Kestryl Cael
Kestryl Cael Performer - Writer - Critic - Academic

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91 years old
NEW YORK, New York
United States



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Generalacademia, activism, acting, anthropology, artaud, art, baking, books, boots, brecht, butch, butch/femme, butler, buttons, button-making, cheese fries, coffee, conceptual art, critic, damn good cook, dancing, directing, drag, dykes, ethnography, fags, falconry, femmes, flirting, Foucault, FRIGID, fringe festivals, genderqueer, gender studies, graduate school, html, institution survivor, kink, kitties, llamas, leather, liminal, masculinity, masculine, motorcycles, multimedia, new york, performance, performance art, performance studies, perversion, photography, piercings, pirates, polyamory, pomo, Portland, postmodern, postmodernism, power, provo canyon school, queer, queer theory, sex, sideshow, sociology, sound design, stouts, tattoos, testosterone, theatre, theatre critic, theory, toy stores, transgender, transgression, transition, transsexual, ugly dolls, vegetarian, vegetarianism, walls, writing, zines
MusicLadytron, Mount Sims, Hot Hot Heat, David Bowie, Queen, Sleater Kinney, The Gossip, Ani Difranco, Chris Pureka, Kevin Allred, Le Tigre, Ace of Base, John Cage, The Aquabats, The Specials, NIN, Belle and Sebastian, Superchunk, Quasi, Pavement, Deathcab for Cutie, Postal Service, Bitch and Animal, Blondie, Devo, The Faint, Fischerspooner, Flaming Lips, Goldfrapp, Pink Martini, Yeah Yeah Yeahs... to name a few.
MoviesThe Hours, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Tank Girl, Shortbus, Labyrinth, Marat/Sade, Grease, This is Spinal Tap, Amelie, Being John Malkovich, Ghost World, Pan's Labyrinth, Rocky Horror Picture Show.
TelevisionPerhaps the biggest point of contention in Sass and I's relationship: I say kill the idiot box, while ze basks in the glow of media sluttery... err.. "media studies".
BooksArtaud, Brecht, Foucault, Butler, Halberstam, Minh-ha. Kate Bornstein. Virginia Woolf. Kurt Vonnegut. Ken Kesey. Jack Kerouac. Sylvia Plath. Chuck Palahniuk. Dorothy Allision. Jonathan Safran Foer. Leslie Feinberg. Ivan E. Coyote. Patrick Califia.... and many more that I can't think of at the moment.

     Kestryl Cael's Details
Status:In a Relationship
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:Portland, Oregon
Body type:5' 6" / Average
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Religion:Other
Zodiac Sign:Cancer
Children:I don't want kids
Education:College graduate
Occupation:Critic

   Kestryl Cael's Schools
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Sociology/Anthropology and Theatre
Minor: Gender Studies
Clubs: Theatre theatre theatre, Unisex (waaaay back), Improv club, theatre, gender studies symposium
 

2003 to 2007
Valley Catholic School
Beaverton, OR
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Theatre
Minor: Rabble-rousing
Clubs: Theatre, Band, Orchestra, Choir, freaking out the nuns, getting in trouble for being gay (who knew?)
 

2001 to 2003
Provo Canyon School
Provo, UT
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Survival, faking it, getting out.
 

2000 to 2001



Kestryl Cael is performing XY(T) tonight at WOW Cafe Theater! Closing weekend (only 3 shows left!) Posted at 10:51 PM Jan 29
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   Kestryl Cael's Blurbs
About me:
When I choose to list my labels, I claim performer, writer, critic, academic, queer, transgender butch, theorist, cynic, pessimistic optimist, activist, and artist at the top of my list. I have a BA in Theatre and Anthropology, and will soon be starting my MA in Performance Studies at NYU. I'm fascinated by the performance of Other (in many possible permutations), among other things.

I have appeared on-stage at conferences, colleges, and local theatres. I was an ensemble member in “The Language of Paradox,” a performance group directed by Kate Bornstein. Also, I'm beginning to be recognized as a fresh and insightful theatre critic, with work regularly appearing at stageandcinema.com.

XY(T), my one-queer-show, had it's world premiere in Portland, Oregon in April, 2007, and its NYC premiere as part of the FRIGID Fringe Festival in February/March 2008. Here are some nice things people have had to say about it:

"XY(T) calls attention to the spectacle of masculinity and demonstrates the instability of categories of gender. Kestryl Lowrey gives a provocative performance that forces the theatergoer to consider the effects of a gender construct on an entire nation of people." - - New Theater Corps

"Brave [and] heartfelt... [Kestryl] simply strips away many of the assumptions we hold about gender and identity, and tells us what it's like to live the life he lives. [Kestryl] definitely has a story to tell." - nytheatre.com

"Kestryl's show concerns gender orientation, and by the end of the show, you'll likely be completely disoriented about the subject...excellent, funny, educational, eye-opening, profound and essential." - John Topping, stageandcinema.com

Included in GO MAGAZINE'S The very best of NYC performance, comedy, theatre and special events. - GO Magazine



Currently, I'm looking for opportunities to bring this show to more cities than Portland or New York (and I'm not opposed to putting it up again in either of these locales either!). If you want to see me soon on a stage near you, lets talk.

Oh, and I in New York City with my partner, Sassafras, two puddle-shaped-cats, and a bratty princess gerbil… err, chihuahua.

And, lest I forget, my website: PoMo Freakshow!
Who I'd like to meet:
...as I say in XY(T), "queers and queens, fags and feminists, dykes and deviants, perverts, pornographers, and any ladies or gentlemen who have stumbled in here accidentally..."

Also, radicals and rabble-rousers, pirates and pariahs, outcasts, devils and angels, kindred spirits, sideshow freaks and circus performers, shameless folks, fellow performers, poets, dreamers, artists, auteurs, theorists, thinkers, revolutionaries, etc...

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dana pants

dana pants



Dec 24 2008 7:30 AM

Upstart Alley

upstart alley



Sep 10 2008 5:59 AM

hey Kestryl we managed to catch your show when we were in the states for a couple of weeks last month - totally great, love your work! cheers, ash
C J

C     J



Jul 22 2008 7:34 AM

Enjoy your awful miserable unbearable weather... ...and remember I'm still jealous of it.
Transitions: A New Musical

Transitions: A New Musical



Jul 13 2008 5:34 AM

Hey! There's at least 8 months left in the Trans Junk Project fundraiser calender.
Are you interested in being in it? Check out the bulletin I posted about it, and let me know! Would love to have you in it!
Trans/Giving

TransGiving Los Angeles



Jun 22 2008 2:23 AM

Happy Birthday Kestryl! Peace, love and good vibes from the Transgiving Crew!!!
Trans-Genre.net

Trans Genre



May 13 2008 8:10 PM

Looking forward to talking with you tonight!!Thanks for the ADD!!
Leo

Leo



Apr 25 2008 1:49 AM

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Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
- Marcel Proust

Transitions: A New Musical

Transitions: A New Musical



Apr 24 2008 3:48 AM



Very glad to have you aboard, sir.
Leo

Leo



Mar 25 2008 1:07 AM

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hannah neurotica

Hannah Neurotica



Mar 24 2008 12:20 AM

kestryl-- i am so sad i missed yr show! i bought a ticket and everything but for some stupid reason had the wrong sunday in my head. soooo sad i missed it.
i hope it was amazing!!!!!
Amye

Amye



Mar 14 2008 4:32 PM

Congrats on the grad school! How's NYC treating you?
Leo

Leo



Mar 13 2008 2:44 PM

Have a wonderful and terrific weekend!
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April

April



Feb 1 2008 8:21 AM

Oddly enough, if you took the show to my little town at least, you would have one hell of a great reception. But then again, that's why I love Moscow so much. I should talk to our "novelty" shop and get them to host you if you ever come back to visit.
April

April



Jan 30 2008 10:24 PM

I want to go seeeee! You moved entirely too far away, just when I got a cousin I could agree with, *grin*. Anyway, in other news, I love the picture, and I cannot wish you enough good fortune for your show.
Benjamin

Benjamin



Jan 29 2008 4:01 AM

Awesome, break a leg; I'm sure it will go over well. I'm currently working at a bank, though I'm looking for RD jobs at the moment, so we'll see what happens. I find out about a position at LC tomorrow, so I might be moving back to campus for a few months, hooray.
Benjamin

Benjamin



Jan 27 2008 11:51 PM

Yay! It's Kestryl. What news of New York? Any recent performances?
hannah neurotica

Hannah Neurotica



Jan 27 2008 8:01 PM

Hey Kestryl!
I am a friend of Sassy's...I saw the clips from your show & it looks FANTASTIC. I am going to come check it out for sure!! I can't wait.
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Anya Keyes



Dec 19 2007 8:28 PM

Sometimes you are so awesome....it hurts.
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