Lenelle Moïse
Lenelle Moïse is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. She wrote the romantic comedy K-I-S-S-I-N-G (The Huntington), winner of the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script, a national finalist for the 2024 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, and an international finalist for the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Moïse wrote, composed, and co-starred in the critically acclaimed show Expatriate (Off Broadway, Culture Project). Her full-length script Merit won The Ruby Prize.
Lenelle Moïse is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. She wrote the romantic comedy K-I-S-S-I-N-G (The Huntington), winner of the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script, a national finalist for the 2024 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, and an international finalist for the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Moïse wrote, composed, and co-starred in the critically acclaimed show Expatriate (Off Broadway, Culture Project). Her full-length script Merit won The Ruby Prize. The New Black Fest, National Black Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage produced her short play San Francisco Cab. An accomplished solo performer, Moïse has been a guest artist at dozens of colleges and arts venues such as Poets House, Lincoln Center, the Norton Museum, and the International Museum of Women. Her book of poems, Haiti Glass, won the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. Her writing appears in POETRY Magazine and many anthologies, including Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution. lenellemoise.com