Maxe Crandall is the author of The Nancy Reagan Collection (Futurepoem), which made the New York Public Library’s Best 10 Poetry Books of 2020, LitHub’s 65 Favorite Books of 2020, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry. As a poet, playwright, and director, Crandall has received fellowships and grants from The Poetry Project, The Lambda Literary Foundation, and Onassis USA, and is founder of the poets theater company Beautiful Moments in Popular Culture.
Recent shows include the adaptations Bacchae Before and Before Bacchae Before; STOP PLAY, a commission from SFMOMA Open Space and the Merce Cunningham Foundation; and a national tour of Robert Chesley’s Jerker presented for free in queer community spaces. Two of his scripts have been published as chapbooks, Together Men Make Paradigms (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs) and Emoji for Cher Heart (belladonna).
While at MacDowell, Crandall started his first libretto; edited Plays for Every Occasion, a collection of his performance scripts; and continued work on his second performance novel Boccaccio On Ice.
