Marlee Alcina performs a crankie inspired by her inner child she met in a dream. This performance at the Weeksville Heritage Center was a part of a book launch event for “Pretty Little Brick: Rituals of Rage, Safety and Pleasure.” This book project was funded through the MET museum’s Civic Practice Partnership in 2024.
Marlee Alcina reads an excerpt from her in-progress manuscript “Dear Sister Audre” as a part of her final presentation for her New York State Council on the Arts grant.
Marlee Alcina reads her essay, “Kissing my Queer Doula” for a Queer To Tell: A Storytelling Series at Ginger’s bar in February 2025.
Marlee Alcina performs a crankie inspired by a poem she wrote that her friend, Roxy Jordan, turned into a song. This performance was part of a showcase organized by Marlee Alcina and Ali Dineen at the Owl Music Parlor in 2019.
Marlee Alcina performs her poem “Guilt Sleeping” from her chapbook, “Mommy Issues: Love Poems for the Fragile, Queer, Heart” with musical accompaniment from the Fada Band at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn in March 2025.
Marlee Alcina performs an act as part of Bread and Puppet Theater’s circus in December, 2021 at Theater for the New City. This act was written and directed by Marlee in collaboration with Peter Schumann and other members in the company. The act is inspired by the Tulsa race massacre that occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921.