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Joshua Bastian Cole

jbastiancole@gmail.com www.joshuabastiancole.weebly.com

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

Thesis: When Transmen 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, Freethinkers, Harmony, 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)

Conference Presentations
February 2014 Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC) MIGC14: ANIMACY Paper: Cyborg Alice: Cyborgs and Erin Courtneys The Service Road trans* : Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference Paper: Vanishing Point: Dys-Appearance and the Not-Quite-There of Transmasculine Spectatorship 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: DysAppearance, Trans-Parency, Fragmentation, & The Nothing 36th Comparative Drama Conference Paper: Transitioning Twelfth Night: A Transgender Reading of a Female Page Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) Special Topics Conference Paper: When Transmen Dance: Hermeneutics of Dance Masculinities 35th Comparative Drama Conference Paper: Athena in Armor: The Warrior Goddess in Greek Drama as an Embodiment of Gender Variance Union College Symposium Southeast Regional Unity Conference True Spirit Conference Trans Forming Families, Author Panel

October 2013

August 2013

March 2012

February 2012 March 2011

October 2011 April 2006 February 2003

Publications
Daily Beast Within. Original Plumbing Magazine, http://originalplumbing.com/index.php/politics-activism/trigger-nation/item/587-thedaily-beast. August 2013. Stop the Spot: Polemics of Transmale Stage Representation and Its Criticism. Theatre Provocateur [online theatre journal]. 2012. A New American Gothic: Tallgrass Gothic at the New Workshop Theater. The Kingsman [Brooklyn College Newspaper]. 25 Oct. 2010, Arts and Culture: 11. Some Femmes Dont Wear Heels. Visible: a Femmethology. Ed. Jennifer Clare Burke. Vol. 1. Ypsilanti: Homofactus Press, 2009. Tarheels and Transfags. Beyond Masculinity. Ed. Trevor Hoppe. http://www.beyondmasculinity.com. 2008. Ill Be Different. With Julie Loyd. Trans-Fusions. 2008. CD. Real Trans (In)Visibility. Lambda Magazine, [UNC LGBT Magazine]. The Transgender Issue. December, 2005. Untitled personal statement. XX Boys. http://www.xxboys.net. 2005. Tomboy to Femme Boy. Trans Forming Families. Ed. Mary Boenke. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2003.

Public Appearances in Media


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

Guest Speaking
Union College, 2011 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

THEATRE/SPOKEN WORD 2013

Role/Position/Type

Production

Venue/Company/Director

Self

2011 2010

Self Self

2009 2007 2006

Charlie (lead) Spoken Word Spoken Word

The Birds and the University Settlement, NYC Bees: Dirs. Maggie KeenanUnabridged Bolger and Rachel Sullivan Dir. Jared R. Pike The Box (development) Queer Memoir, Queers for Nothing, or Economic Justice Nowhere, Performance Space, NYC Michigan Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC White Boys in Dir. Casey Llewellyn Paradise Poems by Spence Tranz This! Blend, Chapel Hill, NC Poems by Cass Unity Conference, Blend, Hodges Chapel Hill

DIRECTORIAL/ TECHNICAL/ LITERARY 2012 2012

Curator Dramaturg

Holiday BLIPS! Untitled Ramn Novarro Project Love Poems for Dead Bodies Queering History

2012

Dramaturg

2012

Dramaturg

2012 2011 2011

Curator Director Costume Designer

BLIPS Twelfth Night (development) Mouth for String

{Your Name Here}, TADA, NYC {Your Name Here}, TADA, NYC Playwright: James Pugh {Your Name Here}, TADA, NYC Playwright: MJ Kaufman The Producers Club, NYC Dir. Maggie KeenanBolger {Your Name Here}, TADA, NYC Independent project BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange SAWTOOTH dancers Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Houses On The Moon Theater Co. Playwright: Jeffrey Solomon

2003 2002

Asst. Director Interviewee

Vagina Monologues Building Houses on the Moon (development)

DANCE/ PERFORMANCE ART 2013

Dance Theatre

Angry Women REvisited Homing

2009

Contemporary Dance Performance Art

2009

A Bit of Light Opera 7 Voluntary Acts

2009

Modern Dance

2008

Lyrical Dance

Cornflake Girl

2007

Lyrical Dance

Snow White Queen Shh Half-Male King Hey Pretty

Dixon Place, HOT! Festival, NYC Dir. J Dellecave Judson Church, Movement Research Yve Laris Cohen Mongrel Vaudeville, Freddys Bar, NYC Bryn Kelly Multiple Exposure III, Barriskill Dance Theatre School, Durham, NC Julie Mulvihill Body Language Transcendence UNC Chapel Hill Tranz This! Blend, Chapel Hill, NC Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle, Cuntry Kings Carrboro, NC Gallaghers, Charm City Boys Baltimore, MD

2006 2005 2004

Lyrical Dance Performance Art Performance Art

FILM 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2003

Sam (lead) Transman (lead) Kirk (lead) Russian sailor (extra) Self Ian Foxe (lead) Ian Foxe (lead) Self

All Gender Health Online Dir. Melissa Li MamSir Productions Against a Trans Dir. Jules Rosskam Narrative 3 Minutes in Heaven Kirk/Spock Dir. Felix Endara Postcode Productions Maggots and Dir. Cary Cronenwett Men FilmArtGender Gender? Dir. JoieRey Cohen Brazen Garage Squad Couch Surfers Dir. Mark Van Helsing Brazen Garage Squad Cubbyholes Dir. Ken Rowe gaymotherf*ckers Cricket Dog Dir. Christy Pessagno The Dinner Party

Related Work Experience


2012 Present Adjunct Lecturer CUNY, Borough of Manhattan Community College New York City Adjunct lecturer of Fundamentals of Speech - Dept. of Speech, Communications, and Theater Arts Students learn to develop effective public speaking, active listening, and critical thinking skills Consistent favorable faculty observations 2012 Present Operations and Customer Service Kaplan Bar Review New York City (temporary assignment through Manpower) Provide excellent customer service to all inbound and outbound calls and E-mail correspondence Process & filing of enrollments, subsequent payments, refunds, discounts/adjustments Track and manage attendance roster Process Online Order Shipping

Internships and Volunteering


2012 Present Script Reader New Georges, New York City Aid the Literary Department of New Georges with script submissions Read scripts, write synopses and comments, and make 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 of 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 Intern for noted New York theater critics, David Cote and Adam Feldman Press release detail verification for weekly print and online magazine performance listings Audio interview transcriptions

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