L I Z A J E S S I E P E T E R S O N / A C T I N G R E S U M E and O T H E R C R E D I T S
SAG member
F I L M
One Giant Leap 2 : What About Me? / Featured Interview / Director: Jamie Cato
Documentary With Noam Chomsky, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Tim Robbins, Stephen Fry And Others
Love The Hard Way /character Pam / Director: Peter Sehr
Co-Starred In Film With Academy Award Winner Adrien Brody and Pam Grier
A Drop Of Life / character Nia / Director: K. Shalini
Filmed in India, Co-Starred In Film With Nandita Das
Bamboozled / Cameo Feature / Director: Spike Lee
Slam / Cameo; Featured Poet / Director: Mark Levin
Sundance Award Winning Film With Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn
T E L E V I S I O N
Def Poetry (HBO) : Performance Poetry Featured On Two Seasons
Between The Lions (PBS) : Commissioned To Write And Perform Poetry For Three Episodes On Popular Children's Show
T H E A T R E
Down The Rabbit Hole / One Woman Show / Director: Carl Ford
The Peculiar Patriot / One Woman Show / Director: Carl Ford
Chiron’s Homegirl Healer Howls / One Woman Show / Director: Susan Batson
Church Of The Living Womb / Merlina / Director: Tish Benson
Sistah-Girls And The Squirrel / Karmica / Director: Liza Jessie Peterson
Witness The Priestess / Marie / Director: Ka’ramu Kush
P L A Y S (Written By Liza)
The Peculiar Patriot: A Multi-Media One Woman Show
Chiron's Homegirl Healer Howls : A One Woman Funk Opera
Church Of The Living Womb : Collaboration With Tish Benson
Lessons On The A Train: Play Commissioned by Monroe College
Sistah-Girls And The Squirrel : A Full Length Ensemble Drama
Witness The Priestess : 10 Minute 2 Person Play
Mercury Retrograde/Mars In Uranus : 10 Minute 2 Person Play
B O O K S (Poetry Featured In The Following)
The Vibe History Of Hip Hop
Slam The Book
Longshot Anthology
Bum Rush The Page; A Def Poetry Jam
Down The Rabbit Hole (coming soon)
The Best of Liza Jessie Peterson; A compilation (coming soon)
L I V E P E R F O R M A N C E (SUMMARY)
Whitney Museum Of American Art / Joe's Pub / Center Stage NY / Nuyorican Poetry Cafe / Bowery Poetry Club / Aaron Davis Hall Harlem Stage / Ps 122 / CBGS’S / SOB’S / Summer Stage / Atlanta Black Arts Festival / Amsterdam / Madison Square Garden / Rikers Island and Numerous Penitentiaries, Universities, Colleges Across America
... And More.