Lenelle Moïse
curriculum vitae
performances, workshop & panels
2012
‣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. More info and tickets: http://www.tigertail.org/events_moise1112.html
‣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
“WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING”
@ 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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
@ 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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
@ The Ohio State University
‣September 19 & 20 Northampton MA
New WORLD Theater presents
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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 & open mic
‣April 3 Northfield MN
Carleton College. The Cave.
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
February 6 New York NY
Bluestockings Bookstore
Reading with Erzulie's Skirt author Ana-Maurine Lara
2006
‣October 18 Olympia WA
Evergreen State College
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣August 4 Olympia WA
Capitol Theatre
Lenelle featured @ Homoagogo
‣August 1 Seattle WA
Hugo House Theater
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣April 18 Providence RI
Brown University
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣April 1 Carlisle PA
Dickinson University
Race, Ruins & Revival in New Orleans Conference
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣March 9 Arcata CA
Van Duzer Theatre/ Humboldt State University
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣Feburary 14 Saratoga Springs NY
Skidmore College
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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
SPEAKING INTERSECTIONS
‣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
WOMB-WORDS, THIRSTING
‣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 Rennsslerville NY
Guest Artist @ the NLNI Summer Retreat