Shannon Kearns
Board Member
Shannon TL Kearns is an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer. He is the co-founder of QueerTheology.com. He’s the author of several books: In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture (Eerdmans), No One Taught Me How To Be A Man: What a trans man's experience reveals about masculinity (Broadleaf), Come and See: Your Invitation to a Radical Encounter With Jesus (Hodder Faith), and Reading the Bible Through Queer Eyes (HarperOne, co-written with Brian G. Murphy, forthcoming).
He was a Humanitas New Voices Fellow for 2022 and was a recipient of the Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellowship in 20/21 and he was a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2019 (in playwriting) and 2022 (in screenwriting) and a Finnovation Fellow for 2019/2020. He is a sought after speaker and workshop facilitator.
His work with Brian G. Murphy at QueerTheology.com has reached more than three million people all over the
world through videos, articles, and online courses and community.
Shannon’s plays include The Stories We Tell At The End Of The World, Laughing Flexing Dying, Body+Blood, in a stand of dying trees, Line of Sight, Twisted Deaths, The Resistance of My Skin, and Who Has Eyes To See. Shannon’s television pilots include: The Family Unit, Transformed, and Freedom, Kansas. Selected Recognition: Winner of the ScreenCraft Pitch competition, finalist for Bull City Film Festival for his pilot Transformed. Playwright in residence at the Inge House, Seven Devils’ Playwright Conference, semi-finalist for the O’Neill and a finalist for the Blue Ink playwriting award.
