
performances, workshop, panels + residencies
2025
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August 28 Virtual
Reading and panel discussion.
Tending the Flame: Celebrating 19 Years of Torch Literary Arts. Hosted by Amanda Johnston, with Amina Gautier, Kelly Harris-DeBerry, and Lenelle Moïse.
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August 9 Lenox, MA
Performance at Tanglewood Learning Institute.
Lenelle plays Voice 2 in a staged reading of An Experiment in Voices by Aracelis Girmay. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Composed by Brittany J. Green. Viola by Ashleigh Gordon. Co-starring Ineés de la Cruz, Kaili Y. Turner and Regine Vital.
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May 21 Boston, MA
Workshop Presentation at the Huntington Theatre, Maso Studio.
In her new song cycle WRIT RITM, playwright and performer Lenelle Moïse conjures up
the femme and fluid saints of Haitian Vodou. Chants for peace and songs suffused with hope
celebrate the spirits of love, strength, pleasure, departure, and destiny.
How do voices gather, ground, plunge, root, and sustainably soar? Come join the choir to find out!
Written, directed, and performed by Lenelle Moïse. Featuring Janelle Grace and Valyn Lyric Turner
2024
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December 19 Boston, MA
Winter New Play Intensive at the Huntington Theatre, Maso Studio.
With loop machines and a laptop, playwright Lenelle Moïse composes a story and sound collage
inspired by the femme saints of Haitian Vodou. How will the audience be a part of the action?
You’re invited to an open rehearsal to join her choir and find out!
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April 27 New York, NY
Performance at Lincoln Center.
MYTHS: The People Who Carry the Sky. Commissioned by the National Black Theatre. Curated by Fedna Jacquet.
Featuring France-Luce Benson, Julio Jean, Qween Jean, Val Jeanty,
Lenelle Moïse, Dominique Morisseau and Atibon Nazaire.
2023
‣ July 15, 2023 Boston, MA
Lenelle leads her "Rehearse Freedom: Creating Character Through Sound" workshop at The Huntington Theatre
‣ March 3 - April 2 Boston, MA
World Premiere of K-I-S-S-I-N-G, a play by Lenelle Moïse.
Co-produced by the Huntington Theatre Company and the Front Porch Arts Collective.
Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. Starring Regan Sims, Sharmarke Yusuf, Ivan Cecil Walks, Patrese D. McClain, James Ricardo Milord, Bobby Cius,
Thomika Marie Bridwell, Adrian Peguero, and Rodney Witherspoon II.
2021
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August 19 Online
Film premiere.
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground, a hybrid documentary co-written by Lenelle Moïse and director Sophia Nahli Allison, launches on HBO Max.
2019
‣ April 13 Providence, RI
Performance at Brown University for the Black Lavender Experience. #BFQILP
‣ April 12 Providence, RI
Workshop at Brown University for the Black Lavender Experience.
‣ April 7 West Palm Beach, FL
Workshop at the Norton Museum of Art.
‣ April 6 West Palm Beach, FL
Workshop at the Norton Museum of Art.
‣ April 5 West Palm Beach, FL
Performance at the Norton Museum of Art. #HaitiGlass
‣ March 5 Amherst, MA
Workshop at UMass Amherst for UMass Women Into Leadership.
‣ February 28 Poughkeepsie, NY
Performance at Vassar College.
‣ January 21 Poughkeepsie, NY
Lenelle performs as part of MLK Day at Vassar College.
2018
‣ October 22 Northampton, MA
Lenelle leads her “All Together: Self-Expression and Social Change” workshop for the BOLD/BridgeUp scholars at Smith College.
‣ October 14 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle performs poetry as part of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center Medal Ceremony.
‣ July 22 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads her “All Together: Self-Expression and Social Change” workshop for Girls Leadership Worldwide at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ July 11 Northampton, MA
Lenelle visits the Young Women’s Writing Workshop at Smith College.
‣ July 8 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads her “All Together: Self-Expression and Social Change” workshop for Girls Leadership Worldwide at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ June 25 - 29 Brewster, NY
Creative Residency, SPACE on Ryder Farm.
‣ June 3 Northampton, MA
Lydia Rapoport Convocation Presentation: Speak These Bodies for the Smith College School for Social Work
‣ April 4 Salem, MA
Speaking Intersections at Salem State University.
‣ February 23 - March 3 Ithaca, NY
The Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts presents K-I-S-S-I-N-G by Lenelle Moïse, directed by Dean Robinson. Earl McCarroll Studio Theatre.
‣ February 20 Ithaca, NY
Lenelle performs “Black Feminist Queer Immigrant Love Poems” at the Ithaca College Handwerker Gallery (Salon de Fleurus exhibit).
‣ February Ithaca, NY
Lenelle will be the Playwright/Artist-in-Residence at Ithaca College.
2017
‣ November 19 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads a “Self-Expression in Community” workshop for ECCEL at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ November 1 Northampton, MA
Lenelle performs “Black Feminist Queer Immigrant Love Poems” at Smith College, an Otelia Cromwell Day event.
‣ September 19 New York, NY
The Astraea Foundation and Word Rock and Sword present “Artist and Activist — The Transformative Process,” a panel discussion with Lenelle Moïse, Samara Gaev and Truthworker Theatre Company, Ebony Noelle Golden of Betty’s Daughter Arts Collabroative and SpritiHouse NC, moderated by Adaku Utah.
‣ September 5 Salem, MA
Lenelle delivers a keynote address for Convocation at Salem State University.
‣ August 14 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads a “Self-Expression in Community” workshop for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ July 22 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads a “Self-Expression and Social Change” workshop for Girls Leadership Worldwide at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ July 11 Northampton, MA
Lenelle visits the Young Women’s Writing Workshop at Smith College. Performance followed by a Q&A.
‣ July 8 Hyde Park, NY
Lenelle leads a “Self-Expression and Social Change” workshop for Girls Leadership Worldwide at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill.
‣ Spring Semester Northampton, MA
Lenelle is the 2017 Lucille Geier Lakes Writer-in-Residence at Smith College.
2016
‣ December 3 Amherst, MA
Voices poetry event at Amherst College.
‣ December 1 Northampton, MA
A staged reading of MERIT, written and directed by Lenelle Moïse, presented as part of Len Berkman’s New Play Reading Series at Smith College.
‣ October 29 - November 4 Ithaca, NY
Guest Artist at Ithaca College. This week-long residency will include a solo performance, several class visits and an On the Verge staged reading of MERIT, written and directed by Lenelle Moïse. Presented by the Department of English in conjunction with Women’s and Gender Studies.
‣ October 5 Weston, MA
A second session of the Radical Voice and Movement workshop for theatre students at the Cambridge School of Weston.
‣ September 21 Weston, MA
Radical Voice and Movement workshop for theatre students at the Cambridge School of Weston.
‣ August 14 Northampton, MA
Lenelle performs as part of the Smith College School for Social Work Class of 2016 Baccalaureate Mass. Helen Hills Hills Chapel.
‣ July 24 Boston, MA
Huntington Theatre Company Summer Workshops. See a staged reading of Lenelle Moïse’s play K-I-S-S-I-N-G, directed by Jenny Koons.
‣ July 18 Northampton, MA
Lenelle visits the Young Women’s Writing Workshop at Smith College.
‣ July 17-18 Seattle, WA
The Hansberry Project at the Intiman Theatre presents UN-TAMED: Hair, Body, Attitude: Short Plays by Black Women, including Lenelle’s play San Francisco Cab. Commissioned by the New Black Fest. Co-curated by Dominique Morisseau. New work by playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moïse, Nikkole Salter and Cori Thomas. More info here.
‣ April 4 New York, NY
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. 6:30PM.
The New Black Fest talks “Revolutionary Writing” with panelists Dennis Allen II, Lenelle Moïse, Liza Jessie Peterson and NSangou Njikam, moderated by Kieth Josef Adkins. More info here.
‣ March 24-28 New York, NY
National Black Theatre presents UN-TAMED: Hair, Body, Attitude: Short Plays by Black Women, including Lenelle’s play San Francisco Cab. Commissioned by the New Black Fest. Co-curated by Dominique Morisseau. New work by playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moïse, Nikkole Salter and Cori Thomas. Directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke and Kaia Calhoun.
‣ March 16 New York, NY
The New Black Fest at the Lark Play Development Center.
Come see a staged reading of Lenelle’s Ruby Prize-winning play Merit.
‣ March 3 Cambridge, MA
Black Lives Through the Arts at the Brattle Theatre.
This kick-off event for the Women Take the Reel film festival features films by Shikeith (Black Men Dream) and Tiona McClodden (black./womyn.), music by Castle of Our Skins and poetry by Lenelle Moïse (at 6:15PM), followed by a round table discussion with all artists.
‣ February 10 Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College. 7:30PM.
The Women’s and Gender Studies Program presents
Lenelle Moïse in Speaking Intersections.
2015
‣ December 12 & 13 Baltimore, MD
As part of a live event celebrating My America Too, Center Stage presents San Francisco Cab by Lenelle Moïse from UN-TAMED: Hair, Body Attitude: Short Plays by Black Women. Commissioned by the New Black Fest. Co-curated by Dominique Morisseau.
‣ October 30 Durham, NC
2PM. Duke University
Lenelle participates in the symposium Yo mache ansanm: Performance, Gender and Sexuality in Haiti.
‣ October 19 New York, NY
7PM. Martin Segal Theatre at CUNY Graduate Center.
World premiere of San Francisco Cab by Lenelle Moïse from UN-TAMED: Hair, Body Attitude: Short Plays by Black Women. Commissioned and produced by the New Black Fest. New work by playwrights Jocelyn Bioh, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moïse, Nikkole Salter and Cori Thomas. Co-curated by Dominique Morisseau.
‣ October 8 Northampton, MA
Laurel Park, Tabernacle.
A workshop presentation of Where There Are Voices, Lenelle’s solo performance-in-progress, based on Haiti Glass.
‣ September 19 New York, NY
7PM. (Le) Poisson Rouge. $20-25.
Lenelle performs at Word Rock and Sword: A Festival Exploration of Women’s Lives.
Tickets here.
‣ September 3-4 Boston, MA
7:30PM. Boston Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre. $25.
Lenelle shares a stage with musician Daniel Bernard Roumain and Jean Appolon Expressions. Tickets here.
‣ July 25 Northampton, MA
Laurel Park, Tabernacle.
Lenelle performs poetry and all-vocal music at the Chautauqua Festival.
‣ July 17 Boston, MA
Boston Common, Tremont Street Stage.
Lenelle performs poetry and all-vocal music at the Outside the Box Festival.
‣ July 7 Northampton, MA
Performance and Q&A at the Summer at Smith Young Women’s Writing Workshop.
‣ June 11 Providence, RI
2015 Callaloo Conference at Brown University.
“Making Monuments: The Performance of Memorialization” panel
with Lenelle Moïse, John McCluskey, Jr. and Elmo Terry Morgan.
‣ May 2 Asheville, NC
A reading of Haiti Glass, presented by Asheville Wordfest.
‣ April 22 Northampton, MA
Haiti Glass is a Lambda Literary Award finalist!
Lenelle joins fellow Western Massachusetts finalists Sally Bellerose, MB Caschetta and Judith Frank for a reading at Forbes Library. Coolidge Room.
‣ April 2 Cambridge, MA
A reading of Haiti Glass, with music.
Presented by the Poet’s Theatre at the Multicultural Arts Center.
‣ March 16 Watertown, MA
New Rep presents a staged reading of Lenelle’s play K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
More info here.
‣ March 8 San Diego, CA
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass at Diversionary Theatre.
Presented by the San Diego Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundation.
‣ March 6 Los Angeles, CA
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass at Stories Books and Cafe in Echo Park.
‣ March 5 Claremont, CA
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass at Pitzer College.
Benson Auditorium in Avery Hall.
Anna Joy Springer shares the stage. More info here.
‣ March 4 La Jolla, CA
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass at the University of California, San Diego.
De Certeau Room (155) Literature Building.
Corinne Goria shares the stage. More info here.
2014
‣ November 20 Weston, MA
Diversity Day at the Cambridge School of Weston.
Keynote performance.
‣ November 13 Keene, NH
Keene State University
‣ Friday, October 24 Northampton, MA
Live Art Magazine feature.
‣ Saturday, October 18 New York, NY
Poet’s House. Kray Hall. 3:00PM
Lenelle leads a workshop: Catch Sight of Desire: A Monologue Lab for Poets.
‣ Thursday, October 16 Boston, MA
Northeastern University.
‣ Saturday, October 4 Wellfleet, MA
Wellfleet Preservation Hall. 7:30PM.
Inside the Pages Series feature.
A reading of Haiti Glass reading (with all-vocal music).
‣ Saturday, September 20 Amherst, MA
Emily Dickinson Museum. Homestead lawn. 3:30PM
Amherst Poetry Festival feature.
A reading of Haiti Glass.
‣ Tuesday, September 16 San Francisco, CA
City Lights Bookstore. 7PM.
RADAR Productions hosts an official book party for Haiti Glass.
Free.
‣ Saturday, September 13 San Francisco, CA
The Make Out Room. 7:30PM.
Writers with Drinks feature.
A reading of Haiti Glass.
Sliding scale $5-20.
‣ August 8 Amherst, MA
Lenelle plays James Baldwin in a closed staged reading of Collidescope by Ping Chong + Company.
‣ August 3 New York, NY
Teatro Pregones in the Bronx. 3PM.
Lincoln Center Out of Doors presents La Casita.
Poetry by Lenelle Moïse, Jennifer Celestin, Louise Sky Dancer Halfe, Jamaal May, Tony Medina, Jessica Care Moore, Taqralik Partridge, Ramya Ramana, and Frank X. Walker. Music by Acardenchados, Arooj Aftab, Soni Moreno, Sonia Olla & Ismael de la Rosa, Ologundê, and Orquesta SCC. With MC: Baba Israel.
‣ August 2 New York, NY
Lincoln Center Out of Doors presents La Casita.
Hearst Plaza. 12PM.
Poetry by Lenelle Moïse, Jennifer Celestin, Louise Sky Dancer Halfe, Jamaal May, Tony Medina, Jessica Care Moore, Taqralik Partridge, Ramya Ramana, and Frank X. Walker. Music by Acardenchados, Arooj Aftab, Soni Moreno, Sonia Olla & Ismael de la Rosa, Ologundê, and Orquesta SCC. With MC: Baba Israel.
‣ July 30 New York, NY
Poet’s House. 7PM.
Haiti Glass reading and book signing.
Sharing the stage with Jeffrey Harrison, Joan Larkin and Spencer Reese.
Free.
‣ July 26 Northampton, MA
“Radical Voice and Movement” workshop for the Smith School of Social Work, sponsored by the Council for Students of Color.
‣ July 8 Northampton, MA
Performance and Q&A at the Summer at Smith Young Women’s Writing Workshop.
‣ June 22 Montréal, Québec
Hexagram Black Box, Concordia University. 6PM.
Lenelle performs Ache What Make at the Hemispheric Institute’s
Encuentro 2014: MANIFEST! Choreographing Social Movements
in the Americas.
‣June 18 Cambridge, MA
Porter Square Books. 7PM.
Haiti Glass reading and book signing.
‣June 16 New York, NY
Theater at the 14th Street Y. 344 East 14th Street. 7:30PM.
The OPEN Festival presents a staged reading of The Many Faces of Nia.
Reserve a ticket here.
‣June 8 New York, NY
Bowery Poetry Club and Cafe. 6PM.
Haiti Cultural Exchange presents Selebrasyon!
“Lirik Ayiti: Rasin/Chemin/ Lyric Haiti: Roots/Routes”
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass and shares a stage with poet Patrick Sylvain..
Hosted by Michele Voltaire Marcelin and Ayinde Jean-Baptiste.
‣June 1 New York, NY
Bluestockings. 7:30PM.
Sister Spit Books and Friends
Lenelle reads from Haiti Glass and shares the stage with fellow
City Lights/Sister Spit authors Leopoldine Core, Dia Felix, Beth Lisick,
Thomas McBee and Amber Dawn. Co-presented by RADAR Productions.
‣ May 16 Coral Gables, FL
Books and Books. 5PM.
Haiti Glass reading and book signing.
‣ May 15 Miami, FL
Dranoff Foundation Piano Slam 6 collaboration with duo Yoo and Kim,
directed by Teo Castellanos.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30PM.
‣ April 27 Gill, MA
Northfield Mount Hermon School Spring Diversity Summit.
Keynote performance and creative writing workshop.
‣ April 21 Athol, MA
Bruce’s Browser
Haiti Glass reading and book signing.
‣ April 14, Chicago, IL
University of Chicago Reva, David Logan Center for the Arts
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 12 Detroit, MI
Trumbullplex
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 11 Pittsburgh, PA
The Warhol Museum
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 10 Hamilton, NY
Colgate University
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 9 Washington, D.C.
Georgetown University
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 7 Toronto, Ontario
The Gladstone Hotel
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 6 Brooklyn, NY
Littlefield
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 5 New York, NY
New Museum
with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ April 1 Northampton, MA
Northampton Poetry at “the Deuce”
Featured performance. Haiti Glass reading and book signing.
‣April 1 Global
Haiti Glass book release date!
‣ March 26 Ottawa, Ontario
Featured performance at VerseFest 2014.
With Selina Boan and Blaise Moritz.
Knox Presbyterian Church. 9PM.
‣ March 26 Ottawa, Ontario
Click Here Radio interview on CHUOFM.
‣ March 18-22 Worcester, MA
A workshop production of Lenelle’s new play, K.I.S.S.I.N.G., commissioned by the Clark University Theatre Department.
Directed by Dan Balel. Little Center, Michelson Theater. 7:30PM.
‣ March 14 Worcester, MA
Monologue workshop at Clark University, Part 2.
‣ March 1 Boston, MA
UMass Boston Haitian American Society presents Tchaka Night.
‣ February 27 Worcester, MA
Monologue workshop at Clark University, Part 1.
‣ January 30 Boston, MA
Huntington Theatre Company Breaking Ground Festival of New Works. Come see a staged reading of Lenelle’s play, Merit, directed by Robert O’Hara. 7:30PM at the Boston Center for the Arts. Free: RSVP.
2013
‣ December 7 Amherst, MA
Voices poetry concert at Amherst College. Lenelle shares the stage with Joshua Bennett, Alysia Harris, Paul Tran, Quique Aviles and Suzi Q. Smith.
‣ November 18 New York, NY
Brother to Brother, Sister to Sister, a panel discussion with Thomas Allen Harris and Bil Wright, presented by the NYU Institute for African American Affairs. 6:00PM.
‣ November 14 Seattle, WA
REPRESENT! A Multicultural Playwrights Festival. Come see a staged reading of The Many Faces of Nia, Lenelle’s comedy about guilt, race and Black-Jewish relations. Directed by Justin Emeka. Presented by the Hansberry Project at the ACT. 7:30PM.
‣ November 2 & 3 Putney, VT
Womb-Words, Thirsting at Sandglass Theater. 7:30PM.
‣ October 30 Putney, VT
Radical Voice & Movement workshop. Register here.
‣ October 29 Putney, VT
Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance workshop. Register here.
‣ October 23 Northampton, MA
Guest Artist for Smith College theatre class: “Rehearsing the Impossible: Black Women Playwrights Interrupting the Master Narrative.”
‣ August 6 & 8 Walhalla, MI
Womb-Words, Thirsting at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Acoustic Stage.
‣ July 20 & 21 Boston, MA
Huntington Playwriting Fellows Summer Workshop. Come see a reading of Lenelle’s play The Many Faces of Nia. 5PM at the Boston Center for the Arts. Free.
‣ July 4 Northampton, MA
Young Women’s Writing Workshop at Smith College.
Weinstein Auditorium.
‣ July 3 New York, NY
SummerStage Central Park. Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited. longstoryshort: Remixed. A tribute with Nona Hendrix, Sandra St. Victor, Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely, Liza Jesse Peterson, Carl Hancock Rux & Lenelle Moise.
‣ June 15 Northampton, MA
Radical Voice & Movement workshop, presented by the Council for Students of Color at the Smith College School for Social Work
‣ May 18 Boston, MA
Massachusetts Youth Pride. Boston Common Bandstand.
‣ May 5 Salem, MA
Massachusetts Poetry Festival panel: “Poetry for the People: a Reading and Discussion of Bringing Poetry into the Community by the Present and Past Poet Laureates of Northampton, MA.” 11AM. Peabody Essex Museum, Japanese Art Gallery. Lenelle reads with Martin Espada, Janet Aalfs, Leslea Newman & Rich Michelson.
‣ March 28, New York, NY
Speaking Intersections at NYU for Women HERstory Month.
‣ March 27, Holyoke, MA
Speaking Intersections at Holyoke Community College. 11AM.
Kittredge Center, Room 301. Free.
‣ March 24 Boston, MA
Company One XX Play Lab panel discussion:
Where We Stand: Gender & Race in the New Play Sector
‣ March 12 Greenfield, MA
Speaking Intersections at Greenfield Community College
‣ March 8 Boston, MA
Split This Rock reception at AWP. With Martin Espada and Saeed Jones.
7:00PM in Room 207 at the Hynes Convention Center
‣ March 7 Boston, MA
AWP panel: “Poetry for the People: a Reading and Discussion of Bringing Poetry into the Community by the Present and Past Poet Laureates of Northampton, MA.” 12:00PM in Room 310 at the Hynes Convention Center
‣ March 1-2 Tulsa, OK
Living Arts presents Expatriate as part of the 2013 New Genre Festival.
Nightingale Theater. 8PM.
‣ January 25 Springfield, MA
People's Music Network concert. Performances by Lenelle Moise, Pamela Means, Colleen Kattau, Pat Humphries, Sandy Opatow, David Rovics, and the Like It Or Not Collective. 7:30PM in the Duggan Middle School Auditorium.
‣ January 22 Poughkeepsie, NY
Vassar College
‣ January 11 New York, NY
Writeous! Astraea benefit. The Greene Space.
‣ January 2 Northampton, MA
A tribute to James Baldwin at Forbes Library. Readings by Lenelle Moise, Ekwueme Michael Thelwell and Mistinguette Smith.
2012
‣ December 5 Roxbury, MA
The Theater Offensive presents a benefit for KOURAJ, an LGBT center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Performances by Lenelle Moise, Kera Washington of Zili Misik, master storyteller Charlot Lucien, Giftson Joseph and members of True Colors OUT Youth Theater at Hibernion Hall.
‣ December 3 Ann Arbor, MI
Come see a staged reading of Lenelle’s newest two-act comedy Merit at Performance Network Theatre's Fireside Festival of New Works. 7:00PM.
‣ November 9 Baton Rouge, LA
A workshop production of Ache What Make at Louisiana State University. HopKins Black Box Theatre. 7:30PM
‣ October 26 Amherst, MA
Guest Artist at Amherst Regional High School
‣ October 4-6 Boston, MA
Expatriate at the Theater Offensive!
‣ September 22 New York, NY
Word, Rock & Sword: A Celebration of Women’s Lives at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Performances by Lenelle Moïse, Dj Rimarkable, Allison Miller, Gwen Snyder Siegal, Ganessa James, Alex Nolan, Christelle Durandy, Toshi Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joan As Police Woman, Staceyann Chin, Lizz Wright, Climbing PoeTree, Slanty Eyed Mama, Morley, Alsarah, Imani Uzuri, Nona Hendryx, Marcelle Davies Lashley, Sun Singleton, Liza Jessie Peterson, Arooj Aftab and BETTY
‣ August 17-27
Hedgebrook
‣ July 30-August 5
Playwrights Commons Freedom Arts Retreat
‣ July 26 Northampton, MA
Young Women’s Writing Workshop at Smith College
‣ May 10 Austin, TX
A workshop production of Ache What Make at UT Austin. F. Loren Winship Drama Building (WIN 2.180) 7PM.
‣ March 13-14 New York, NY
The 2012 Women Center Stage Festival presents a sneak peek of Ache What Make.
‣ March 8 San Francisco, CA
Lenelle is a featured performer at the International Museum of Women benefit gala
‣ February 5-11 Miami, FL
Tigertail Productions presents SPEAKOUT!
Lenelle returns to Miami-Dade to lead workshops for LQBTQ youth.
‣ Spring Semester 2012 Austin, TX
Lenelle is the Visiting Performance Artist Fellow in African & African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas Austin. In residence, she will teach a performance course and continue to develop her solo-show-in-progress Ache What Make.
‣ 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
‣ December 20 Amherst, MA
Lenelle visits Amherst Regional High School
performance from 1:20-2:20PM
‣ 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”
‣ November 18 Bellingham, WA
Lenelle performs Womb-Words, Thirsting at
Western Washington University!
‣ 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
‣ November 10 Ithaca, NY
Lenelle performs poetry @ Cornell University
a Haitian Student Association event
Robert Purcell Community Center, North Campus
‣ 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
‣ October 15 Brattleboro, VT
Lenelle performs poetry @ Headroom Stages
8PM. Free & open to the public.
‣ October 13 Putney, VT
Lenelle performs poetry @Landmark College.
‣ August 23 Seattle, WA
Lenelle shares the stage with Rebecca Brown, Ruth Forman & Thao Nguyen
@ Broadway Performance Hall, 7PM
‣ 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
‣ July 30-August 2 Northampton, MA
Lenelle leads her “Reciting Mightilty” workshop
@ the Girls Leadership Institute
‣ 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.
‣ June 20-24 Evanston IL
Black Feminist Performance Summer Institute
@ Northwestern University. Lenelle leads a workshop
and performs an excerpt of Womb-Words, Thirsting.
‣ June 7 Chicago IL
PowWowInc feature @ Jeffery’s Pub
‣ May 20 - Panel of Performance artists.
A conversation with Jill Dolan, Lenelle Moise, Holly Hughes
and Rhodessa Jones. Northwestern University
‣ 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
‣ April 20 Chicago IL
Class visit: Sharon Bridgforth’s Theatrical Jazz Institute
@ DePaul University 5-6PM. Short performance and Q&A.
‣ April 18 Chicago IL
Lenelle joins Sister Spit: The Next Generation for the last stop on their Spring 2011 tour.
‣ April 16 Chicago IL
Gender Fusions 7 @ Columbia College Chicago
Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd floor
‣ 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.
‣ March 6-9 San Francisco CA
@ the University of San Francisco
“Creating Art That Ignites Social Change” panel discussion
‣ March 4-5 Kearney NE
University of Nebraska, Kearney
Keynote performance @ NO LIMITS! Eco-Feminism & Artful Healing
‣ February 15 Northampton MA
Poet Laureate reading @ Smith College
‣ 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
‣ January 9-15 Miami, FL
Tigertail Productions presents SPEAKOUT!
Lenelle leads poetry workshops for LGBTQ youth.
2010
‣ December 4 Northampton MA
Lenelle performs as part of the Unite to Make It Right Rally
‣ 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
‣ 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
‣ 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
‣ October 28 Providence RI
Lenelle performs poetry for Multiracial Identity Week
@ Brown University
‣ October 26 Northampton MA
Expatriate concert reading @ Smith College.
‣ October 25 On the Air
Patchwork Majority on Valley Free Radio
‣ October 23 Cortland NY
Reimagining Girlhood @ SUNY Cortland
Lenelle leads a workshop and performs with
Pamela Means and Vanessa Torres
‣ October 18 Amherst MA
With the “Make/Shift RecLAmation Tour”
@ Food for Thought Books
‣ September 6 New York NY
Lenelle features at louderARTs
‣ August 28 New York, NY
The Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival at NYU presents a full staged reading of Lenelle’s newest play Merit.
‣ June 19 Amherst MA
Lenelle performs for the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development @ Hampshire College
‣ June 5 Austin TX
Lenelle performs as part of the Black Arts Movement festival.
‣ April 29-May 17 Langley & Seattle WA
Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival
‣ April 8-April 28 USA & Canada
On tour with Sister Spit: The Next Generation
‣ 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.
‣ March 19 Poultney VT
Lenelle performs Speaking Intersections @ Green Mountain College.
‣ March 10-13 Washington DC
Split This Rock Poetry Festival. Read the related Washington Post article here.
‣ 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.
‣ March 6 New York NY
Jolie Rickman Tribute Concert @ People’s Voice Cafe. With Pamela Means, Nervous But Excited, Colleen Kattau and more!
‣ 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.
‣ February 27 Cincinnati OH
Lenelle performs as part of a benefit @ the University of Cincinnati.
$10, 000 raised for the Restavek Foundation.
‣ February 25 Pittsburgh PA
Lenelle Moïse in WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
presented by New Voices Pittsburgh @ Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
‣ 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.
‣ February 19 & 20 Evanston IL
Lenelle Moïse in WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
@ Northwestern University
‣ February 11 Amherst MA
Stand with Haiti benefit @ UMass Amherst
With Martin Sexton, the Young at Heart Chorus, Erin McKeown, Sonos and more.
‣ February 11 Cambridge MA
Lenelle performs @ Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.
Cambridge Public Library (Main). 10AM & 1:30PM.
‣ 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.
‣ February 4 Williamstown MA
Lenelle returns to Williams College to perform and lead her Radical Voice & Movement workshop.
‣ February 2 Boston MA
Lenelle performs @ Suffolk University. More info TBA.
‣ January 26-27 Boston MA
Lenelle performs “Speaking Intersections” and lead hers “Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance” workhop @ Berklee College of Music.
2009
‣ December 4 New York NY
Rivers of Honey @ WOW Cafe.
‣ 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.
‣ 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.
‣ October 16 Boston MA
Lenelle performs in the 1st annual Latin Soul Arts Festival @ Boston College.
‣ 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.
‣ 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.
‣ 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.
‣ June 18 & 19 Amherst MA
EXPATRIATE Open Studio @ New WORLD Theater
‣ May 28-31 Austin TX
M.A.L.I. Women’s Film & Performance Arts Festival
‣ 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.
‣ April 18 Chicago IL
“Gender Fusions 5” feature @ Columbia College Chicago
‣ 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
‣ 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.
‣ March 24 Herkimer NY
Lenelle performs @ Herkimer County Community College as part of the “Women in Politics” series
‣ February 5 2009 Williamstown MA
Lenelle returns to Williams College for WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING. Adams Memorial Theatre. Sponsored by Claiming Williams.
‣ 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
‣ In November & December Lenelle participates in the Institute for the Future of the Book’s Golden Notebook Project. Log in: www.thegoldennotebook.org
‣ November 20 Madison NJ
Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS @ Drew University
‣ November 8 Northampton MA
Chrysalis Theatre presents a staged reading
of “Dispatches” by Andrea Hairston @ Smith College.
‣ October 29 Williamstown MA
Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS @ Williams College
‣ October 15 Baton Rouge LA
Lenelle in leads a master class and performs WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING.
@ Louisiana State University
‣ October 7 Durham NH
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING. @ the University of New Hampshire
‣ 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
‣ August 23 Plainfield VT
Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS @ Goddard College
‣ 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
‣ May 5-16 Langley WA
Lenelle in residence at Hedgebrook
‣ May 4 Waterville ME
Lenelle performs SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS
@ Colby College
‣ May 3 Northampton MA
Lenelle performs at Northampton Pride
‣ April 29 New York NY
Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical
EXPATRIATE @ the Culture Project
‣ April 24 Keene NH
Lenelle judges the first annual Keene State College
Poetry Slam, American Idol-style! See the related article.
‣April 18-20 Ithaca NY
Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical
“EXPATRIATE” @ the Kitchen Theatre Company
‣ April 12 New Orleans LA
Lenelle performs at "V to the Tenth:
Superdome Superlove"
‣ April 8 New York NY
Workshop production of Lenelle's rock musical
EXPATRIATE @ the Culture Project
‣ 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
‣ March 7 Baton Rouge LA
"Under the Radar" Queer Reading Series
with Ana Maurine Lara
@ Louisiana State University
‣ February 8 South Hadley MA
@ Mount Holyoke College
2007
‣ 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
‣ December 4 Cobleskill NY
@ SUNY Cobleskill
‣ November 15 New York NY
WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading
Editor Alix Olson, Lenelle
and other contributors perform
louderarts @ Bar 13
‣ 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
‣ November 9 Amherst MA
WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading
Editor Alix Olson, Lenelle
and other contributors perform.
Food For Thought Books.
‣ November 8 New York NY
WORD WARRIORS Anthology Reading
Editor Alix Olson, Eve Ensler, Lenelle
and many other contributers perform
Bluestockings Bookstore
‣ October 23 Geneseo, NY
Spoken Word, Self-Naming & Resistance workshop
followed by WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣ September 29 Columbus OH
Lenelle leads ten OSU MFA acting students
in a master class
‣ September 28 Columbus OH
@ The Ohio State University
‣ September 19 & 20 Northampton MA
New WORLD Theater presents
Smith College
‣ September 15 Rhinebeck NY
Lenelle and Alix Olson perform as part of
Eve Ensler's Women Power & Peace Conference
at the Omega Institute
‣ September 11 Amherst MA
Bangs Community Center
Lenelle leads the youth of Project 2050
in a spoken word/ movement workshop
‣ 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
‣ 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
‣ June 28 New York NY
Women Center Stage @
the Culture Project presents
‣ 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
‣ May 5 New York NY
Bluestockings Bookstore
20 minute feature/ CD release
‣ May 3 Florence MA
Cafe Evolution
20 minute feature/ CD pre-release
‣ April 21 Leverett MA
Echo Lake Coffe House
National Poetry Month Co-bill with Arjuna Greist
‣ April 5 Fairfax VA
George Mason University
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING excerpt & open mic
‣ April 3 Northfield MN
Carleton College. The Cave.
‣ March 26 Albany NY
Empire State Plaza
Family Planning Advocates Youth
Leadership Conference
Keynote performance & workshop
‣ March 21 Bethlehem PA
Lehigh University
QUEER(ED) POEMS
‣ March 19 Providence RI
Brown University
AUTOBIOFICTION: an evening of poetry
& prose with Lenelle Moise
‣ March 8 Keene NH
Keene State College
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣ Febrary 27 Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Public Library
"Writing Haiti, Writing Home"
Lenelle with Myriam J.A. Chancy & Wilbert Chancy.
‣ February 23 Oberlin OH
Oberlin College
‣ February 6 New York NY
Bluestockings Bookstore
Reading with Erzulie's Skirt author Ana-Maurine Lara
2006
‣ October 18 Olympia WA
Evergreen State College
‣ October 7 Easthampton MA
Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton (PACE)
Lenelle & Jared Paul
‣ October 1 Northampton MA
Iron Horse Music Hall
Lenelle opens for Erin Mckeown
‣ August 5 Portland OR
The Blue Monk
‣ August 4 Olympia WA
Capitol Theatre
Lenelle featured @ Homoagogo
‣ August 1 Seattle WA
Hugo House Theater
‣ July 28 Northampton MA
Generation Q Poetry Slam
Hosted by Kate Bornstein
Lenelle hi-jacks the mic
‣ July 15 Rennsslerville NY
Guest Artist @ the NLNI Summer Retreat
‣ June 20 Northampton MA
Benefit performance for the
Pastors for Peace (Cuba Solidarity) Caravan
‣ April 28 Hudson NY
Time & Space Limited
‣ April 18 Providence RI
Brown University
‣ April 1 Carlisle PA
Dickinson University
Race, Ruins & Revival in New Orleans Conference
‣ March 9 Arcata CA
Van Duzer Theatre/ Humboldt State University
‣ Feburary 14 Saratoga Springs NY
Skidmore College
‣ January 27 Briarclif Manor NY
Edith Macy Conference Center
WORKSHOP (for "We Got Issues"):
ARTISTIC CRAFT & AUTHENTIC NOISE
‣ January 6-7 Northampton MA
A.P.E. Performance Space
Solo performer in "EDGY WOMEN"
2005
‣ 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")
‣ November 4 Northampton MA
Smith College
Otelia Cromwell Day: Race Class & Gender Series
‣ October 29 Springfield MA
The Drama Studio
Annual Meeting Keynote Address:
AUTHENTIC NOISE
‣ October 28 Geneva NY
Hobart & Williamsmith Colleges
Searching for the Sunlight:
Building an Inclusive Women's Movement
‣ October 18 New York NY
Babeland
REDLIGHT: Superheroes, Saints & Sluts
Book Launch
‣ October 6 Ithaca NY
Ithaca College
National Coming Out Day Keynote:
QUEER(ED) POEMS
‣ September-October Ithaca NY
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Fingerlakes
WORKSHOP: I AM...RENAMING
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
‣ August 9 Northampton MA
A.P.E. Performance Space
Solo performer: FULL CIRCLE
presented by the AFSC
‣ August 6 Northampton MA
Eleven's
Solo performer
‣ August 4 Amherst MA
Center for Popular Economics/ Amherst College
Guest Speaker
‣ July 30 Rensselaerville NY
Guest Artist @ the NLNI Summer Retreat
Photo credits:
Hands & Breath photo by Beowulf Sheehan courtesy of the Brattleboro Literary Festival
Ache What Make photo courtesy of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics