Eisa Davis' talent defies category but you may know her as: Playwright, Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Yogi... the list goes on. If you don't know her, here's your chance...
This Friday!
May 28th, 9:30pm
Eisa Davis @ Joe's Pub
EISA DAVIS was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play
Bulrusher, now published by Samuel French. She wrote and starred in
Angela’s Mixtape, named a best of 2009 by The New Yorker. Other plays include
The History of Light,
Paper Armor, Umkovu, Six Minutes, Warriors Don’t Cry, and
Hip Hop Anansi. Eisa was a resident playwright at New Dramatists, where she won the Helen Merrill Award, and the Whitfield Cook Award, among others. She has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Cave Canem, and the Van Lier and Mellon Foundations. As an actor, recent work includes her Obie Award-winning performance in the Broadway rock musical
Passing Strange, now a film directed by Spike Lee. Eisa is also featured in the films
Welcome to the Rileys opposite James Gandolfini (Sundance),
Robot Stories, The Architect, Confess, Happenstance, Pretty Bird, Apparition of the Eternal Church, and Brass Tacks. She was Bubbles’ sister on
The Wire, is a repeat offender on
Law and Order (the mothership and
SVU), and has guest starred on
Damages and
Mercy. She was just seen in the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s
This at Playwrights Horizons. Eisa is a member of the Actors Studio, and a Usual Suspect at New York Theater Workshop. As a singer-songwriter, her album
Something Else is available through iTunes and CDBaby. She sings her original music at venues including Joe’s Pub, BAMCafé, Symphony Space, and the Whitney Museum. Eisa studies yoga with Kelly Morris.
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