Performance/Publications
Magenta Giraffe Theatre Co., Detroit 2011 – Mrs. Helseth (Rosmersholm – Henrik Ibsen)- The New Theatre Project, Ypsilanti 2011 – New Play Reading Series
- Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, 2010 – Featured reader with A. Razor.
- Michigan Shakespeare Festival, 2010 – Nurse, Romeo & Juliet; Courtesan, Comedy of Errors
- Stories Books, Los Angeles, 2010 – Interview with Mende Smith can be found here
- Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 2008
- Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC, 2008
- San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival, 1998
Featured with release of publication
- College Music Journal Convention, New York, 1997
- Lollapalooza, 1992, 1994 (publication)
- Festival fur Experimentelle Musik und Literatur, Heidelberg, 1994 Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut
- Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, 1993
Featured with release of publication
- Poetry Slam, 1989-1996
Venues include Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NYC), Cafe Babar (SF), Gorky’s (L.A.), Green Mill (Chicago), Cafe Ueberreck (Berlin), Milky Way (Amsterdam), Albany Theatre/Chats Palace (London)
- Edinburgh International Festival Fringe, 1988
- Al’s National Theatre, Los Angeles (Founding member), 1985-1989
Produced, directed, wrote, performed
- Whodunnit, New York, NY 1983
Production assistant, 5 wk Boston preview, 13 week Broadway run
- Columbia Playwrights Festival, New York, NY 1982
- Ann Arbor Brecht Ensemble (Founding member) 1980-1982
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