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Bo Frazier
they/them

Bo Frazier is a trans non-binary neurodivergent theatre maker, director, producer, deviser, movement director, teaching artist, and new play developer. 

BO FRAZIER (they/them) is a two-time Jeff Award-nominated theater director and current Artist in Residence at Baltimore Center Stage where they created and now run the Trans History Project. As a trans femme, non-binary, queer and neurodivergent artist, they are interested in new work that tells traditionally excluded narratives in extremely imaginative ways.

DIRECTING/CHOREOGRAPHY:  The all-trans production of tick, tick…BOOM! featured in American Theatre Magazine (Jeff Award Noms – Best Director and Best Musical), Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill (Jeff Award Noms – Best Director & Best Production) Hit the Wall by Ike Holter, Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, Love & Information by Caryl Churchill, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens, Bright Star the musical as well as Associate Directing the London premiere of bare: a rock opera. Previously based in Chicago, NYC and London, Bo has worked with companies such as The National Theatre (UK), Birmingham Rep (UK), Greenwich Theatre (UK), Goodman Theatre, NAMT, AMTP, Signature Theatre (NYC), Dixon Place, Rutgers University’s MFA/BFA Acting Program, Theatre167, Heartbeat Opera, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Sideshow Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Riverside Theatre and London Theatre Workshop (UK) which they co-founded. In 2022, they were one of the 9 remaining staff members fighting for Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater to stay alive. Represented by Bret Adams Ltd. www.bofrazier.com

 

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Podcast

The Trans History Project: A Cohort of Playwrights and Theatres

19 May 2026

In part two of their discussion on The Trans History Project, host Nicolas Shannon Savard and Bo Fraizer explore how the initiative is building networks for support for the cohort of playwrights and collaborating with theatres across the US to produce trans stories.

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Podcast

The Trans History Project: Ten Plays in Development

12 May 2026

This episode is an interview with Baltimore Center Stage’s artist-in-residence Bo Frazier on the Trans History Project. The conversation covers what the initiative is doing to create counter-narratives in a political moment defined by trans erasure, plus a taste of the first five plays in development. 

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