Morgan Bassichis Explained

Morgan Bassichis
Birth Date:1983
Birth Place:Newton, MA

Morgan Bassichis (born 1983) is an American comedic performer and writer, living and working in New York City.[1]

Early life

Bassichis was born in Newton, MA in 1983.[2] Bassichis actively participated in theater growing up. Their parents were progressive social workers.[3]

They inherited political zeal and musical taste from their mother.[4] After graduating from college, they worked for ten years as an anti-prison activist and educator in San Francisco.[5]

Politics

Bassichis is active in the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.[6]

Artistic practice

Performances

The Musical - the New Museum - (2017)[10]

Grants, residencies, & awards

Writing

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [WORLD PREMIERE] Morgan Bassichis and Ethan Philbrick: Klezmer for Beginners ]. Abrons Arts Center . 2019-04-11 . 2019-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411220242/https://www.abronsartscenter.org/program/world-premiere-morgan-bassichis-klezmer-for-beginners/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Partial View: Whitney Biennial 2019. www.whitney.org. en. 2019-09-24.
  3. News: Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook. Brostoff. Marissa. The Nation. 2019-05-23. 2019-09-24. en-US. 0027-8378. 2019-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719213232/https://www.thenation.com/article/morgan-bassichis-jewish-klezmer-progressive/. dead.
  4. News: Brostoff. Marissa. 2019-05-23. Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook. The Nation. en-US. 2020-07-01. 0027-8378.
  5. News: Brostoff. Marissa. 2019-05-23. Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook. The Nation. en-US. 2020-07-01. 0027-8378.
  6. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/blackjewishalliance/1136296 Black-Jewish Alliance in Conversation: Jewish Radical Futures
  7. Web site: Whitney Museum Announces 2019 Biennial Participants, But One Artist Withdraws. 2019-02-26. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-04-08.
  8. Web site: The Kitchen: Morgan Bassichis: Damned If You Duet . thekitchen.org.
  9. Web site: Morgan Bassichis, Me But Also Everybody (Part IV) (2018) . Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian . en . 2019-04-11 . 2019-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411223245/https://hirshhorn.si.edu/event/morgan-bassichis-me-but-also-everybody-part-iv-2018-2018-07-20/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Morgan Bassichis: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions The Musical, Pt. I . www.newmuseum.org . en.
  11. Web site: Morgan Bassichis and Senior Energy . PICA . en . 2019-04-11 . 2019-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411220239/http://pica.org/event/morgan-bassichis-senior-energy/ . dead .
  12. Web site: MoMA PS1: Greater New York: Morgan Bassichis Me, But Also Everybody! (Part II) : Thursday, December 10, 2015 . momaps1.org . April 11, 2019 . March 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324171853/https://momaps1.org/calendar/view/606 . dead .
  13. Web site: Past Residents . Robert Rauschenberg Foundation . en . 15 October 2014.
  14. Web site: Morgan Bassichis . Art Matters Foundation . en.
  15. Web site: Studio . Familiar . Morgan Bassichis . Movement Research . en . 11 April 2019 . 11 April 2019 . 11 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411220240/https://movementresearch.org/people/morgan-bassichis . dead .
  16. Web site: Rodney. Seph. 2020-10-09. Documenting These Last Few Years In Order to Survive Them. 2021-02-27. Hyperallergic. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2019-06-28. Faggots, Dykes, and Fairies: Welcome to the world of "The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions". 2021-02-27. Interview Magazine. en-US.
  18. https://www.wendyssubway.com/publishing/titles/questions-to-ask-before-your-bat-mitzvah Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah