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Regie Gibson

 Regie Gibson
Instructor of Performance Poetry
New England College
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

About Regie

Literary Performer, actor & educator, Regie Gibson teaches at Clark University. Along with composer Guy Mendilow is a recipient of the first grant from Combined Jewish Philanthropies to produce episodes of their performed podcast Radio Play(s) in which a significant & timely theme is unpacked using poetry & music. Gibson is a Brother Thomas Fellow & has received two Live Arts Boston Grants to develop his first play, The Juke: A Blues Bacchae in which he uses Euripides’ tragedy as a backdrop to explore African American history, music & spiritual culture. Gibson has composed texts for The Boston City Singers, The Mystic Chorale, Boston’s Handel+Haydn Society, & has narrated texts for the Radius Chamber Ensemble, the Convergence Chamber Ensemble, & The Lexington Symphony Orchestra. Gibson performs regularly with Atlas Soul: a world music ensemble & is the founder of Shakespeare to Hip-Hop: an education & performance program integrating classical & modern texts into English curriculums & is the creator of The Shakespeare Time Traveling-Speakeasy a theatrical, literary-concert focusing on the life & works of William Shakespeare.

He has served as a think-tank member & consultant for both the National Endowment for the Arts “How Art Works” initiative & for the “Mere Distinction of Color”, an exhibit at Montpelier, the historic home of President James Madison, examining the legacy of slavery & the U.S. constitution. Gibson, has lectured & performed widely in the U.S., Cuba & Europe. Representing the U.S. in Italy, Gibson competed for & received both the Absolute Poetry Award in Monfalcone & The Europa in Versi Award in LaGuardia di Como. He & his work appear in Love Jones, a film based on events in his life. He's been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam & various National Public Radio program and was nominated for a Boston Emmy.

I believe in fun & challenge. That students should be encouraged to find their multiple voices and develop them all to their highest diction. Put everything you can of yourself into the writing then get your ego out of the way when performing. With every piece of writing and performing I encourage them to keep in mind these five things: To engage, entertain, affect, educate and elevate!

  • Received the Brother Thomas Award for artistic excellence
  • Received two commissions to create texts for the World Bank regarding racism and climate change
  • Representing the U.S. received two international poetry performance prizes
  • Received two Live Arts Boston Grants for developing my first play, "The Juke: A Blues Bacchae"
  • Former National Poetry Slam champion
  • Film created based on life events
  • A winner of "Best Ensemble" for the play "Black Odyssey, Boston" from Eliot Norton Theater Awards

M.F.A., Poetry - New England College