performances, workshop & panels

2012

1. ‣March 13-14 New York NY
   

The 2012 Women Center Stage Festival presents a sneak peek of Ache What Make.

1. ‣March 8 San Francisco CA
   

Lenelle is a featured performer at the International Museum of Women benefit gala

1. ‣February 5-11 Miami, FL
   

Tigertail Productions presents SPEAKOUT!

Lenelle returns to Miami-Dade to lead workshops for LQBTQ youth. More info and tickets: http://www.tigertail.org/events_moise1112.html

1. ‣January 6 New Orleans LA
   

Lenelle’s play Merit won the 2011-2012 Ruby Prize!

Come see a workshop reading of this two-act comedic drama as part of Southern Rep’s New Play Bacchanal.

2011

1. ‣December 20 Amherst MA
   

Lenelle visits Amherst Regional High School

performance from 1:20-2:20PM

1. ‣December 8-11 Tampa FL
   

NPN Annual Meeting

Lenelle shares an excerpt of Ache What Make

and speaks on the panel “You Should Be Queer”

1. ‣November 18 Bellingham WA
   

Lenelle performs Womb-Words, Thirsting at

Western Washington University!

1. ‣November 11 New York NY
   

Writeous: Celebrating 20 Years of the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund

Featuring performances by: Lenelle Moïse, R. Erica Doyle, Karma Mayet Johnson, Ana-Maurine Lara, Chinelo Okparanta & Coco Mama

@ Brecht Forum

1. ‣November 10 Ithaca NY
   

Lenelle performs poetry @ Cornell University

a Haitian Student Association event

Robert Purcell Community Center, North Campus

1. ‣November 9 Amherst MA
   

Lenelle lends her voice to “Marion’s Terrible Time of Joy”

a staged reading of a play written and directed by Laurie Carlos

@ Hampshire College

1. ‣October 15 Brattleboro VT
   

Brattleboro Literary Festival

Lenelle performs poetry @ Headroom Stages

8PM. Free & open to the public.

1. ‣October 13 Putney VT
   

Lenelle performs poetry @Landmark College.

1. ‣August 23 Seattle, WA
   

Lenelle shares the stage with Rebecca Brown,

Ruth Forman & Thao Nguyen

@ Broadway Performance Hall, 7PM

1. ‣August 15-23 Whidbey Island, WA
   

Lenelle leads her “Reciting Mightilty” workshop

at Girls Ink at the Whidbey Institute

presented by Hedgebrook & Power of Hope

1. ‣July 30-August 2 Northampton, MA
   

Lenelle leads her “Reciting Mightilty” workshop

@ the Girls Leadership Institute

1. ‣March 28-June 10 Evanston IL
   

Lenelle is the Mellon Artist in Residence in the Performance Studies Department @ Northwestern University, teaching a course (“Prompt & Circumstance: A Creative Lab for the Performing Writer”) and developing a new solo show.

1. ‣June 20-24 Evanston IL
   

Black Feminist Performance Summer Institute

@ Northwestern University. Lenelle leads a workshop

and performs an excerpt of Womb-Words, Thirsting.

1. ‣June 7 Chicago IL
   

PowWowInc feature @ Jeffery’s Pub

1. ‣May 20 - Panel of Performance artists.
   

A conversation with Jill Dolan, Lenelle Moise, Holly Hughes

and Rhodessa Jones. Northwestern University

1. ‣May 19 Evanston IL
   

Lenelle kicks off the Engendering Change/ Feminist Performance Festival with a sneak peak of Ache What Make, a new solo show.

Wallis Theatre, Northwestern University

1. ‣April 20 Chicago IL
   

Class visit: Sharon Bridgforth’s Theatrical Jazz Institute

@ DePaul University 5-6PM. Short performance and Q&A.

1. ‣April 18 Chicago IL
   

Lenelle joins Sister Spit: The Next Generation for the last stop on their Spring 2011 tour.

1. ‣April 16 Chicago IL
   

Gender Fusions 7 @ Columbia College Chicago

Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd floor

1. ‣April 10 Chicago IL
   

Sharon Bridgforth’s Theatrical Jazz Institute @ DePaul University presents Lenelle in "Be/Holding Home: poems, performance essays and music about place, compassion and resilience" plus a “Radical Voice & Movement” workshop. Links Hall. 2-5PM.

1. ‣March 6-9 San Francisco CA
   

@ the University of San Francisco

“Creating Art That Ignites Social Change” panel discussion

1. ‣March 4-5 Kearney NE
   

University of Nebraska, Kearney

Keynote performance @ NO LIMITS! Eco-Feminism & Artful Healing

1. ‣February 15 Northampton MA
   

Poet Laureate reading @ Smith College

1. ‣February 10-12 Seattle WA
   

Expatriate @ CD Forum

Co-starring Lenelle Moise & Karla Mosley

Directed by Ashley Sparks

Sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

4408 Delridge Way Southwest @ 8PM

1. ‣January 9-15 Miami, FL
   

Tigertail Productions presents SPEAKOUT!

Lenelle leads poetry workshops for LGBTQ youth.

2010

1. ‣December 4 Northampton MA
   

Lenelle performs as part of the Unite to Make It Right Rally

1. ‣November 19 Amherst MA
   

“VOICES OF REVOLUTION” Curated by Marcus Gardley &

Priscilla Page, this evening of excerpts will showcase the work of seminal playwrights Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins and Sonia Sanchez alongside contemporary writers Lydia Diamond, Kirsten Greenridge and Lenelle Moise.

Come see a scene from her newest play Merit.

UMass, Fine Arts Center, Curtain Theater. 8PM

1. ‣November 18 Amherst MA
   

Lenelle in "Be/Holding Home: an evening of poems, performance essays and music about place, compassion & resilience." @ UMass Amherst, Augusta Savage Gallery, 7PM

1. ‣November 4 Northampton MA
   

Lenelle speaks as part of the "Resisting Convention: Narratives of Passion and Purpose" panel at Smith College. Presented by the Women’s Narrative Project

1. ‣October 28 Providence RI
   

Lenelle performs poetry for Multiracial Identity Week

@ Brown University

1. ‣October 26 Northampton MA
   

Expatriate concert reading @ Smith College.

1. ‣October 25 On the Air
   

Patchwork Majority on Valley Free Radio

1. ‣October 23 Cortland NY
   

Reimagining Girlhood @ SUNY Cortland

Lenelle leads a workshop and performs with

Pamela Means and Vanessa Torres

1. ‣October 18 Amherst MA
   

With the “Make/Shift RecLAmation Tour”

@ Food for Thought Books

1. ‣September 6 New York NY
   

Lenelle features at louderARTs

1. ‣August 28 New York, NY
   

The Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival at NYU presents a full staged reading of Lenelle’s newest play Merit.

1. ‣June 19 Amherst MA
   

Lenelle performs for the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development @ Hampshire College

1. ‣June 5 Austin TX
   

Lenelle performs as part of the Black Arts Movement festival.

1. ‣April 29-May 17 Langley & Seattle WA
   

Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival

1. ‣April 8-April 28 USA & Canada
   

On tour with Sister Spit: The Next Generation

1. ‣April 1-2 North Adams MA
   

Lenelle sits in at the Sundance Theatre Lab to help Kenyan playwright Shailja Patel hear her newest play Bwagamoyo.

1. ‣March 19 Poultney VT
   

Lenelle performs Speaking Intersections @ Green Mountain College.

1. ‣March 10-13 Washington DC
   

Split This Rock Poetry Festival. Read the related Washington Post article here.

1. ‣March 8 Amherst MA
   

International Women’s Day event @ UMass Amherst.

Lenelle shares a stage with Leslea Newman and Karen Johnston. Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union Building from 3-6PM.

1. ‣March 6 New York NY
   

Jolie Rickman Tribute Concert @ People’s Voice Cafe. With Pamela Means, Nervous But Excited, Colleen Kattau and more!

1. ‣March 3 Holyoke MA
   

Lenelle performs a 15-minute set as part of “Artists for Justice” @ Holyoke Community College. $3500 raised for Partners in Health and Save the Children.

1. ‣February 27 Cincinnati OH
   

Lenelle performs as part of a benefit @ the University of Cincinnati.

$10, 000 raised for the Restavek Foundation.                                                    

1. ‣February 25 Pittsburgh PA
   

Lenelle Moïse in WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

presented by New Voices Pittsburgh @ Kelly-Strayhorn Theater

1. ‣February 23 New York, NY
   

JANERA: Haiti’s Aftermath. Lenelle kicks off a conversation with Bob Maguire and Nikolas Kozloff moderated by François Pierre-Louis @ Wall & Water, Andaz Wall Street.

1. ‣February 19 & 20 Evanston IL
   

Lenelle Moïse in WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

@ Northwestern University

1. ‣February 11 Amherst MA
   

Stand with Haiti benefit @ UMass Amherst

With Martin Sexton, the Young at Heart Chorus, Erin McKeown, Sonos and more.

1. ‣February 11 Cambridge MA
   

Lenelle performs @ Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.

Cambridge Public Library (Main). 10AM & 1:30PM.

1. ‣February 5 Amherst MA
   

An Evening for Haiti: Celebrating Resistance, Making Change @ Food for Thought Books with Djola Branner, Myriam Chancy, Dee Dee Desir, Martin Espada, Jean Dany Joachim, Lenelle Moïse and Patrick Sylvain with the soul-stirring music of REBIRTH. $2700 raised to benefit Partners in Health for earthquake relief in Haiti.

1. ‣February 4 Williamstown MA
   

Lenelle returns to Williams College to perform and lead her Radical Voice & Movement workshop.

1. ‣February 2 Boston MA
   

Lenelle performs @ Suffolk University. More info TBA.

1. ‣January 26-27 Boston MA
   

Lenelle performs “Speaking Intersections” and lead hers “Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance” workhop @ Berklee College of Music.

2009

1. ‣December 4 New York NY
   

Rivers of Honey @ WOW Cafe.

1. ‣October 30-November 1 Boston MA
   

The Theater Offensive’s 2009 Out on the Edge Festival presents Lenelle Moïse in WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING @ the Boston Center for the Arts (Calderwood Pavilion) 527 Tremont Street.

1. ‣October 24 Holyoke MA
   

Passport Holyoke @ Open Square: Lenelle joins Enchanted Circle Theater to commemorate a legendary activist in a preview of a new play about Sojourner Truth.

1. ‣October 16 Boston MA
   

Lenelle performs in the 1st annual Latin Soul Arts Festival @ Boston College.

1. ‣October 8-11 Austin TX
   

Fire & Ink 3: Cotillion 2009, a national gathering of LGBT writers of African descent. Lenelle leads her “Radical Voice & Movement” workshop and debuts a master class: “Alone Together: Creating a One-Person Show.” She also performs in a staged reading of sharon bridgforth’s play delta/dandi.

1. ‣September 25-29 Louisville KY
   

Lenelle directs four student performers in a staged reading of her critically-acclaimed play Cornered in the Dark,  keynotes at the Women’s Empowerment Luncheon and performs as part of Take Back the Night. Presented by the PEACC Program @ the University of Louisville.

1. ‣August 9 New York NY
   

Lenelle leads her Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance workshop as part of the 2009 AATE/ATHE “Risking Innovation” Conference @ the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

1. ‣June 18 & 19 Amherst MA
   

EXPATRIATE Open Studio @ New WORLD Theater

1. ‣May 28-31 Austin TX
   

M.A.L.I. Women’s Film & Performance Arts Festival

1. ‣May 24 Florence MA
   

6th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration @ The Florence Community Center. Lenelle joins Enchanted Circle Theater to commemorate a legendary activist in a preview of a new play about Sojourner Truth.

1. ‣April 18 Chicago IL
   

“Gender Fusions 5” feature @ Columbia College Chicago

1. ‣April 3 Medford MA
   

“Performance as Protest” plenary session as part of CONVERGENCE: A Conference on the Intersection of Arts & Activism. Lenelle shares the panel with Artistic Director of The Theater Offensive Abe Rybeck, performance artist Milan Kohout, & Associate Artistic Director of the Culture Project Olivia Greer. Moderated by Dr. Barbara Grossman, Associate Professor and Chair of the Tufts University Drama and Dance Department @ Tufts University

1. ‣March 25 New York NY
   

Lenelle joins Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Stew, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Staceyann Chin, Sarah Jones and many, many others at the United Nations General Assembly Hall for “Breaking the Silence, Beating the Drum,” a collaboration between the UN and the Culture Project in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. Visit www.cultureproject.org for more.

1. ‣March 24 Herkimer NY
   

Lenelle performs @ Herkimer County Community College as part of the “Women in Politics” series

1. ‣February 5 2009 Williamstown MA
   

Lenelle returns to Williams College for WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING. Adams Memorial Theatre. Sponsored by Claiming Williams.

1. ‣January 29, 30 & 31 Northampton MA
   

Lenelle plays a Novelist who channels the Orisha spirit of Eshu in Chrysalis Theatre’s developmental production of Andrea Hairston’s sci-fi ensemble play Dispatches: A Carnival of Exchange.

Hallie Flanagan Studio @ Smith College.

2008

 

1. ‣In November & December Lenelle participates in the Institute for the Future of the Book’s Golden Notebook Project. Log in: www.thegoldennotebook.org
   

1. ‣November 20 Madison NJ
   

Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS

@ Drew University

 

1. ‣November 8 Northampton MA
   

Chrysalis Theatre presents a staged reading

of “Dispatches” by Andrea Hairston @ Smith College.

 

1. ‣October 29 Williamstown MA
   

Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS

@ Williams College

 

1. ‣October 15 Baton Rouge LA
   

Lenelle in leads a master class and performs

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

@ Louisiana State University

 

1. ‣October 7 Durham NH
   

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

@ the University of New Hampshire

 

1. ‣September 4-7 Chicago IL
   

Lenelle is a fellow, panelist and award recipient at

Whisper, Laugh, Shout, Tell the Story:

1st National Meeting of Women of Color Writing Drama

@ Loyola University

 

1. ‣August 23 Plainfield VT
   

Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS

@ Goddard College

 

1. ‣July 7 - August 3 New York NY
   

Women Center Stage at the Culture Project presents

Lenelle Moïse’s “EXPATRIATE”

a two-woman show with vocal music

written & composed by Lenelle Moïse

directed by Tamilla Woodard

choreographed by Nathaniel Nicco Annan

starring Lenelle Moise & Karla Mosley

 

1. ‣May 5-16 Langley WA
   

Lenelle in residence at Hedgebrook

 

1. ‣May 4 Waterville ME
   

Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS

@ Colby College

 

1. ‣May 3 Northampton MA
   

Lenelle performs at Northampton Pride

 

1. ‣April 29 New York NY
   

Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical

“EXPATRIATE” @ the Culture Project

 

1. ‣April 24 Keene NH
   

Lenelle judges the first annual Keene State College

Poetry Slam, American Idol-style! See the related article.

1. ‣April 18-20 Ithaca NY
   

Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical

“EXPATRIATE” @ the Kitchen Theatre Company

 

1. ‣April 12 New Orleans LA
   

Lenelle performs at "V to the Tenth:

Superdome Superlove"

 

1. ‣April 8 New York NY
   

Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical

"EXPATRIATE" @ the Culture Project

 

1. ‣April 6 Amherst MA
   

Lenelle shares a stage with

Kristina Wong, D'Lo, Jerry Quickly

and Jose Torres Tama in "Community One"

at New WORLD Theater's Intersections V:

Creative Uprisings Conference @ UMass Amherst

 

1. ‣March 7 Baton Rouge LA
   

"Under the Radar" Queer Reading Series

with Ana Maurine Lara

@ Louisiana State University

 

1. ‣February 8 South Hadley MA
   

“WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING”

@ Mount Holyoke College

 

2007

 

1. ‣December 8-29 Northampton MA
   

Lenelle's collection of collages, "Urban Wings,"

exhibited as part of the small art works group show

at the Hosmer Gallery

 

1. ‣December 4 Cobleskill NY
   

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

@ SUNY Cobleskill

 

1. ‣November 15 New York NY
   

WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading

Editor Alix Olson, Lenelle

and other contributors perform

louderarts @ Bar 13

 

1. ‣November 10-December 18 New York NY
   

Lenelle plays Sojourner Truth, union organizer

Genora Dollinger, Civil Rights activist Anne Moody,

poet June Jordan and Katrina survivor

Patricia Thompson as part of the ensemble

cast of REBEL VOICES, a theatrical  adaptation

of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's book

Voices of a People's History oft he United States

@ the Culture Project

 

1. ‣November 9 Amherst MA
   

WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading

Editor Alix Olson, Lenelle

and other contributors perform.

Food For Thought Books.

 

1. ‣November 8 New York NY
   

WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading

Editor Alix Olson, Eve Ensler, Lenelle

and many other contributers perform

Bluestockings Bookstore

 

1. ‣October 23 Geneseo, NY
   

Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance workshop

followed by WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣September 29 Columbus OH
   

Lenelle leads ten OSU MFA acting students

in a master class

 

1. ‣September 28 Columbus OH
   

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

@ The Ohio State University

 

1. ‣September 19 & 20 Northampton MA
   

New WORLD Theater presents

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

Smith College

 

1. ‣September 15 Rhinebeck NY
   

Lenelle and Alix Olson perform as part of

Eve Ensler's Women Power & Peace Conference

at the Omega Institute

 

1. ‣September 11 Amherst MA
   

Bangs Community Center

Lenelle leads the youth of Project 2050

in a spoken word/ movement workshop

 

1. ‣July 13 & 14 Amhert MA
   

Lenelle's" Project 2050" students sing, dance & recite

about the LOVE in rEVOLution.

Presented by New WORLD Theater

Holden Experimental Theater, Amherst College

 

1. ‣July 6, 7 & 8 Amherst MA
   

The KO Festival of Performance presents

Serious Play! Theatre Ensemble's production of

"MATERmorphosis," an adaption

of Kafka's "Metamorphosis"

written by Lenelle Moise

directed by Shery Stoodley

Holden Experimental Theatre, Amherst College

 

1. ‣June 28 New York NY
   

Women Center Stage @

the Culture Project presents

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣June 6 San Francisco CA
   

National Queer Arts Festival presents

RADAR All Starts Reading

curated by Michelle Tea.

co-bill with Alison Bechdel, Ariel Schrag

& Cherry Muhanji

 

1. ‣May 5 New York NY
   

Bluestockings Bookstore

20 minute feature/ CD release

 

1. ‣May 3 Florence MA
   

Cafe Evolution

20 minute feature/ CD pre-release

 

1. ‣April 21 Leverett MA
   

Echo Lake Coffe House

National Poetry Month Co-bill with Arjuna Greist

 

1. ‣April 5 Fairfax VA
   

George Mason University

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING & open mic

 

1. ‣April 3 Northfield MN
   

Carleton College. The Cave.

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣March 26 Albany NY
   

Empire State Plaza

Family Planning Advocates Youth

Leadership Conference

Keynote performance & workshop

 

1. ‣March 21 Bethlehem PA
   

Lehigh University

QUEER(ED) POEMS

 

1. ‣March 19 Providence RI
   

Brown University

AUTOBIOFICTION: an evening of poetry

& prose with Lenelle Moise

 

1. ‣March 8 Keene NH
   

Keene State College

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣Febrary 27 Santa Barbara, CA
   

Santa Barbara Public Library

"Writing Haiti, Writing Home"

Lenelle with  Myriam J.A. Chancy & Wilbert Chancy.

 

1. ‣February 23 Oberlin OH
   

Oberlin College

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

February 6 New York NY

Bluestockings Bookstore

Reading with Erzulie's Skirt author Ana-Maurine Lara

 

2006

 

1. ‣October 18 Olympia WA
   

Evergreen State College

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣October 7 Easthampton MA
   

Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton (PACE)

Lenelle & Jared Paul

 

1. ‣October 1 Northampton MA
   

Iron Horse Music Hall

Lenelle opens for Erin Mckeown

 

1. ‣August 5 Portland OR
   

The Blue Monk

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣August 4 Olympia WA
   

Capitol Theatre

Lenelle featured @ Homoagogo

 

1. ‣August 1 Seattle WA
   

Hugo House Theater

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣July 28 Northampton MA
   

Generation Q Poetry Slam

Hosted by Kate Bornstein

Lenelle hi-jacks the mic

 

1. ‣July 15 Rennsslerville NY
   

Guest Artist @ the NLNI Summer Retreat

 

1. ‣June 20 Northampton MA
   

Benefit performance for the

Pastors for Peace (Cuba Solidarity) Caravan

 

1. ‣April 28 Hudson NY
   

Time & Space Limited

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣April 18 Providence RI
   

Brown University

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣April 1 Carlisle PA
   

Dickinson University

Race, Ruins & Revival in New Orleans Conference

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣March 9 Arcata CA
   

Van Duzer Theatre/ Humboldt State University

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣Feburary 14 Saratoga Springs NY
   

Skidmore College

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣January 27 Briarclif Manor NY
   

Edith Macy Conference Center

WORKSHOP (for "We Got Issues"):

ARTISTIC CRAFT & AUTHENTIC NOISE

 

1. ‣January 6-7 Northampton MA
   

A.P.E. Performance Space

Solo performer in "EDGY WOMEN"

 

2005

 

1. ‣November 19 Ithaca NY
   

Cornell University & Common Ground

Guest Artist: Building Bridges as We Walk

LGBT Students of Color Northeastern

Regional Conference; panelist ("Real World Plenary")

 

1. ‣November 4 Northampton MA
   

Smith College

Otelia Cromwell Day: Race Class & Gender Series

SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS

 

1. ‣October 29 Springfield MA
   

The Drama Studio

Annual Meeting Keynote Address:

AUTHENTIC NOISE

 

1. ‣October 28 Geneva NY
   

Hobart & Williamsmith Colleges

Searching for the Sunlight:

Building an Inclusive Women's Movement

WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING

 

1. ‣October 18 New York NY
   

Babeland

REDLIGHT: Superheroes, Saints & Sluts

Book Launch

 

1. ‣October 6 Ithaca NY
   

Ithaca College

National Coming Out Day Keynote:

QUEER(ED) POEMS

 

1. ‣September-October Ithaca NY
   

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Fingerlakes

WORKSHOP: I AM...RENAMING

THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

 

1. ‣August 9 Northampton MA
   

A.P.E. Performance Space

Solo performer: FULL CIRCLE

presented by the AFSC

 

1. ‣August 6 Northampton MA
   

Eleven's

Solo performer

 

1. ‣August 4 Amherst MA
   

Center for Popular Economics/ Amherst College

Guest Speaker

 

1. ‣July 30 Rennsslerville NY
   

Guest Artist @ the NLNI Summer Retreat