Ty Defoe

Ty Defoe (he/we) is an Indigiqueer citizen of the Anishinaabe and Oneida Nations, and a writer, playwright, and interdisciplinary artist. A sovereign story trickster, Ty has received fellowships and support from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, MacDowell, Sundance Institute, New Harmony Project, Joyce Foundation, PlayPenn, and Pop Culture Collaborative’s Trans Futurist Initiative, and was named a 2026 United States Artist Fellow. Their work has been honored with the Jonathan Larson Award, a Grammy Award, and the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award. Their play Firebird Tattoo is published in Methuen Drama’s Book of Trans Plays (Bloomsbury), and their work appears in Consider the Rainbow (dir. Shontina Vernon). Working across theater, film, VR/XR, and ceremony, Ty creates with rural communities, Broadway, and digital spaces to foster Indigenous and decolonial futures rooted in liberation. Ty loves mood rings. AllMyRelationsCollective.Earth | tydefoe.com | NYC