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Trav S.D.
Born
Donald Travis Stewart

1965
Occupation(s)
Stage actor, director, journalist, author

Donald Travis Stewart (born 1965), known professionally as Trav S.D., is an American author, journalist, playwright and stage performer. He has been called a leading figure

Indie Theater
movements.

Career

Originally from

New Burlesque[1]
. which led to his first book.

Journalist

In 1999, Trav S.D. began contributing features and reviews to the

Slate.com.[12]

Author

Trav S.D.'s first book No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, was released by

Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville by Vaudevisuals Press in 2020.[17]

Theatre

In 2014, Trav S.D. directed and produced the first-ever revival of the Marx Brothers' musical I'll Say She Is, in the New York International Fringe Festival.

Trav S.D.'s original plays and shows have been produced at Joe's Pub, La Mama, Theater for the New City, Dixon Place, Metropolitan Playhouse, The Brick Theater, and HERE Arts Center. His best known original stage work is Horseplay, a biographical show about Adah Isaacs Menken starring Molly Pope[18] and Everett Quinton, presented at La Mama in 2015.[19] His playwriting has received the support of MacDowell, the Gerald R. Dodge Foundation, the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust,[20] and the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation.[21] As a stage actor he has appeared in numerous productions with Untitled Theatre Company #61, including the 2006 American premiere of Vaclav Havel's Guardian Angel, Edward Einhorn's 2010 adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and the titular role in 2018's The Resistible Rise of J.R. Brinkley.[22]

Personal

Trav S.D. has been married twice. From 1992 to 2008 he was married to Susan Monagan, an arts administrator and daughter of U.S. Congressman John S. Monagan. In 2016 he married illustrator Carolyn Raship.

References

  1. ISBN 0415938538
    .
  2. ISBN 0415938538
    .
  3. ^ "On Tony Bennett". Travalanche. 3 August 2013.
  4. ^ travsd (2011-05-06). "American Vaudeville Theatre". (Travalanche). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  5. ^ THEATER REVIEW; Sometimes Delightful, Never Easy: It's Fringe
  6. ^ SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1998: THEATER; No Chickens Will Be Harmed
  7. ^ "Edition 2001-07-23". The New Yorker.
  8. ^ "Trav S.D. | Authors | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  9. ^ "Trav S.D. | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  10. ^ "9/11: America's Theatres Respond; from Broadway Closings to West Coast Relief Efforts, the Catastrophe Is Reflected on U.S. Stages". American Theatre. Vol. 18, no. 9. November 2001.[dead link]
  11. ^ S.D, Trav (2012-06-21). "Theater Talkback: Boxers on Broadway". ArtsBeat. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  12. ^ Turner, Stephen; Metcalf, Dana; Stevens, Julia (2017-04-26). "The Culture Gabfest, Live From Washington". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  13. ^ "No Applause--Just Throw Money | Trav S.D. | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  14. ^ travsd (2014-03-31). "I Made People Magazine This Week (Thanks to Bette Midler)!". (Travalanche). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  15. OCLC 834977009
    .
  16. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  17. ^ Press, Vaudevisuals. "Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little People in Vaudeville ~ Paperback". Vaudevisuals Press. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  18. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  19. ^ "Neo-Trouper: An Interview with Molly Pope". The L Magazine. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  20. ^ "Trav S.D." illsaysheis.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  21. ^ "AABBF Awards Three New Grants | Funding for LGBTQ-Themed Arts Projects Based on, or Inspired by, History". aabbfoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  22. ^ "The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley | Untitled Theater Company #61". www.untitledtheater.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

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