Maggie Keenan-Bolger

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Maggie Keenan-Bolger
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Born
Margaret Keenan-Bolger

(1983-12-02) December 2, 1983 (age 37)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationActress, singer, playwright, applied theatre practitioner, sex educator

Margaret Keenan-Bolger (born December 2, 1983) is an American actress, singer, playwright, applied theatre practitioner, sex educator[1] and founder of Honest Accomplice Theatre.[2] She is the sister of Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger and Broadway actor Andrew Keenan-Bolger.[3]

Life and career[]

Keenan-Bolger was born in Detroit, Michigan. She appeared as a munchkin in the Madison Square Garden production of the Wizard of Oz at 13 years old opposite Roseanne Barr.[4] She has credits in the national tours of The Will Rogers Follies and The Music Man as well as numerous regional credits and college productions at Oberlin College where she graduated from in 2006 with a BA in Theatre and Gender & Woman's Studies with a minor in Comparative American Studies.[5] In 2008, she performed in a special cabaret alongside her two siblings entitled (Keenan-Bolger)³, the first time all three Keenan-Bolgers had performed together on stage in 15 years, to a sold-out house.[6]

As a playwright she created and wrote the play From the Inside, Out about her own experiences as a self injurer and other stories about "cutting" from hundreds of people whom Keenan-Bolger personally interviewed. Produced by 4th Meal Productions, it was originally performed at Oberlin College and also played at the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2008. [7]

In 2010[8] she graduated from CUNY's Applied Theatre graduate school program using theater to educate, activate and facilitate. While there, she produced, directed and performed in Her Train Of Thought,[9] a devised theatrical project exploring issues of women's experiences in public space.

Most notably, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Honest Accomplice Theatre, which has produced works such as Not Just Another Coming Out Story[10] and Queering History.[11] Both plays were written in collaboration with LGBTQIA homeless youth from New York City and presented in a staged reading with the youth performing alongside of Broadway performers.[12][13] Her company produced two touring devised theatre productions, The Birds and the Bees: Unabridged[14] about gender and sexuality and ReconFIGUREd[8] about the body. They also produced a NY production of Engineers Not Found[15] about cis women and trans people in the field of engineering. The company also produces the Trans Literacy Project,[16] a video series created by trans ensemble members about trans experiences in order to provide a funny, accessible, educational learning tool for cis and trans people alike.

A two-time Point Foundation scholar,[17] Keenan-Bolger earned her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in 2014, where her focus was on Political Theatre, LGBTQIA and Feminist Studies. She was invited to the White House by Vice-President Joe Biden as an LGBT Leader of the Next Generation[18] and was profiled in The Advocate's "People to Watch in 2015".[19] She has worked for projects such as Bridging the Gap,[20] I Love Female Orgasm Program,[21] and many arts-in-education organizations.

Keenan-Bolger is openly queer[22] and also open about being a person with a disability.[23] She has cervical dystonia, a neurological movement disorder, and is active in the LGBTQIA and disability theatre and advocacy communities.

References[]

  1. ^ "Maggie Keenan-Bolger". Maggie Keenan-Bolger. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Honest Accomplice Theatre". Honest Accomplice Theatre. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (June 22, 2016). "8 Families Who Made It Big on Broadway". Playbill.
  4. ^ Theatre World 1996-1997. Applause. 1999. p. 50.
  5. ^ "Maggie Keenan-Bolger". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ Keenan-Bolger, Andrew (July 24, 2008). "(Keenan-Bolger)3 Three Noses. One Stage". YouTube.
  7. ^ "FringeNYC 2008: Roundup #3". TheatreMania. August 13, 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "ReconFIGUREd". Honest Accomplice. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Her Train of Thought". Honest Accomplice Theatre. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Not Just Another Coming Out Story". Honest Accomplice Theatre. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Queering History". Honest Accomplice Theatre. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015.
  12. ^ Champion, Lindsay (August 12, 2013). "Broadway Favorites Join LGBT Youth in Maggie Keenan-Bolger's Not Just Another Coming Out Story". Broadway.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  13. ^ "Maggie Keenan-Bolger's Queering History to Receive Reading Featuring Her Siblings and More". Broadway.com. August 17, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  14. ^ "The Birds and the Bees". Honest Accomplice. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Engineers Not Found". Honest Accomplice.
  16. ^ "Trans Literacy Project". Honest Accomplice. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Maggie Keenan-Bolger". Point Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Maggie at the White House". Maggie Keenan-Bolger. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  19. ^ Baume, Matt (January 2, 2015). "People to Watch in 2015". The Advocate. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Bridging the Gap". Bridging the Gap. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  21. ^ "Speaker Bios". I Love Female Orgasm. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  22. ^ Chitwood, Whitney (June 19, 2014). "Not Just Another Coming Out Story: Playwright Maggie Keenan-Bolger on Queer History, Rent and Fun Home". Playbill. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  23. ^ Davidson, Jordan (December 30, 2019). "Vincent D'Onforio Talks with Disabled Actors". The Mighty. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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