EXPERIENCE LIVE 2010

1. ‣March 6 New York NY
   

Jolie Rickman Tribute Concert @ People’s Voice Cafe.

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 10-13 Washington DC
   

Split This Rock Poetry Festival. “The goals of Split This Rock are: 1) To celebrate the poetry of witness and provocation being written, published, and performed in the United States today and 2) To call poets to a greater role in public life and to equip them with the tools they need to be effective advocates in their communities and in the nation.”

1. ‣March 19 Poultney VT
   

Lenelle performs Speaking Intersections

@ Green Mountain College.

1. ‣April 8-April 28 USA
   

Lenelle crosses the country with Sister Spit: the Next Generation

PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE

2010

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