I'm a CLUB HEAD head to the day I die. I'm talking flips and dips. I'm soooooo New Jersey!!!!
Filmler
I've been in a few. Nothing major, but I'm not giving up.
Televizyon
I've been on a few shows.... Blind Date (Dude was married), Lisa Durden Show, NJN Spoken Word Cafe', Good Day New York, HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry...
Kitaplar
The Left-Hander's Handbook
Kahramanları
I met this guy once who didn't learn how to read until he was like 30.
Hakkımda: Award winning playwright, actress, poet, Helena D. Lewis is a passionate performer gifted with keen insight. A slam veteran, Ms. Lewis was a Nuyorican Poet's Cafe 2000 semi-finalist and member of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe 2000 National Slam Team, which placed third at the National Poetry Slam in Providence, Rhode Island. Ms. Lewis is also a Soul Cafe 2000 finalist, Hottest Poets MTV Networks 2002 finalist, and winner of the Stephen Sondheim Slam Production at the Public Theater in New York City. Ms. Lewis has performed at numerous universities and colleges across the country including, Cornell University, DePauw University, Princeton University, Kansas State University, Yale University, and has been featured on Good Day New York, NJN News Network Spoken Word Cafe, 98.7 KISS FM, Suburban Essex, Montclair Times and can be seen on the Peabody Award winning series, "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" on HBO. Her one-woman show, "Just Me," an autobiographical work that chronicles her social service work with HIV positive prostitutes and male prisoners, debuted at the 2002 Downtown Urban Theater Festival in New York and has since been performed at the Roar Theater Festival in New York, SpokenWorks Theater Festival in New York, Dixon Place in New York, Rutgers University, Bowery Poetry Club in New York, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Luna Stage in Montclair, New Jersey. Her second one-woman show, "Call Me Crazy," debuted as part of the 2006 Downtown Urban Theater Festival at the legendary Cherry Lane Theater in New York City. In 2004, after a sold-out performance of "Just Me" at the Luna Stage, Ms. Lewis was offered the opportunity to direct and write a series of shows mixing poetry with stand-up comedy and monologues, which she conceived and entitled "More Than Words," for the theater's 2005 season of the series, "Phases." Ms. Lewis most recently worked with Darrin Henson. and Vanessa Williams in "Dreams Do Travel" and is featured in "Art of Resistance" performing her poem "Social Service Blues," which was part of the 2006 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Ms. Lewis performed at the 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Conference along with Wyclef Jean and was chosen to perform along with Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe 30th Anniversary on Broadway at Town Hall. She also co-hosted the 2003 and 2005 Midnight Poetry Jams at the National Black Theater Festival in North Carolina with Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Ms. Lewis has performed Off-Broadway in "Snippets: Which Way To Broadway?" at Primary Stages and performed and wrote for "Snippets" in Connecticut. In addition, she has performed at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) as part of the "Sacred Circle Cafe" in 2005. Ms. Lewis is currently a member of the troupe HerStory, a multi-cultural cast of female performers that is presently touring the United States. She can be seen in the Hip-Hop horror movie, "Golddigger Killer," which won Best Narrative Feature at the Odyssey Awards, "What Goes Around Comes Around," the television pilot for "Freshman Seminar" playing the role of Professor Cassandra Moore, and is a featured artist in "Art of Love & Struggle: Women in Hip-Hop."
Helena D. Lewis @ Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
Helena D. Lewis' Stank Breath Poem featured on HBO's Def Poetry.
Want to see more videos of me performing? Check out my website.
www.hdlpoet.com
Thanks for coming to the show and supporting us although we wished to see you do ya thing.. we've got you for the next one though! :] Let us know about any events you'll be doing in the meantime.. thanks again for joining us. Much love, Real Deal Women
THIS TUESDAY. WHEN, THIS TUESDAY
Psquare_ent Presents
Speechless @ Skippers.
"Speak urself into existance"
Hosted By Rob Hylton, Featuring Droopy,
and Special appearance by D-theschizophrenic. You do
not want to miss it. show also includes cash prize Slam
DJ 360 on the one & twos. you do not want to miss it...
Speechless @ the Chronicles invites you to come and celebrate our first show of the year with us. Including two amazing features,(Uninvited & Najla) one Open Mic, a Slam & two incredible Host(Rob Hylton & Crossw)
15 s essex ave in orange Nj. 07050 right off of main st. Show start @ 8pm. $10 at the door. $8 in advance.
Helena! Great finally meeting you I had a ball @ Verses with ya'll. You were all very hospitable if you're ever in the A let me know and let me know how the one woman show goes.
