Joshua Bastian Cole www.joshuabastiancole.weebly.

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Education
Present Ph.D. student – Dept. of Performing & Media Arts
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Awards: Sage Fellowship, Cornell Council for the Arts Grant

Committee: Nick Salvato and Karen Jaime (co-chairs, PMA); Amy Villarejo (PMA);
Kate McCullough (FGSS)

2012 Master of Arts - Theater History and Criticism

CUNY, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
GPA: 3.9

Thesis: When Trans Men 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

Minor: Film Studies

Senior Thesis: Gender is Performance

Activities and Societies: Division I Varsity Fencing, Stratford Players, Golden Key Honor
Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Army ROTC, Freethinkers—Atheist,
Agnostic, and Humanist Society, Harmony LGBTQA, 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 – Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside, London

Conference Presentations
November 2016 Committee member, working group co-convener, and State of the
Profession panelist for American Society for Theatre Research
(ASTR)
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October 2016 Literature/Film Association Annual Conference - Rowan University

“Alternate Worlds”
Paper: Here We Go: In a Queer Time and Place with Gregg Araki’s
‘Mysterious Skin’
April 2016 Trans Temporality Conference - University of Toronto
Paper: Dys-appearing/Re-Appearing: “Absent Time” as the Phenomenal
Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors
November 2015 2015 Queer Graduate Student Conference (QGrad) - UCLA
‘Curing’ the Queer: From Pathology to Resistance
Paper: Disappearing/Reappearing: The Radical Embodied Resistance
and Phenomenal Stage Presence of Trans Men Actors
February 2015 23rd Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT)
Queer(ing) Performance
University of Toronto Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
and Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
Paper: Disappearing/Reappearing: Phenomenal Stage Presence of
Trans Men Actors
July 2014 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Dream Acts: Performance as Refuge, Resistance, and Renewal
Workshop: Dream of a Queer Planet: Alternative Embodied Pedagogies
for Actor Training
February 2014 Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference-MIGC14: ANIMACY
Paper: Cyborg Alice: Cyborgs and Erin Courtney’s The Service Road
October 2013 trans* : Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference
Paper: Vanishing Point: Dys-Appearance and the Not-Quite-There of
Transmasculine Spectatorship
August 2013 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: Dys-
Appearance, Trans-Parency, Fragmentation, & The
Nothing
March 2012 36th Comparative Drama Conference
Paper: Transitioning Twelfth Night: A Transgender Reading of a Female
Page
February 2012 Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) Special Topics Conference
Meanings and Makings of Queer Dance
Paper: When Trans Men Dance: Hermeneutics of Dance Masculinities
March 2011 35th Comparative Drama Conference
Paper: Athena in Armor: The Warrior Goddess in Greek Drama as an
Embodiment of Gender Variance
October 2011 Union College Symposium
April 2006 Southeast Regional Unity Conference
February 2003 True Spirit Conference - Trans Forming Families, Author Panel
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Publications

“’Pressure and Movement, That’s How it Works’: Revisiting August Strindberg's Miss Julie in
Kim Davies' Modern-Day Smoke.” The Flea Theater. 11 Sept. 2014. Web.
“Who's Missing From the List? The Killjoys and Why American Theater Needs Trans
Playwrights.” Huffington Post. 31 July 2014. Web.
“Cyborg Alice: Cyborgs and Erin Courtney’s The Service Road.” Signals: A Contemporary
Performance Journal (2013). Web.
“Daily Beast Within.” Original Plumbing Magazine. August 2013. Web.
“Stop the Spot: Polemics of Transmale Stage Representation and Its Criticism.” Theatre
Provocateur (2012). Web.
“A New ‘American Gothic’: Tallgrass Gothic at the New Workshop Theater.” The Kingsman
[Brooklyn College Newspaper]. 25 Oct. 2010, Arts and Culture: 11. Print.
“Some Femmes Don’t Wear Heels.” Visible: a Femmethology. Ed. Jennifer Clare Burke. Vol. 1.
Ypsilanti: Homofactus Press, 2009. Print.
“Tarheels and Transfags.” Beyond Masculinity. Ed. Trevor Hoppe.
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com. 2008. Web.
“I’ll Be Different.” With Julie Loyd. Trans-Fusions. 2008. CD.
“Real Trans (In)Visibility.” Lambda Magazine, [UNC LGBT Magazine]. The Transgender
Issue. December, 2005. Print.
“Tomboy to Femme Boy.” Trans Forming Families. Ed. Mary Boenke. New Castle: Oak Knoll
Press, 2003. Print.

Public Appearances in Media

Christensen, Chris, and Joshua Bastian Cole. “Two Truths and Allie - Interview with Joshua
Bastian Cole.” PMA Podcast, Mar. 2017,
https://soundcloud.com/pmapodcast/episode-5-part-1-two-truths-and-allie-interview-
with-joshua-bastian-cole.
American Theatre editors. “The New Play’s the Thing” American Theatre. 21 Sept. 2016.
Oswald, Sylvan, Basil Kreimendahl, and Mashuq Deen. “Oh Gender, Up Yours!” HowlRound.
18 Nov. 2015.
Ryan, Hugh. “This Gender-Fucking Performance Artist Is Changing The Theater Game.”
BuzzFeed. 8 Nov. 2015
Tillett Wright, iO. “The Self Evident Truths Project.” We Are You. Sept. 2014. Web.
“What Is Taking So Long?” Interview by Jacqueline E. Lawton. TCG Circle. Theatre
Communications Group, 04 Aug. 2014. Web.
“The Birds and the Bees…Unabridged.” Interview by Rhina Valentin. Open. BronxNet. 15 Mar.
2013. Television.
Osen Averill, Julia. “Queering the F*ck Out of Musical Theater: The Personal is Political is Art.”
Autostraddle. Feb. 2013.
“31+ Interviews | Joshua Bastian Cole and Topher Cusumano.” Interview by Chelsey Little.
31 Plays in 31 Days. 13 Aug 2012.
Mac, Amos. Original Plumbing Magazine, The Entertainment Issue. 2012.
Halpern, Ashlea. “Date These Trans Folks.” Time Out New York. 5 Nov. 2009.
Moore, Candace. “Beyond Narrative and Name.” Curve Magazine. Oct. 2009.
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Dugan, Jess T. Transcendence I. June 2009. Web.

Anderson-Minshall, Jacob. “Becoming a Different Kind of Man.” TransNation. 4 Nov. 2008.
Cooper, T. “The Trans Fags.” Out Magazine. Apr. 2008.
Taormino, Tristan. “The New Wave of Trans Cinema.” The Village Voice. 8 Apr. 2008.
Cahalane, Claudia. “When Girls Will be Boys.” Metro. 6 Feb. 2008. London, UK.
Diana Cage Show. Interview by Diana Cage. Sirius Radio. Dec. 2007. Radio.
“Early Transcasting.” Interview by Fausto Fernos. Feast of Fun. 30 July 2007. Podcast.
“The End?” Interview by Fausto Fernos. Feast of Fun. 23 July 2007. Podcast.
Block, Kael T. XX Boys: Portrait de la Transsexualité Masculine. 2005. Web.
Paone, Rocco Jr. “The Story of J. Bastian Cole.” Accept This!!! E-zine. 2004.
Nelson, Corey. “Kind of a Drag.” The Breeze. 1 Mar. 2004. Harrisonburg, VA.
Fenn, Jessica. “The Advent of J. Bastian Cole.” 2003.
Jeffreys, Angie. “It’s Good to be King.” Hollins Columns. 2003. Roanoke, VA.
Interview. JMU Bluestone. 2002.
Clarke, Jessica. “Battle of the Sexes.” Daily News-Record. 4 May 2002, Harrisonburg, VA.
Ferber, Lawrence. “Altered Image.” Frontiers Magazine. 2001.

Guest Speaking on Transgender Topics

• Cornell University, Transitioning at Cornell – student group, 2016

• Champlain College, Gender, Sexual Identity, and Communication guest lecturer, 2015
• Brooklyn College, MA Theatre History guest discussion facilitator, 2014
• Union College, 2011
• Duke University, 2009
• 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

Related Work Experience

2014 – 2015 Adjunct Lecturer

State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York
• Lectured 3 different courses in Communication Studies with a total of 100 students
• Designed new syllabi centered on critical thinking and writing across the curriculum
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• Collaborated with Career Development Center and the Center for Teaching Excellence

2014 – 2015 Paraeducator

Burlington School District
Burlington, Vermont
• Customized instruction for a special needs 9th grade student one-on-one, as well as in
small group and classroom environments
• Supplemented the educational process under the direction of professional staff members,
occupational therapists, and physical therapists
• Created modified independent study in Greek mythology, covering Heracles, The Iliad,
and The Odyssey

2012 – 2014 Adjunct Lecturer

City University of New York, Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York City
• Lectured Fundamentals of Speech in Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts
• Instructed effective public speaking, active listening, and critical thinking skills
• Participated in College Now – college courses for NYC public high school students

Internships and Volunteering

2012 – 2014 Script Reader

New Georges, New York City
• Aided the Literary Department of New Georges with script submissions
• Read scripts, wrote synopses and comments, and made 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 for 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
• Interned for noted New York theater critics, David Cote and Adam Feldman
• Verified press release details for weekly print and online magazine performance listings
• Transcribed audio interviews
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PERFORMANCE

Year Role/Type Production Venue/Company/Director

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2016 Asch (1906 & Indecent Cornell University concert

1923 scenes) reading
Morris Carnovsky Playwright: Paula Vogel
Judge McIntyre Dir. Meghan Brodie
John Rosen
2014 Wife of Bath Kings of Brooklyn College MFA
Ensemble Theatre Macedonia reading series
Andrew Ondrejcak, Jessica
Almasy
2014 Susie Bright Angry Women HERE Arts Center, NYC
Dance Theatre REvisited Dir. J Dellecave
2013 Susie Bright Angry Women Dixon Place, HOT!
Dance Theatre REvisited Festival, NYC
Dir. J Dellecave
2013 Self The Birds and the University Settlement,
Ensemble Theatre Bees: Unabridged NYC
Dirs. Maggie Keenan-
Bolger and Rachel Sullivan
2011 Self The Box Dir. Jared R. Pike
Ensemble Theatre (development)
2010 Self Nothing, or Queer Memoir,
Spoken Word Nowhere, Queers for Economic
Michigan Justice Performance Space,
NYC
2009 Self Homing Judson Church,
Contemporary Movement Research
Dance Yve Laris Cohen
2009 Charlie (lead) White Boys in Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC
Theatre Paradise Dir. Casey Llewellyn
2009 Dancer in gorilla A Bit of Light Mongrel Vaudeville,
suit Opera Freddy’s Bar, NYC
Performance Art Bryn Kelly
2009 Self 7 Voluntary Acts Multiple Exposure III,
Modern Dance Barriskill Dance Theatre
School, Durham, NC
Julie Mulvihill
2008 Self Cornflake Girl Body Language
Lyrical Dance Transcendence
UNC – Chapel Hill
2007 Self Poems by Spence Tranz This!
Spoken Word Blend, Chapel Hill, NC
2007 Self Snow White Queen Tranz This!
Lyrical Dance Blend
2006 Self Shh Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
Lyrical Dance
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2006 Self Poems by Cass Unity Conference,

Spoken Word Hodges Blend
2005 Self Half-Male King Cuntry Kings, Cat’s Cradle
Performance Art
2004 Dunham Goode Hey Pretty Charm City Boys,
Performance Art Gallagher’s, Baltimore,
MD

TECHNICAL/
LITERARY

Year Position Production Venue/Company/Director

2016 Dramaturg 10-Minute Play Cornell University
Festival Black Box Theatre

2015 Curator Things With New Works Brooklyn

Friends Playwright: Kristoffer Diaz
Dir. Lear DeBessonet
2014 Curator Smoke The Flea Theater, NYC
Playwright: Kim Davies
Dir. Tom Costello
2014 Dramaturg Sagittarius Upstream Artists’
Ponderosa Collective
Two Moon Art House,
NYC
Playwright: MJ Kaufman
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2014 Curator I Will Be Gone New Works Brooklyn
Playwright: Erin Courtney
Dir. Mary Beth Easley
2014 Dramaturg Yellow Clover Fresh Fruit Festival,
Nuyorican Poets Café,
NYC
Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Dir. Sara Lyons
2012 Curator Holiday BLIPS! {Your Name Here},
TADA, NYC
2012 Dramaturg Untitled Ramón {Your Name Here}, TADA
Novarro Project Playwright: James Pugh

2012 Dramaturg Love Poems for {Your Name Here}, TADA

Dead Bodies Playwright: MJ Kaufman

2012 Dramaturg Queering History The Producer’s Club, NYC

Dir. Maggie Keenan-
Bolger
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2012 Curator BLIPS {Your Name Here}, TADA

2011 Costume Designer Mouth for String BAX/Brooklyn Arts

Exchange
SAWTOOTH dancers
2002 Interviewee Building Houses Houses On The Moon
on the Moon Theater Co.
(development) Playwright: Jeffrey
Solomon
PLAYWRITING

Year Title Event Venue/Company/Director

2017 Two Truths and AGIT Lab Cornell University
Allie Black Box Theatre
2014 I’m Dead Pussyfest III: Caps Lock Theatre,
The Reckoning The Gym at Judson Church
Dir. Aimee Todoroff
2012 Cheeky Ladies Holiday BLIPS! {Your Name Here}, TADA
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente

2012 Two Truths and Radical Acts {Your Name Here},

Allie Shetler Studios
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente
2012 City Mice BLIPS {Your Name Here}, TADA
Dir. Gretchen Van Lente

2005 Spheres & Table reading Duke University

Cylinders
FILM

Year Role Production Company/Director

2010 Sam (lead) The Dinner Party All Gender Health Online
Dir. Melissa Li
2009 Trans man (lead) Against a Trans MamSir Productions
Narrative Dir. Jules Rosskam
2009 Kirk (lead) Kirk/Spock 3 Minutes in Heaven
Dir. Felix Endara
2009 Russian sailor Maggots and Men Postcode Productions
(extra) Dir. Cary Cronenwett
2009 Self Gender? FilmArtGender
Dir. JoieRey Cohen
2003 Self gmf Cricket Dog
Dir. Christy Pessagno