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In a Fringe where gender has been one theatre’s vital talking points, this is a show that matters, not just to those already aware of the trans communities, but for those who have no knowledge of them.

Simply by staging a show that seeks to provide the most sincere, accurate portrayal of lives rarely documented in art, Trans Scripts throws up interesting questions about how best to respect these stories before they even grace the stage.

“I am hoping to show a nice breadth of the trans community. And asked myself, what things are essential that I definitely need to have in the script?”

Culled from interviews with trans women, these personal accounts read out on stage highlight the diversity of their experiences.

When it comes to making theater, it’s a good sign if you can get people to cry.

Paul Lucas, a successful, gay New York-based stage producer, knew there were thousands of untold stories from within trans communities all over the world. He set out to find some of them.

Award-winning journalist & transgender superstar preps for Trans Scripts at A.R.T.

The American Repertory Theater’s “Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women,” playing through Feb. 5, should be mandatory viewing for anyone who identifies as human. 

Paul Lucas has crafted a script with an exquisite sense of balance; Trans Scripts, Part I is thoughtful, informative, honest, and playful, all at once.

Trans Scripts is much more than a distillation of interviews: It is an airtight example of humanity woven into a compelling 90 minutes of storytelling that runs the gamut of emotions.

This is not just about gender identity. It’s about what makes us human.

Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women distills hundreds of firsthand accounts into seven distinctive characters and curates authentic, from-the-heart stories that are sometimes painful, unstintingly frank and often cathartically funny.