Jane Eisner

Jane Eisner is a writer and activist who has studied and written extensively about gender and sexuality. Jane has a degree in women and gender studies and has worked as a writer at dot429 and as an Associate Editor at FourTwoNine Magazine, (online and print publications, respectively which highlight LGBT trailblazers). 
 
Under the helm of Editor-in-Chief Kevin Sessums (formerly of Vanity Fair), Jane helped launch the inaugural FourTwoNine print edition and wrote daily news articles on the transgender, gay and lesbian communities. She left the magazine to pursue an independent research and writing endeavor which resulted in Dear Texas, a play inspired by true accounts of gender transition. The play aims to tell many facets of the transgender story to a broad audience.

Jane Eisner is a writer and activist who has studied and written extensively about gender and sexuality. Jane has a degree in women and gender studies and has worked as a writer at dot429 and as an Associate Editor at FourTwoNine Magazine, (online and print publications, respectively which highlight LGBT trailblazers). 
 
Under the helm of Editor-in-Chief Kevin Sessums (formerly of Vanity Fair), Jane helped launch the inaugural FourTwoNine print edition and wrote daily news articles on the transgender, gay and lesbian communities. She left the magazine to pursue an independent research and writing endeavor which resulted in Dear Texas, a play inspired by true accounts of gender transition. The play aims to tell many facets of the transgender story to a broad audience.

Scripts

Dear Texas,

by Jane Eisner

Cast Size
6—10
Genre
drama

Dear Texas, is a stage play which captures the experience of being a transgender person, gender transition, and the courage it takes to fight for personal authenticity. The play, based on hours of interviews, takes us through the raw realities of breaking past gender norms, discovering body and mind alignment, and the human drive to be seen by others as we see ourselves.   

Comprised of characters spanning a...

Dear Texas, is a stage play which captures the experience of being a transgender person, gender transition, and the courage it takes to fight for personal authenticity. The play, based on hours of interviews, takes us through the raw realities of breaking past gender norms, discovering body and mind alignment, and the human drive to be seen by others as we see ourselves.   

Comprised of characters spanning a variety of ages, emotions, and transition points, Dear Texas, is honest, ground-breaking, entertaining, and challenging. It will make its audience empathize, question, and feel each character’s vulnerability and strength, but will ultimately inspire a change in perspective. 

The overarching theme of Dear Texas, (envisioned with a mostly transgender cast), is the universal drive for authenticity. This is delivered through bold and striking theatrical treats, including a nightmare scene which stands as a parody of society's obsession with gender categories and the convenience of convention; a teenager’s journey of “trying on” and figuring out his identity; the family dynamics of a father transitioning; and a child’s struggle to find her true voice, all of which, inspire reflection and thought. 

Culminating in a courtroom scene (based on an actual case which took place in Texas), what unravels is a discrimination case cloaked in a custody battle. While the trial ends tragically, the audience is ultimately reassured by the strength rising up from the transgender community who stand united in stark counterpoint to the echoes of a dying past.

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