The Paterson Performing Arts Development Council (PPADC) announced that Monica Prince will be the organization’s 2023 Playwright In-Residence. Prince’s choreopoem Roadmap will be the centerstage featured play of PPADC’s Annual Hamilton Arts Festival (HAF). Now in its third season, the festival runs June 15–24, 2023 and features a series of events including theatrical productions and film screenings.
PPADC’s Playwright-In-Residence program provides a monetary stipend and developmental support to writers, which includes working with a dramaturg, director, and other production team members to mount a mainstage production of Roadmap. The residency program was created to expand the diversity of plays produced on the main stage, to generate public value through the interaction of playwrights with local communities and to foster unique narratives in the arts.
Monica Prince is a teacher of performance art at Susquehanna University and the author of How to Exterminate the Black Woman: A Choreopoem, Instructions for Temporary Survival and Letters from the Other Woman. She writes with a performance lens, trying to emphasize that what she says matters and deserves a platform. She brings a brilliant mix of mysticism, real world sobriety and movement to Roadmap, which asks its lead character, a young Black American man to thwart his inevitable murder.
Join us for the 2023 Writer’s Retreat at Claggett! Hone your voice, get time away to focus on your craft, and learn from writing experts in intimate small-group workshops during this retreat. Each day balances time for instruction, supportive peer sharing, and of course, for writing. Register at claggettcenter.org/adult-programs!
In the words of so many activists, pleasure is our birthright. But the world often tries to deny us this. Writers often feel too overwhelmed to believe their writing matters, that their languages and stories have power. In this keynote, Monica Prince demonstrates how writing begets pleasure and vice versa. Prince emphasizes the ways we can use writing as catharsis and revolution to build a world o
Cara Achterberg is the author of seven books, a creative writing teacher, and a shelter dog advocate. Her novel, Blind Turn, was a Reader’s Choice Silver Medal winner and recently won the Women’s Fiction category of the American Writing Awards. Her memoir, Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs was a People magazine ‘people’s pick’ and featured on the Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family S
Ariele Sieling is a science fiction and fantasy writer who enjoys books, cats, and trees. She has over thirty books published and has numerous short stories published in a variety of anthologies and magazines. She is also the author of the book series for authors titled Writer’s Reach, which includes: How To Build A Book Marketing Strategy, The Intersection of Setting and Story, and Building An Au
Novelist and writing coach John DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. DeDakis is the author of five mystery-suspense novels. His fourth novel, Bullet in the Chamber, is the winner of Reviewers Choice, Foreword INDIES, and Feathered Quill book awards. DeDakis, a former White House correspondent, is a manuscript editor, and regularly teaches novel writing online a
The start of a poetry series honoring Black History Month through spoken word, allowing students of color to take the stage and express themselves artistically. Featuring Monica Prince as a special guest!
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Degenstein Campus Theatre
151 Weber Way
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
7-8:30PM
$5 for non-SU students
Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with poet Monica Prince!
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Milton Public Library
541 Broadway St
Milton, PA 17847
6PM
Free and open to the public
Stories on Tap is a community storytelling project in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. Since 2011, we have been partnering with non-profits, galleries, bars, universities, and venues to bring audiences meaningful storytelling events and storytelling workshops. Stories on Tap is a project of the CommUnity Zone in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Join us for a special Stories on Tap event, themed "Loved." Sign up to tell a story or just come watch! Hosted by Monica Prince.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
CommUnity Zone
328 Market St.
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Doors open at 6:30PM
La Pitchoune: Cooking in France
TV DocuSeries
Premieres Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4PM ET/3PM CT
Watch on HBO Max, Discovery+, or the Magnolia Network app
Makenna Held bought Julia Child's home in France and turned it into a recipe-free cooking school. Now, she and her team welcome students into this iconic kitchen where enthusiasts learn to step out of their comfort zone and tap into their intuition.
Monica visits La Peetch as a guest! Watch episode 5 for her appearance!
Monica's favorite part of performance when she isn't doing it herself is coaching other writers to get on stage and share their art. Whether in classrooms or at Creative Writing Camp, Monica can coach the stage fright out of anyone (well, almost anyone).
Monica always performs in high heels. She adopted this rule of performance when she was eighteen, and hasn't looked back. She is available for readings, choreopoem tastings, and open mic hosting.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Garza Photography
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Since discovering Write About Now, one of Houston's many slam poetry communities, you can find Monica on this stage at least once a year, primarily during the summer while she teaches in the Creative Writing Camp. This stage is full of welcoming and loving people, and anyone looks good under the lights at Avant Garden.
Photo Credit: Christopher Diaz Photography
Monica's latest choreopoem, Roadmap, is available for pre-order! Be the first to have it on July 1, 2023!