Guild Hall (158 Main Street, East Hampton) will host MacArthur Fellow, drag icon, and award-winning performer Taylor Mac for Taylor Mac: Born to Run (To and From the Hamptons), on Friday, September 27 at 7 PM. In Mac’s fist ever performance in the Hamptons, the evening of songs will feature recent works written in collaboration with composer and music director Matt Ray, with performances by Taylor Mac, Matt Ray, alongside incomparable band members Viva DeConcini, Gary Wang, and Shirazette Tinnin and produced by Pomegranate Arts.
Mac will puncture New York’s beautiful bubble with a set built to meet Hamptonites on their own turf via a fresh look at our fragile democracy. This new evening of songs, created for Guild Hall, includes Mac’s signature banter and will feature recent works, including songs from the 24-Decade project and Bark of Millions, a new rock opera meditation on queerness.
“Working in drag but not in drag cliches” (NY Times), Taylor appears bedazzled in a fantastical costume by longtime collaborator the artist Machine Dazzle, who recently won the Creative Arts Emmy for “Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming” for his designs in the HBO documentary “Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History of Popular Music.”
“Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them.” – The New York Times
“Mac is one of this country’s most heroic and disarmingly funny playwrights.” – American Theatre Magazine
“One of the most exciting theater artists of our time.”– TimeOut New York
Taylor Mac, who uses the pronoun “Judy” is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer. Mac is a MacArthur “genius award” Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, the first American to receive the International Ibsen Award, Tony nominee for Best Play, a recipient of the Kennedy Prize, the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim, a Drama League Award, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, two Obies, and two Bessies. The feature-length documentary Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music was directed by Oscar-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman and premiered on HBO in 2023.
Admission is $85-$155 ($75.50 - $139.59 for Members). For more details, and to purchase tickets, please visit www.guildhall.org.
Please note: This work may include mature content and is intended for adult audiences.
Get prepped and watch Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music on HBO!
Taylor Mac; Lyrics, Concept, Direction, and Performer
Matt Ray; Music Director, Arranger, Musician/Keys
Viva DeConcini; Musician/Guitar
Gary Wang; Musician/Bass
Shirazette Tinnin; Musician/Drums
