Regie Gibson

Regie Gibson, has lectured & performed widely in the U.S., Cuba & Europe. Representing the U.S. in Italy, Regie competed for & received both the Absolute Poetry Award in Monfalcone & The Europa in Versi Award in LaGuardia di Como. He’s a Brother Thomas Fellow & has received two Live Arts Boston Grants to develop his first play, The Juke: A Blues Bacchae. Regie has served as consultant for the NEA’s “How Art Works” commission & the “Mere Distinction of Color”: a permanent exhibit at James Madison’s Montpelier home. He’s creator of The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy— a theatrical, literary-concert focusing on the life & works of William Shakespeare & is the Artistic Director of Arts for Social Cohesion—a social transformation organization using arts and pedagogy to strengthen relationships within and between communities. He teaches at Berklee College of Music & Clark University & is the Inaugural Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.