further

2012 2013 Co-Founder and Resident Dramaturg
{Your Name Here} A Queer Theater Company, New York City
Primary member of the Literary Department
Research and development for new works, direct collaboration with playwrights and directors
Script soliciting, submissions review, season planning and curating
Archival research

2011 Department Recruiting (Intern)
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn
Assessed and selected competitive undergraduate theater programs in the U.S. and Canada
Compiled extensive faculty contact list from 266 undergraduate colleges and universities

2011 Theater Intern
Time Out New York Magazine, New York City
Interned for noted New York theater critics, David Cote and Adam Feldman
Verified press release details for weekly print and online magazine performance listings
Transcribed audio interviews



PERFORMANCE
Year

Role/Type

Production

Venue/Company/Director
2014 Wife of Bath
Ensemble Theatre
Kings of
Macedonia
Brooklyn College MFA reading
series
Andrew Ondrejcak, Jessica
Almasy
2014 Susie Bright
Dance Theatre
Angry Women
REvisited
HERE Arts Center, NYC
Dir. J Dellecave
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2013 Susie Bright
Dance Theatre
Angry Women
REvisited
Dixon Place, HOT! Festival,
NYC
Dir. J Dellecave
2013 Self
Ensemble Theatre
The Birds and
the Bees:
Unabridged
University Settlement, NYC
Dirs. Maggie Keenan-Bolger
and Rachel Sullivan
2011 Self
Ensemble Theatre
The Box
(development)
Dir. Jared R. Pike
2010 Self
Spoken Word
Nothing, or
Nowhere,
Michigan
Queer Memoir,
Queers for Economic Justice
Performance Space, NYC
2009 Self
Contemporary Dance
Homing Judson Church,
Movement Research
Yve Laris Cohen
2009 Charlie (lead)
Theatre
White Boys in
Paradise
Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC
Dir. Casey Llewellyn
2009 Dancer in gorilla suit
Performance Art
A Bit of Light
Opera
Mongrel Vaudeville,
Freddys Bar, NYC
Bryn Kelly
2009 Self
Modern Dance
7 Voluntary
Acts
Multiple Exposure III,
Barriskill Dance Theatre
School, Durham, NC
Julie Mulvihill
2008 Self
Lyrical Dance
Cornflake Girl Body Language
Transcendence
UNC Chapel Hill
2007 Self
Spoken Word
Poems by
Spence
Tranz This!
Blend, Chapel Hill, NC
2007 Self
Lyrical Dance
Snow White
Queen
Tranz This!
Blend
2006 Self
Lyrical Dance
Shh Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC
2006 Self
Spoken Word
Poems by Cass
Hodges
Unity Conference,
Blend
2005 Self
Performance Art
Half-Male King Cuntry Kings, Cats Cradle
2004 Dunham Goode
Performance Art
Hey Pretty Charm City Boys, Gallaghers,
Baltimore, MD

TECHNICAL/
LITERARY

Year




Position




Production




Venue/Company/Director

2014

Curator

Smoke
The Flea Theater, NYC
Playwright: Kim Davies
Dir. Tom Costello
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2014 Dramaturg Sagittarius
Ponderosa
Upstream Artists Collective
Two Moon Art House, NYC
Playwright: MJ Kaufman
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2014 Curator I Will Be Gone New Works Brooklyn
Playwright: Erin Courtney
Dir. Mary Beth Easley
2014 Dramaturg Yellow Clover Fresh Fruit Festival, Nuyorican
Poets Caf, NYC
Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Dir. Sara Lyons
2012 Curator Holiday BLIPS! {Your Name Here}, TADA,
NYC
2012 Dramaturg Untitled Ramn
Novarro Project
{Your Name Here}, TADA
Playwright: James Pugh
2012 Dramaturg Love Poems for
Dead Bodies
{Your Name Here}, TADA
Playwright: MJ Kaufman
2012 Dramaturg Queering
History
The Producers Club, NYC
Dir. Maggie Keenan-Bolger
2012 Curator BLIPS {Your Name Here}, TADA
2011 Costume Designer Mouth for
String
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
SAWTOOTH dancers
2002 Interviewee Building
Houses on the
Moon
(development)
Houses On The Moon Theater
Co.
Playwright: Jeffrey Solomon

PLAYWRITING

Year



Title



Event



Venue/Company/Director
2014 Im Dead Pussyfest III:
The Reckoning
Caps Lock Theatre,
The Gym at Judson Church
Dir. Aimee Todoroff
2012 Cheeky Ladies Holiday BLIPS! {Your Name Here}, TADA
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2012 Two Truths and Allie Radical Acts {Your Name Here},
Shetler Studios
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2012 City Mice BLIPS {Your Name Here}, TADA
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2005 Spheres & Cylinders Table reading Duke University





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FILM

Year


Role


Production


Company/Director

2010

Sam (lead)

The Dinner
Party

All Gender Health Online
Dir. Melissa Li
2009 Trans man (lead) Against a Trans
Narrative
MamSir Productions
Dir. Jules Rosskam
2009 Kirk (lead) Kirk/Spock 3 Minutes in Heaven
Dir. Felix Endara
2009 Russian sailor (extra) Maggots and
Men
Postcode Productions
Dir. Cary Cronenwett
2009 Self Gender? FilmArtGender
Dir. JoieRey Cohen
2003 Self gmf Cricket Dog
Dir. Christy Pessagno