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Paul Outlaw is an American multidisciplinary performing artist.[1][2]
Early life & career
[edit]Outlaw was born in New York City and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He received his BFA in Acting at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[1]
Outlaw is the creator and performer of numerous experimental theater projects, including Here Be Dragons (1995), Berserker (2003),[3] What Did I Do to Be So Black and… (2011),[4] The Late, Late Show (2013),[5][6] Shine (2018),[7] and BBC (Big Black Cockroach)(2024).[8][9]
Outlaw played the 19th-century Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge in the West Coast (US) premiere[10] of Lolita Chakrabarti's Red Velvet and was a featured performer in a re-imagining of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire[11][12] in 2018.
Outlaw's play Berserker is included in the anthology Blacktino Queer Performance (2016), a collection of nine performance scripts by established and emerging black and Latinx queer playwrights and performance artists, edited by E. Patrick Johnson and Ramon Rivera-Servera. Each script is accompanied by an interview and critical essay by scholars across a range of interdisciplinary fields.[13]
Outlaw played one of the lead roles in the short film Schwarzfahrer (1993), which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 66th Academy Awards.
In 2012, Outlaw was selected for a COLA (City of Los Angeles) Individual Artist Fellowship,[14] which is awarded to mid-career artists who "are dedicated to an ongoing body of excellent work; represent a relevant progression through their pieces or series; exemplify a generation of core ideas in their field; are respected by their peers and are role models for other artists because of their distinguished record."[15]
Outlaw is featured as a guest vocalist on Splendor & Misery (2016) by the hip-hop trio Clipping. The album was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). Outlaw sings and appears as an astronaut in the music video for the album's third single "True Believer," directed by Carlos López Estrada.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Moriarty, Genevieve (Summer 2017). "Paul Outlaw". Exeter Bulletin. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "June 29, 2024 – the Place in Which I'll Fit Will Not Exist Until I Make It".
- ^ Barry, Timothy Francis (Summer 2017). "Blacktino Queer Performance" (PDF). The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Madrid, Danyel (Spring 2011). "Going Berserk: Paul Outlaw in Conversation" (PDF). Native Strategies. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Morris, Steven Leigh (14 November 2013). "Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Charles Dickens Meeting Lewis Carroll". LA Weekly. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Keshaviak, Mayank (7 November 2013). "THE LATE, LATE SHOW at the Bootleg Theatre". Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Stromberg, Matt (21 August 2018). "From Rave Music to Shoe Shining, LA's Union Station Sets the Stage for 20 Performances". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Paul Outlaw | REDCAT".
- ^ Vargas, Steven (26 June 2024). "Paul Outlaw's Profound Proclamation of Being in 'BBC (Big Black Cockroach)'". LA Dance Chronicle. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Nichols, David C. (8 April 2016). "Review: Black actor cast in a traditionally white role? 'Red Velvet' explores what happens next". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ Musbach, Julie (12 March 2018). "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Extends at Boston Court". Broadway World. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ McNulty, Charles (27 February 2018). "Brilliant acting and direction drive a modern 'Streetcar Named Desire'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Blacktino Queer Performance". www.dukeupress.edu. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, COLA 2012 Catalog" (PDF). Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Independent Master Artist Projects Grant Program | Department of Cultural Affairs".
- ^ Rohrbach, Paul (4 April 2017). "Watch Clipping's Spacey, Single-Shot "True Believer" Video". Paste. Retrieved 29 September 2025.