#ty defoe

[sexymonstersupercreep]

Native American beauty

[yourdailyqueer]

Ty Defoe

Gender: Two Spirit (he/him/they/we/us)

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: N/A 

Ethnicity: First Nation (Ojibwe, Oneida)

Occupation: Actor, performance artist, activist, singer, songwriter

[fuckyeahgreatplays]

As theater-makers, and as humans, we are all storytellers. We tell stories to remember who we are and how we fit into the world. As Indigenous people, our stories have helped us survive – after centuries of colonization, appropriation, relocation, forced assimilation, the theft of our land and many of our languages, slavery, disease, and outright genocide, we are still here; and we still know who we are and how we fit into the world. That is largely because we have held fast to our stories – preserved and protected them and allowed them to guide us.

Larissa FastHorse, co-owner; Ty Defoe, co-owner; and Jenny Marlowe, artistic associate; Indigenous Direction

[brienohdylan]

Happy Broadway Debut to Kate Bornstein, Josh Charles, Ty Defoe, Armie Hammer, and Paul Schneider!

[timothee-soft-boy]

Stay for the banter!!!! 😂

[transtheater-blog]

Trans performers are finally making it to Broadway

Transgender performers Peppermint, Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe make simultaneous Broadway debuts in Head Over Heels and Straight White Men

“Broadway was a dream I thought was impossible,” says Bornstein, a prominent activist, author and performance artist. In Straight White Men, she and Defoe play the Persons in Charge, who interact with the audience and provide a striking counterpoint to the titular characters. “I’m impressed that Second Stage Theater is choosing to do a show that talks about all these intersections,” says Defoe, a Native American performer who identifies as two-spirit. “It’s a play that speaks truth to power, and entertains while opening the perspective of how gender is seen.”

“We’re being cast specifically for our trans-ness within shows that need it,” Bornstein says. “That says a lot about where we are.”

[manjirou-sano]

Take a First Look at Straight White Men on Broadway

[artisticaction]

😍😍😍😍 Such an amazing opportunity to have my work included in the American Theatre Wing’s newest book!! Love seeing a badass Two Spirit like my niij Ty Defoe representing! Best way to start this beautiful Indigenous Peoples Day 💜💜