On 22 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the glorious award-winning theatre artist and Patron Saint of Hybridity, Taylor Mac.
Taylor Mac is a MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a Tony nominee for Best Play, and the recipient of the International Ibsen Award. Selected works include: Bark of Millions (a fifty-five song—and counting—parade trance extravaganza for the living library of the deviant theme); The Hang (a jazz-infused Passion play about the final hours of the life of Socrates); A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (a 24-hour performance-art concert about communities building themselves because they’re torn apart); and An American Dionysia (four full-length plays about the polarization of America, to be performed separately or as an ancient Greek festival: Prosperous Fools; The Fre; Gary; and Hir). The concert-doc, Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, is currently streaming on HBO/Max.
