Thorne Brown
he/him

Close cropped photo of Thorne Brown, a Black trans man. He has heavy eye-make-up, a septum piercing, and a slight mustache. His hair is styled in a blow-out annd he wears mesh and a reflective fabric like pleather.

Job title
playwright   author  
Identity categories
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transgender man  
Places of practice

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Images
Tyler, a young black trans man, stares at stares at the pregnancy tests he holds in each hand. The camera tightly frames Tyler's face, with pink and blue coloured lights washing over him.

Tyler, a young black trans man, stares at stares at the pregnancy tests he holds in each hand. The camera tightly frames Tyler's face, with pink and blue coloured lights washing over him.

Close cropped photo of Thorne Brown, a Black trans man. He has heavy eye-make-up, a septum piercing, and a slight mustache. His hair is styled in a blow-out annd he wears mesh and a reflective fabric like pleather.

Close cropped photo of Thorne Brown, a Black trans man. He has heavy eye-make-up, a septum piercing, and a slight mustache. His hair is styled in a blow-out annd he wears mesh and a reflective fabric like pleather.

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Biography

Thorne Brown is a playwright and author, best known for his performance and collaborative writing work with ThatzShowBiz in the 3 Plays in 30 Days programme and Under The Bus' short film Phoenix Wishes, made as part of the 48 Hour Film Challenge. Thorne Brown uses his talent for the language arts to discuss and address personal, often political, issues he faces, such as transphobia and anti-black racism, as a transgender man of colour settled in the Greater Toronto Area. Thorne Brown is the youngest known TMOC playwright in Ontario and continues to develop his skills in a variety of ways, always thinking about the future of film and theatre.

Under The Bus. “Under The Bus.” Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.underthebus.art/.
Filmography