Mass Transit Muse is a multi-media, genre-blending performance told in rhymed and metered prose with hip hop and vocal songs, movement, and digital images. The story follows an attorney and professional storyteller who returns to post-Katrina New Orleans to oversee the demolition of his childhood home. Shaken by the loss of the last vestige of his childhood, he ventures on a bus ride through the city to reconnect to his roots. A series of humorous, heart-rending, and impactful interactions with bus riders set the stage for his healing through connection with others.
Mass Transit Muse creator and performance lead Michael Molina is an accomplished actor, author, and multi-media performance artist who seasons the earthy experiences he brings from his native New Orleans with the worldly perspective he gained as a graduate of Yale Law School and as a national and international spoken-word performance artist.
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Mass Transit Muse creator and performance lead Michael Molina is an accomplished actor, author, and multi-media performance artist who seasons the earthy experiences he brings from his native New Orleans with the worldly perspective he gained as a graduate of Yale Law School and as a national and international spoken-word performance artist.
Click link for Mass Transit Muse Information Packet or contact [email protected] for more information.
Public Speaking and Presentation
Storytelling and Poetry Performance - Association of Independent Maryland Schools Equity Conference, April 2019
Spoken-Word Performance - Gilman School, March 2019
Cultural Competency Workshop Facilitation - Bryn Mawr School, February 2019
Spoken-Word Performance - Friends School of Baltimore, January 2019
Public Speaking on Race and Culture - Friends School of Baltimore, November 2018
Storytelling -- Stoop Stories at the Columbia Arts Festival., Columbia, MD, July 2018 and October 2018
Political Education Workshop Series-- Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore MD, Fall 2017/Spring 2018
Spoken-Word Performance - Gilman School, March 2019
Cultural Competency Workshop Facilitation - Bryn Mawr School, February 2019
Spoken-Word Performance - Friends School of Baltimore, January 2019
Public Speaking on Race and Culture - Friends School of Baltimore, November 2018
Storytelling -- Stoop Stories at the Columbia Arts Festival., Columbia, MD, July 2018 and October 2018
Political Education Workshop Series-- Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore MD, Fall 2017/Spring 2018
- MLK Convocation Keynote Speaker -- Roland Park Country School, Baltimore MD, January 2017
- Performance -- Critical Educators for Social Justice Gathering, African American Civil War Museum, Washington D.C., April 2016
- "Individual to Collective" Performance and Workshop -- Park School, Baltimore, February 2016
- "Be Encouraged" Performance and Workshop Series -- Garrison Forest School, Baltimore, December - January 2015
- Featured Performance -- Imagining America National Conference, Baltimore, October 2015
- Performance/TalkTalk -- NEXT "Black Lives Matter" Conversation, June 2015
- Performance/Talk -- Clarkston Community Center, December 2014
- Performance/Workshop – University of Johannesburg Department of Education, August 2014
- Featured Performer – NEXT Atlanta Artist Showcase and Dialogue, July 2014
- Be Encouraged Sermon/Talk – First Existentialist Congregation, June 2014
- Mass Transit Muse World Premiere -- 7 Stages Atlanta, May 1-18th 2014
- Radio Performance and Interview -- Moving the Center on WRFG Atlanta, April 2014
- Featured Performer -- Georgia Women for New Directions Real State of the Union, March 2014
- Be Encouraged Workshop - National Geographic Education, Crossing Cultural Borders Documentary Film
- Panelist and Performance - American Studies Association National Conference, San Antonio
- Master of Ceremonies - Featured Performer Dream Reborn Conference, Memphis
- Key Note Address - Regional Forum for Public Education, Guatemala City
- Workshop and Performance - St. Joseph's International School, Kerala, India
- Featured Performer - World Social Forum, Porto Allegre Brazil
- Key Note Address - Tri-National Public Education Conference, Los Angles
- Closing Plenary – British Columbia Federation of Teachers Conference, Vancover B.C.
- Master of Ceremonies - Featured Performer Threshold Foundation Concert, New Orleans
- Master of Ceremonies - Youth for Environmental Sanity Generation of Hope Fundraiser, San Francisco
- Featured performer - 21st Anniversary Gulf Coast Allied Funders Fundraiser, Mississippi
- Featured Performance - San Francisco Noir Black History Gala at Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
- Keynote address - NAACP West Coast Regional Conference, San Diego
- Featured performer - Advancement Project 10th Anniversary Gala, Washington D.C.
- Featured performer and workshop presenter - Georgia National Association of Multi-Cultural Education Conference, Atlanta
- Featured performer - Southern Partners Fund youth gathering, Atlanta
- Featured Author - Charis Books Reading Series, Atlanta
- Featured Poet - Red Star Gallery Poetry Series, New Orleans
- Be Encouraged Workshop – Youth Creates Youth Theatre, Atlanta
- Be Encouraged Workshop – Beyond The Bricks Leadership Institute, Atlanta
- Master of Ceremonies - Finding Our Folk Katrina Survivor event, Houston
- Master of Ceremonies – Katrina Solidarity Work Fundraiser, New Orleans
- Featured Speaker - Theater Communications Group National Convening, Los Angeles
- Guest Instructor - New College Political Science Master’s Program, San Francisco
- Featured Speaker - Bioneers conference, Marin County California