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In this rapid moment of expansion in queer theatre, when everything is exposed, interrogated, and investigated, This is Beyond is a time capsule of where we are now and a map for where we might go next. Co-editors Evan Tsitsias and Zaiba Baig strike out to capture the magnitude of this seismic shift, asking: How far have we come? What’s changed? What’s stayed the same? What do we need to do to continue to change things? An anthology that moves like a satellite in the sky, This is Beyond confronts and expands our current perceptions so that we may continue to explore the new and unknown.
Monologues, essays, poetry, and opinion pieces speak to the transformation of queer theatre through a myriad of diverse experiences, using stories, myths, and magic to unveil the intersections of queerness and cultures. Each piece gives voice to what it means to be a member of the queer community in an ever-evolving society, offering actors of every age, colour, culture, and generation empowered queer stories to play with, ponder over, learn from, and embody within our current cultural moment.
Evan Tsitsias is Co-Artistic Director of Directors Lab North and the former artistic director of Eclipse Theatre Company. His writing includes Aftershock, The Murmuration of Starlings, Unstuck, Strange Mary Strange, the musical Inge(new), and the short film Bagged, which aired on the CBC. He’s worked internationally and spent the last decade in Houston at Theatre Under the Stars. He is a member of the Lincoln Theater Center Directors Lab, Chicago Directors Lab, the Tarragon Playwright’s Unit, Stratford Festival's New Play Development Program, and was a resident artist at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. He’s been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award, the John Hirsch Directing Prize, the Tom Hendry Award, and received Honourable Mention for the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Prize. His book The Directors Lab was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2019. His work has been published in Germany, Canada, and the USA.
Zaiba Baig (she/they) is a writer, actor, and producer for stage and screen, as well as a workshop developer and facilitator for art-focused nonprofits. Baig’s published works include their first play, Acha Bacha (2020, nominated for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writer’s Trust of Canada), and an anthology of monologues they co-edited for queer/trans artists titled This Is Beyond (2023). Baig was a co-creator, executive producer, and lead actor in their Peabody Award–winning series Sort Of (2021–2023), for which Baig received the Canadian Screen Award for comedy writing and performance, as well as a Gotham Award nomination for performance in a new series. Baig has facilitated creative writing and playwriting programs for trans artists, BIPOC artists, and trans youth, including Trans Gemmes (2019–2020), Paprika Festival’s Playwrights Unit (2019–2023), Being Me (2023–), and Dialogue Dolls (2023–).