Poet and playwright Lenelle Moïse has been called “a Renaissance woman in the arts,” “an electrifying performer,” and “a powerhouse.” Her romantic comedy K-I-S-S-I-N-G won the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script, a 2024 Steinberg/ ATCA New Play Citation, and was on the shortlist for the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.  Her play Merit won The Ruby Prize and was featured on The Kilroys List. Moïse (pronounced “moy-eez") also wrote, composed, and co-starred in the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway drama Expatriate. Her other full-length plays include The Many Faces of Nia, Matermorphosis, and Cornered in the Dark. Her work has been produced or developed at the Huntington Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, New Rep, Southern Rep, The Hansberry Project, Hedgebrook, Women Center Stage at The Culture Project, and The New Black Fest at The Lark. Moïse is also a screenwriter and a member of the Writers Guild of America. She wrote the award-winning poetry collection Haiti Glass (City Lights Books). For more information about her work, please visit lenellemoise.com