Staceyann Chin's New Play

Busboys and Poets' gender and sexuality series Zami presents scenes from a new play by Staceyann Chin!

Join us for a reading of a new play,
intermixed with poetry, by award-winning poet, playwright, author and
performer Staceyann Chin followed by a conversation with the audience. 

A
proud Jamaican national, Staceyann’s voice was featured on "The Oprah
Show," where she spoke candidly about her experiences of growing up on
the island and the dire consequences of her coming out there.


Widely known as co-writer and original performer in the
Tony-Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, her
poetry has seen the rousing cheers of the Nuyorican Poets' Café,
one-woman shows off-Broadway and writing workshops in Sweden, South
Africa and Australia. Chin’s three one-woman shows, "Hands Afire,"
"Unspeakable Things" and "Border/Clash" all opened to rave reviews at
the Culture Project in New York City.


Chin is the recipient of the 2007 Power of the Voice Award from The
Human Rights Campaign, the 2008 Safe Haven Award from Immigration
Equality, the 2008 Honors from the Lesbian AIDS Project, and the 2009
New York State Senate Award. She unapologetically identifies as
Caribbean and black, Asian and lesbian, woman and resident of New York
City.