Corinna Schulenburg
artist & activist
Welcome! I’m Corinna, (she/her/hers), and I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m an artist and activist committed to ensemble practice and social justice.
I’m a writer, a theatre-maker, an activist, a mother, and a lover of many things.
I’m a Creative Partner of Flux Theatre Ensemble and the director of communications at Theatre Communications Group (TCG).
PLEASE NOTE: This website is a work-in-progress, and not all links work.
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I am a…
Writer
As a playwright, my produced work includes: Carrin Beginning, Rue, Riding the Bull, Other Bodies, Honey Fist, Jacob’s House, DEINDE, Dream Walker, Jane the Plain,The Lesser Seductions of History, Salvage, The Sea Concerto, and Operating Systems. I’ve also just completed my first novel and am working on a chapbook of poetry. Click on the buttons below to learn more!
I am an…
Activist
I am queer white transgender woman who lives on the lands of the Canarsie, Munsee Lenape, and Wampanoag. I am a feminist committed to helping build Native/Indigenous Power, Black Power, and power for all People of Color/People of the Global Majority . Through facilitation, organizing, ensemble theatre-making, advocacy, and direct action, I joyfully work toward our collective liberation. Learn more about the organizations I’m currently showing up for below.
I am a…
Theatre-Maker
I am a playwright, actor, director, deviser, producer, world-builder, and ensemble theatre-maker. While I’ve worked in theatres across Turtle Island, the three places I’ve called home are Equalogy, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and The Lark. Please learn more below!
I am a…
Mother
I am proud to share motherhood with my wife Heather Cohn as we raise our daughter, Mercena West Schulenburg. I write about my experiences to normalize and celebrate queer families and trans motherhood.
How Can We Work Together?
Make Theatre
I love writing for and devising with ensembles. I’m also looking for acting projects where trans women are portrayed in our full and complex humanity, and directing projects at the intersections of activism and aesthetic experimentation.
Make Change
I have extensive experience in communications and facilitation, and I love to use those skills in service of arts and social justice organizations with whom I share values.
Make Words
In addition to my long experience as a playwright, I am also a novelist, poet, essayist, and all-around word-slinger. From hour-long presentations to tweets to everything in-between, I can help you find the words.
Testimonials
What People Say
“I have come to the conclusion that Schulenburg is a writer of extraordinary compassion. Like Walt Whitman, [she] contains multitudes, and also like Whitman, [she] loves them all. Add to this [her] eloquence, intelligence, and unique point of view, and you have a truly original, top-level playwright who’s funny as hell.
Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
“Schulenburg has honed [her] skill at writing dialogue that skates at the crossroads of naturalism and poetry.”
Jon Sobel, BlogCritics
News & Updates
- Dysphoria-19This poem is for all the trans folx who’ve had their health needs deemed ‘elective’ and their transitions delayed. DYSPHORIA-19 no my body my body is not yet my Body i’ve come so far but i’m still not my Body and now, now is later and slippery is soon and what if i die beforeContinue reading “Dysphoria-19”
- South Dakota to Ban all Medical Care for Children Under 16Building on the success of HB1057, a bill that criminalizes life-saving medical care to transgender children, conservative representatives of South Dakota were proud to announce a new and expanded version of the “Vulnerable Child Protection Act.” This expanded version will now prevent all children, trans and cisgender, from receiving any medical care whatsoever before theyContinue reading “South Dakota to Ban all Medical Care for Children Under 16”
- Serena Daniari’s (beautiful, powerful) VoiceI thought about where I was Friday night, not all that far from where Serena was attacked. I thought about my subway ride home, late, how the car was full of men, how I tried not to be afraid. How grateful I was to travel with a friend. I searched for Serena Daniari, and IContinue reading “Serena Daniari’s (beautiful, powerful) Voice”
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