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Nicolas Shannon Savard

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queer trans theatre artist, educator
Solo performer: Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome

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In the season finale of Gender Euphoria, host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Des Bennett of The Theater Offensive about the Queer (Re)Public Emergent Artist Residency. Their conversation covers organizational “harvest partnerships,” emergent strategy, queer liberatory aesthetics, and decolonizing the producer-artist relationship.⁠
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Check it out at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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This week on Gender Euphoria: the Podcast, Nicolas talks with Francis Miller about their solo show, Body of the State, which explores access to gender-affirming healthcare and asks the audience to vote on which path the story takes. They discuss how audiences have responded to and taken up that responsibility as the show has evolved.⁠
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You can find the show wherever you get podcasts, or read the transcript at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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Nicolas Shannon Savard recounts the evolution of their solo show, Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome, from the original 2018 production to adapting pieces for testimony opposing anti-trans legislation in Ohio to remounting the show in 2025 with a renewed focus on “taking our stories back.” Listen everywhere you get your podcasts, or read the transcript at the link in bio! by @nssavard

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In this week's episode of Gender Euphoria, host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Ciara Hannon and Saylor Lake from Orlando-based queer theatre company, 11th Hour Productions. They discuss queer community at the Orlando Fringe and using campy comedy as a mode of resistance in the face of state-level backlash to LGBTQ art in Florida.⁠
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Check it out at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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This week on Gender Euphoria features part two of a discussion on The Trans History Project, where host Nicolas Shannon Savard and Bo Frazier explore how the initiative is building networks for support for the cohort of playwrights and collaborating with theatres across the US to produce trans stories.⁠
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You can find the episode wherever you get podcasts, or at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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This week on Gender Euphoria: The Podcast is an interview with Baltimore Center Stage’s artist-in-residence Bo Frazier on the Trans History Project. The conversation covers what the initiative is doing to create counter-narratives in a political moment defined by trans erasure, plus a taste of the first five plays in development. ⁠
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You can listen wherever you get podcasts or read the transcript at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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This week on Gender Euphoria: The Podcast, Nicolas continues their conversation with Keyshia Pearl and Roney Jones, digging into LOUD Queer Youth Theatre’s youth-led, adult-supported program model and how the ensemble provides long-term community, and artistic and professional development for Black and indigenous trans and queer youth. ⁠
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Check it out wherever you get podcasts, or at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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Big news from HowlRound Podcasts: Today, Gender Euphoria: The Podcast returns for season three! ⁠
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In this first episode, host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Miss Keyshia Pearl and Roney Jones of LOUD Queer Youth Theatre about the ensemble’s programming, devising practices, and political education with Black and Indigenous trans and queer youth in New Orleans.⁠
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You can catch new episodes of Gender Euphoria: The Podcast every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app, or at the link in our bio! by @nssavard

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February Apt. 104 Woodshop build--made a little loveseat for the living room. Learning how to cut angles and carve grooves and rounded edges with hand tools. My neighbors appreciate this development for the noise reduction 😅

#craftyqueer #woodworking by @nssavard

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First project of 2026 from the Apt. 104 Woodshop! @marin8ter asked how hard it would be for me to make him a pair of drumsticks. Build difficulty: 3/10--under an hour. Making them match? That part took 1.5 days. Got pretty close though!

#craftyqueer #woodworking by @nssavard

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Had a little crafting time this morning--the first version broke while I was packing it up Wedneday night 😭

Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome opens TONIGHT at 7:30!!
Catch the show the Hermit Club-Grille

ID: A tan cloth box (much more resilient than the original cardboard) with white sticker labels that read: GENDER SWAP. For Donation: gently used clothing, cosmetics, words of wisdom. For Safe Disposal: restrictive/ill-fitting Gender roles, limiting beliefs, pressure to perform your gender perfectly.

Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome, presented through Borderlight Fringe Festival, runs July 17th-19th 2025, with an ASL interpreted performance on July 19th.

More information and tickets in bio or HERE: https://www.borderlightcle.org/2025-show/five-and-a-half-feet-of-fearsome/

@BorderLightCLE @nssavard #BorderLight2025 #BorderLightCLE
#CLE #DowntownCleveland #TheLand #NortheastOhio #PlayhouseSquare #PSQdistrict #ClevelandFringe #FringeFestival #Theatre #Comedy #PerformanceArt #TheatreFestival #IndependentTheatre #IndieTheater #TheatreLife #Arts #Culture #FiveFeetofFearsome #SoloShow #queertheatre #transtheatre #TransAgenda taken in The Hermit Club by @nssavard

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Bertha the Furious Uterus serves
an ultimatum: Give me a
BABY or GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Five and a Half Feet of Fearsome opens at BorderLight tomorrow!!!

Performances:
Thurs. 7/17, 7:30
Fri. 7/18, 9:00
Sat. 7/19, 2:00
Sat. 7/19, 6:30*
*this performance will include ASL interpretation

At the Hermit Club-Grille
1629 Dodge Ct. Cleveland

More information and tickets can be found HERE: https://www.borderlightcle.org/2025-show/five-and-a-half-feet-of-fearsome/

ID: Bertha is an angry, crochety old diva with dark eye makeup and lipstick. She wears a black, red, and pink polkadotted satin robe and a fabulous red sequined hat.

@BorderLightCLE @nssavard #BorderLight2025 #BorderLightCLE
#CLE #DowntownCleveland #TheLand #NortheastOhio #PlayhouseSquare #PSQdistrict #ClevelandFringe #FringeFestival #Theatre #Comedy #PerformanceArt #TheatreFestival #IndependentTheatre #IndieTheater #TheatreLife #Arts #Culture #FiveFeetofFearsome #SoloShow #queertheatre #transtheatre #TransAgenda by @nssavard

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