ADMISSION:
Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Tuesday, January 10, at 9 a.m.

USC Students, Staff, and Faculty: RSVP
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DESCRIPTION:
I’m Still Here, Still is a cabaret show about moving forward while finding stillness. It is the autobiography of Alexandra Billings—the first transgender actress to play a transgender character on TV—told in story and song. It is the triumphant life story of a little boy from Inglewood who through a dark pathway of shame and self-hatred found the trans woman she was born to be and recognized her as the truest light and the most profound gift. It is a story of humor and pathos, of ease and stillness. It is a tale that insists: even in the greatest chaos, there can be beautiful peace. And it is stacked with show tunes and sequins—as is Alexandra Billings’s life. Still.

Alexandra Billings plays Davina on Transparent. In 2005, she became the first transgender actress to play a transgender character in the history of television. She has been acting since 1968, performing across the United States in hundreds of plays and musicals, and appearing on TV shows including How to Get Away with Murder and Grey’s Anatomy. The PBS documentary about her life, Schoolboy to Showgirl, was nominated for an Emmy.

The performance will be followed by a Q&A with Alexandra Billings.

Additional Links:
Alexandra Billings Twitter

Related Event:
Is Hollywood “Transparent”? Identity and “Mis”representation in the Industry
Friday, January 27, 2017, 3 p.m.
McClintock Theatre
For more info, click here.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by the USC School of Dramatic Arts.