travis tate is a queer, black playwright, poet and performer from Austin, Texas.
Their poetry has appeared in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Underblong, Mr. Ma’am, Resevoir, and upcoming in the Shade Journal and apt, among others. They were a finalist for the Cosmonauts Avenue 2018 Poetry Prize.
Their one-person drag show, It’s a Travesty! One Night with Jazzie Mercado! was presented at the Cohen New Works Festival (2017) and at Salvage Vanguard Theatre’s Three-Headed Fest in November 2017.Their play MotherWitch was featured as a part of the 2018 UTNT (UT New Theatre).
Their debut collections of poems is forthcoming with V.A. Press in June 2020.
They holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.F.A. in Writing from the Michener Center for Writers at University of Texas at Austin, where they studied playwriting and poetry.
travis currently lives in Brooklyn.