é boylan is a New York City-based director, creator, and composer developing new work towards trans liberation. They are a graduate of The University of Chicago and National Theater Institute.
Selected honors include: New Writer-in-Residence at Lincoln Center Theater, Musical Theatre Factory Makers Cohort II, 2022 Jonathan Larson Grant (Finalist), 2022 Relentless Award (Honorable mention), 2023 June Bingham New Playwright Commission (Finalist), 2023/24 NAMT Fall Conference (Finalist), 2024 Polyphone Artist, 2023 SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Resident, 2018 and 2021 O’Neill Resident Artist, 2019 Trans Lab Fellow, 2019-20 Manhattan Theatre Club Directing Fellow, 2021 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriter, 2021 Prospect Theater Co. MT Lab, 2022 MTFxR Garage Artist, and 2020-2022 Roundabout Theatre Co. Directors Group.
At MacDowell, é wrote the first full-length draft of Light + House, a new play about love stories for queer imaginations. In addition to this draft, they also compiled, revised, and composed material for "the Sound we Share," a concert of their music premiering at Red Eye NY in partnership with Musical Theatre Factory.
Portrait by L Morgan Lee
