BIOGRAPHY

Alexis Caputo is a Florida and New York based Multidisciplined Performance Artist, Poet, Writer & Activist.  Solo projects written and performed include Deconstruction & Deliverance which toured at noteworthy off Broadway theaters in New York (Harlem Theatre Company, Henry Street Settlement/Abron's Art Center & Dixon Place), The Proud Pilgrim debuted at the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center in Corona, New York and Woman of the Drum was presented at the Miami-Dade Cultural Center (Main Library) and Truths Carved from the Belly. Caputo represented Delray Beach, Florida as a member of DADA Slam, a collective of poets who performed at the National Poetry Championships in Madison, Wisconsin 2008.  

Caputo is an invited guest instructor at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College and has served in the post of Cultural Instructor for CAW (Concerned African Women) & YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association).  Teaching Artist Residences are with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in partnership with VSA Arts of Florida, hosted by the University of South Florida.  VSA is an international non-profit organization and affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts based in Washington, D.C.  An important inclusion in Caputo’s work is highlighting the need to incorporate access to the arts for adults and youth with disabilities.  A promoter of literacy, on behalf of the World Literacy Crusade & Girl Power, Caputo directed a youth collective performance for at risk girls and was a cast member of the ensemble production “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery” written by Playwright Shay Youngblood and directed by Miami-Dade County Arts & Culture Icon, Cornelia Dozier.  A benefit production on behalf of the World Literacy Crusade & Girl Power of Miami, Florida debuted at the Byron Carlyle Theatre, Miami Beach, Florida to raise funds for a large scale social, educational and residential complex for women and girls in Miami-Dade County. Caputo is the spearhead and director of PROJECT WITNESS, a non-profit organization purposed to support the arts, cross-cultural exchanges and education. Project Witness is endorsed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Division of Life Skills & Special Projects.

Moving beyond artistic roles Caputo is motivated and challenged by dealing with issues affecting people in real ways to promote social justice.  A primary focus is to serve as a stake holder in ceasing violence against women, bringing to light the plights women face in the private and public realms and violence in its diverse forms.  Performance, activist related work and writing workshops have been on behalf of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, an organization which focuses on Advocacy, Education & Research, The Lotus House an umbrella project under the Sundari Foundation for women in transition and GAP (Girls Advocacy Project) an organization working with incarcerated youth in the Miami-Dade County Juvenile Detention Center.

Cultural Associations, Community Organizations, Libraries, Universities, High Schools, Writer Associations, Cable Access Programs and Radio outlets have featured Caputo.  Caputo's published journalism and writing portfolio are for the news houses: The Tribune & Nassau Guardian (Nassau, Bahamas) Broward Times, Miami New Times & the Miami Times.  An honors scholar and graduate, Caputo's education portfolio is from the Universite de Paris, Sorbonne, Tisch School of the Arts & the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University.