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A note on the times: It's never been easy being a visibly queer artist in the United States, but it's an especially scary time right now for a lot of us. I do believe in the power of art and especially live music to connect, and make change, and help heal. In sorting through all of that pain and fear, I've taken a lengthy pause from persuing performing as a primary passion to instead focus on investing in my community and figuring out who I am as a queer person without constantly needing the validation/approval of casting directors telling me who I'm supposed to be. The art I'm invested in making is visibly and loudly queer, trans, and proud, and there's not a lot of that going around at the moment. I often feel at a loss when casting breakdowns and audition notices go out on Actors Access and there's zero roles for me to submit for as a nonbinary artist, so I've been turning more towards creating solo art lately. However, if there's a queer project that aligns with the type of work I'd like to be doing, I am full speed ahead racing right towards it!
For links to resources, and more info about nonbinary representation in the arts, see the links on my "Contact/Casting Resources" tab.
Take care of eachother, and stay tuned for updates ♫
For links to resources, and more info about nonbinary representation in the arts, see the links on my "Contact/Casting Resources" tab.
Take care of eachother, and stay tuned for updates ♫
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May 2025: Taryn performed as a troubadour (wandering singer/guitar player) at All Queer Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Pride Faire" gala to ring in Pride Month! Taryn curated a setlist of queer influenced solo songs they played throughout the night such as "Adore You" by Harry Styles, "Francesca" by Hozier, "Seven" by Taylor Swift, "Hot To Go" by Chappell Roan, and "I Know a Place" by Muna. |
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February 2025: Taryn was a lead performer in All Queer Shakespeare's "Love is Love: A Valentine's Day Queer Cabaret" featuring music from Rent, The Beatles, Phantom of the Opera, scenes from Shakespeare, Drag artists, Queer love stories, and more! Taryn was so excited to tackle some iconic Romeo scenes from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", as well as some of Tony's music from "West Side Story", and the iconic quartet from "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Getting the creative and vulnerable opportunity to queer some iconic male leads was such a breath of fresh air to explore in such a nurturing environment directed by two wonderful local performers: Monica Sampson and Seth Tucker. Read more about the show and All Queer Shakespeare's mission in the AZ Central article! |
Taryn and part of the cast of "Love is Love: A Valentine's Day Queer Cabaret with All Queer Shakespeare
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January 2025: Taryn performed as the Narrator/Ensemble in The Sound of Music with Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona (formerly known as Arizona Musical Theatre Orchestra). Taryn was so grateful to return to this community to help tell a very relevent and timely story of hope and resilience in times of great political struggle, even 60 years after it's original Broadway debut. See the behind the scenes of this production in the news:
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October - December 2024: Taryn was cast as Tiny Tim / Storyteller in the inaugural production of The Christmas Carol: A Queer Fantasia by James Cougar-Canfield with All Queer Shakespeare in Phoenix, Arizona! They spent this winter telling this reimagined and queer version of the Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol. This is All Queer Shakespeare's debut production, officially launching a new campaign in Phoenix as the World's First LGBTQ+ owned and operated Queer Shakespeare company. Taryn is so excited to be apart of this inaugural production and to support more local queer art in Phoenix. Their performance was lauded in the "Talkin' Broadway" review for, "creat[ing] vibrant characters, bringing the heartfelt and festive atmosphere of the production to life."
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Taryn and the rest of the Cratchit family performing in "The Christmas Carol: A Queer Fantasia".
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July 2023: Taryn made the move from Phoenix to New York City!
April/July 2023: Taryn performed in two other concert performances with Arizona Music Theatre Orchestra as Custus/Jimmy in Crazy for You and the ensemble of Parade.
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January 2023: Taryn performed as Frank Carlson/Andrew Latimer/3rd Class Steward in Titanic the Musical with Arizona Musical Theatre Orchestra! They were so excited to get to perform with this company again.
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Taryn in costume for Titanic The Musical with Arizona Musical Theatre Orchestra!
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October 2022: Taryn performed in the ensemble of a staged reading of Sweeney Todd at the public premiere of the Arizona Musical Theatre Orchestra. This is a newer initiative in Phoenix focused on performing musicals with a full live orchestra in Phoenix. It was a great way to celebrate the Halloween season!
Summer 2022: Taryn recorded voiceover for an audio drama called "To Find Them" where they'll be voicing the main character, Kaden. Coming anywhere you can stream podcasts next fall!
Summer 2022: Taryn was finally back in the studio taking dance classes (with a focus on modern, tap, and jazz, obviously) after a short hiatus during the pandemic. They are so excited to be back working with some of their favorite choreographers and re-falling in love with some of their favorite styles.
Summer 2022: Taryn recorded voiceover for an audio drama called "To Find Them" where they'll be voicing the main character, Kaden. Coming anywhere you can stream podcasts next fall!
Summer 2022: Taryn was finally back in the studio taking dance classes (with a focus on modern, tap, and jazz, obviously) after a short hiatus during the pandemic. They are so excited to be back working with some of their favorite choreographers and re-falling in love with some of their favorite styles.
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May 2022: Taryn performed as Henrietta Marcus/Maude in The Belle of Tombstone directed by Joe Barros at The Phoenix Theatre Company as part of their annual Festival of New American Theatre! This was a wonderful musical, written by Sheila Rae, Thomas Edward West, and Michele Brourman, about the untold story of women of the American West.
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The cast and creative team of "The Belle of Tombstone" at The Phoenix Theatre Company.
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April 2022: Taryn performed as Harry P./Myrtle/Others in Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic at the Mesa Arts Center. This was a zany production with lots of moving parts, and they truly enjoyed bringing everyone's favorite boy wizard to life with a much more overdramatic and eccentric twist while protesting a particular Evil Wizard Author with a majority trans/nonbinary cast.
March 2022: Taryn performed in the collaborative concert, "Light Persists" in collaboration with the Arizona Women's Collaborative, a new works initiative focused on uplifting work by women and nonbinary creatives. Taryn collaborated with Addison Hill (composer and singer, she/they) and Karey Miles (pianist, she/her) to create and perform a piece called "Therefore We Protest".
January 2022: Taryn performed in a virtual performance of a new play called My (Virtually) Perfect Roommate with Virtual Theatre Lab. This play was written to be performed in a Zoom-like environment, and our cast had been rehearsing the show and the technical components for weeks leading up to this performance! This is a truly imaginative show that really encompasses how innovative digital theatre can be!
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November 2021: Taryn performed as Friedrich in The Sound of Music at Desert Stages Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona! |
Friedrich in "The Sound of Music" at Scottsdale Desert Stages!
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April 2021: Taryn and their peers in the Arizona State University Music Theatre Class of 2021 recorded and presented their Senior Showcase in collaboration with The Growing Studio in NYC and Acting Up Series! Taryn's audition package includes, "My Grand Plan" from The Lightning Thief, "Bi The Way" monologue by Jenny Purple, and "Unruly Heart" from The Prom.
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May 2021: Taryn graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a B.A. in Performance and Movement and a minor in Music Performance (voice)! |
Graduation photo of Taryn at ASU Gammage!
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March 2021: Taryn performed as Eric in the musical Runaways at Arizona State University. This project was filmed and recorded in October/November of 2020, and premiered in March! Taryn's performance in this piece has been lauded as both "quite moving" and "bitingly funny". The cast and creative team spent months under strict COVID-19 safety guidelines, rehearsing dance and musical numbers outdoors with masks, recording vocal tracks in separate rooms, and going on-site to film scenes at multiple different venues around the Phoenix community. This project was truly a collaborative labor of love in a time it seemed impossible to create ensemble-driven theatre pieces, check out reviews and behind the scenes footage below!
March 2021: Taryn performed their solo senior cabaret "Here's Something Queer" as a part of the ASU Music Theatre Class of 2021's Cabaret series and fulfilled the research aspect of their Senior Capstone project for their Performance and Movement major! Taryn created "Here's Something Queer" as an exploratory performance piece that they wrote about the cross section of discovering that they were nonbinary while also pursuing a degree and career in musical theatre.
Eric in "Runaways" at Arizona State University.
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