O’Malley Steuerman (they/thons)
O’Malley is an actor, DRAGster, playwright, and producer from Baltimore. Residing on Nentego, Piscataway, and Susquehannock land.
Thon graduated from Towson University with their BFA in Acting in May of 2020 and have since solo-traveled the U.S. to complete their researched-based performance project and entitled “so, what are you gonna do next?”.
In June of 2023 they made their producing debut with "R/J” at the Strand Theater Company.
Thon fancies a painted mustache and their favorite word is VAST.
Find them on Instagram to keep up with all their travels, triumphs, and tribulations.
**learn more how to use thon/thons/thonself pronouns here*
Artist Statement
“My favorite word is VAST. Not only has it become my life’s motto—it is my mission as an artist. To be VAST is to stay gentle, courageous, and true. To create space for others to do the same”.
wanna make something?! email me: omalleysteuerman@gmail.com
i dare you!
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QUILTERS at 1st Stage | Helen Hayes Nomination, Best Ensemble
“They’re just the right level of artistic chaos that I need in my life and in my lineup.”
-Erik Wuesthoff, Photographer
“so, what are you gonna do next?”
“The world is clearly not perfect! And you lost hope because of that. But to regain, to rekindle that hope, you chose to seek out artists, who are most energetically tracing paths and putting up signposts towards the perfect world we all want to live in”. - Kit Baker, a wise friend
so, what are you gonna do next? is a research-based performance project, interview series, and journey conducted across the United States from August 1st, 2021-March 1st 2022.
Have you ever found yourself confronted with, or even worse, uttering such dreaded phrases as “so what are you gonna do next?”, “what’s next for you?”, “what do you plan to do with that?”. O’Malley detests artists having to grapple with such close-minded questions. (Especially amid a global pandemic.) Emerging Artists deserve support. Not “hustle culture” questions.
O’Malley collected stories across the country to showcase how emerging artists have been coping over the course of the pandemic. Through a series of interviews “so what are you gonna do next?” they sought to give artists the time and space to openly and honestly discuss their work, hopes, failures, successes, and what they wish you’d ask instead.
How have artists been coping when isolated from their fields? their communities? their collaborators? their resources?
How have artists' relationship to “work” and “art” changed over the course of this isolation?
And as they emerge from this isolation — What do artists need from one another? from the elders and patrons of their respective fields? What do they wish you knew? What do they wish they could change? How are they moving forward? And most importantly--How can you support them?
O’Malley is now home in Baltimore, MD and hard at work to bring these artists words to you!