Show notes
In this episode, Bryce speaks with mezzo-soprano and performance artist Heather Jones (they/them). The two discuss how Heather has embraced theater-making as a way to explore and deepen their identity, Heather’s recent experiences playing a transgender character in opera for the first time in Laura Kaminsky’s As One (Kentucky Opera, Holy City Lyric Opera, Opera Maine), and their work exploring notions of bodily autonomy and growing up queer and trans in the church. To learn more about Heather, visit their website: heatherjonesmezzo.com.Release Date: July 24, 2024Recording Date: June 17, 2024Name of Podcast: Beyond TravestiEpisode Title & Number: Heather Jones, Season 2, Episode 1Topic #1: Experimenting with identity through theater [4:00]Topic #2: As One and navigating transness in opera and classical music spaces [11:00]Topic #3: Being trans in church spaces and Expostulation(s) of Mary [19:30]Topic #4: The ideal Heather project, and One Body [26:50]Read Episode Transcript here.Opera Modo - TNBGD Directory SubmissionFollow Heather on Instagram @hbeejayFollow Bryce @the.bryce.is_wrongFollow Beyond Travesti @beyondtravestiSign up for The Bryce is Wrong via Substack.Become a paid subscriber at any level to The Bryce is Wrong and get access to an extended cut of this conversation. Get in contact with Bryce with listener questions or feedback at [email protected] Get full access to The Bryce is Right at brycemcclendon.substack.com/subscribe
