Taylor Mac (who uses “judy”—lowercase sic—as a gender pronoun) is the author of The Hang (composed by Matt Ray), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Hir, and The Lily’s Revenge, among others. Taylor is the first American to receive the International Ibsen Award; is a MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Tony nominee for Best Play; and is the recipient of the Kennedy Prize (with Matt Ray), the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim, the Herb Alpert Award, a Drama League Award, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the Booth, two Helpmann awards, a NY Drama Critics Circle Award, two Obies, two Bessies, and an Ethyl Eichelberger.