IN A NUTSHELL
For over 10 years, nationally recognized performance artist, Lady Caress has dedicated her life to the art of communication as both a poet and public speaker. With a Master of Fine Arts in Performance from Arizona State University, she has designed and executed public speaking and performance workshops across the country. Featured on PBS and NPR, Lady Caress crafts her message of empowerment, social justice and cultural awareness through compelling live performances and video. She has toured over 150 colleges and universities with her solo show and was awarded the 2017 Campus Activities Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her unique set of comedy, music, beatboxing and theatrics has led to commissioned work for the National Multicultural Women’s Conference, The Blaque Resource Network, YMCA and several other national youth programming organizations. Seen on BET at the 365 Black Awards and Season 4 of Verses and Flow on TvOne, Lady Caress is truly a dynamic performer.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013-Present Currently Touring over 150 Colleges with solo beatbox poetry show, Lady Caress, Neon Entertainment
2021 Sound Designer and host for Shakespeare in the Park for the City of Goodyear. Goodyear, AZ
2021 Headliner for the Phoenix International Heritage Festival
2018 Young Black Organizer Project - George Washington Carver Museum. Phoenix, AZ
2017 Lost Lake Festival- Steele Indian School Park. Phoenix AZ
2016 In The Words of a Sistah- Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Dallas, TX
2015 Keynote Speaker Free the Streets Teen Summit - Tommie M. Allen Recreation Center. Dallas, TX
2014 Bus Boys and Poets Solo Tour- Washington D.C
COLLABORATIONS
2020 Follow Your Lead, Sports Commercial ASU and Lemon Andersen, Tempe, AZ
2020 National Accelerator Promo Video ASU, Tempe, AZ
2019 Spark at Dark in collaboration with Daniel Bernard Roumain and DBR Lab- Mesa Arts Center. Mesa AZ
2019 Daniel Bernard Roumain and DBR LAB National Sawdust- Brooklyn, NY
2019 ASU Gammage Theater MLK Breakfast in collaboration with Daniel Bernard Roumain. Phoenix, AZ
2019 Video Project “Empires” in collaboration with young classical music composer Adele Brooks. Phoenix, AZ
TV/VIDEO WORK
2021-Present Co-host for “Break it Down” segment on Arizona PBS
2020 Arizona PBS “Horizon” Interview with Lady Caress
2020 Be Kind Fundraising Live Video Event during Covid 19 (Teleprompter)
2019 ASU School of Sustainability Values Training Videos (Teleprompter)
2014 Lexus Verses and Flow on TvOne- Featured Performance Poet
2014 365 Black Awards on BET- Featured Presenter
COMMISSIONED WORKS
2021 National Gallery Collaboration with Daniel Bernard Roumain & American Gothic
2021 Arizona Opera Vegas Artist Tribute
2020 Culture Surge Center for Cultural Power Election Call To Action Video
2020 100% Cotton, Arizona PBS Black History Poem- Phoenix AZ
2019 Multicultural Women's National Conference- Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
2019 Celebrate Eastlake- Sleeveless Acts, East lake Park. Phoenix, AZ
2019 Video for the Arizona State University National Accelerator Program. Tempe, AZ
2019 Phoenix 400th Anniversary of Slavery Commemoration- First Institutional Baptist Church Phoenix, AZ
2019 The Seven, A theatrical presentation detailing Good Friday, First Institutional Baptist Church. Phoenix, AZ
2018 Created Spoken Word piece entitled Democracy for ASU Online Course. Tempe, AZ
2018 Performance Panel, From Hip Hop to Policy Making with Jeff Chang, Civic Space Park, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Multicultural Women's Conference Fashion Show- Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
HOSTING/EMCEE
2019 Ted Ex ASU- Gammage Theater. Tempe, AZ
2019 Be Kind Fundraiser Full Circle
2019 Madison Center for the Arts. Phoenix, AZ
2019 and 2016 National Association for the Advancement of Campus Activities NACA National Conference
2019 ASU 2020 Fundraiser- ASU Gammage Theatre. Tempe AZ
2018 Louder Than A Bomb Youth Poetry Slam (Mesa Arts Center)
2018 Urban Sol- Community showcase highlighting various areas of hip hop culture- Arizona State University