Author: Lois Moses
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Lois Moses, Esquire
Biography

Lois Moses is a native of Philadelphia. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, a law degree from Temple University and is a graduate of LaSalle University’s Master’s program in Clinical Psychology.  

As an actress, Mrs. Moses has toured and performed extensively throughout the United States with Kuntu Repertory Theater in Pittsburgh and the National Black Author’s Tour in Philadelphia. In addition to performing an off-Broadway run of Lady of Fadima, Moses has been an Acting Instructor and Playwright/Director at Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia, PA.  As a member of the acclaimed Actor’s Studio, since 1990, Lois has studied under actors such as Martin Landau and Shelly Winters.

As a performance artist and poet, she has self-published and three collections of poetry entitled, Not Just Another…Black/Woman, Missing Pages… (Women Behind the Glass Door), A Timely Trinity and a Self-titled spoken word CD. Her work speaks to and highlights the history of African women’s journeys to/experiences in/and stories of America.  Using her theatrical, musical and dance background, Lois creatively combines these various art forms to produce a powerful medium of performance art.  She has performed with nationally reknown poets/artists/musicians such as Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Dr.  Kimmika L. H.  Williams, Regie Gibson, and Jill Scott to mention a few. As an outreach/extension of her poetry, Moses conducts motivational workshops for women  and men, geared toward addressing the necessity of healing and self-evaluation.  

She is an award winning filmmaker for her short film titled, “And They Jumped Into the Water…Some” and has been touring at colleges and presenting workshops with her acclaimed Multi-media Performance Piece, “Say That He Had More Than a Dream…” (this piece chronicles the last years of Martin Luther King’s life after his infamous “Riverside Speech in 1968) and her Woman to Woman  Conversation, “Beyond Sound and Fury…Sacrifice as the True Poetic Voice”, which includes her Poetry and a Multi-Media presentation.

Website: www.loismoses.com

Email: loismoses@yahoo.com

Phone: 215-681-7431