M. COCHISE ANDERSON (Chickasaw/Choctaw) is an actor, poet, spoken word performance artist, playwright, storyteller, educator and musician. Cochise studied at Portland (OR) State University and at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. His full-length play, "Braided Lives," was read last fall as part of the Raw Stages Festival at The Great American History Theatre in St. Paul, MN. Cochise received the Jerome Fellowship for playwriting, “The Education of Benjamin Franklin” and the Bush Artist Fellowship for Storytelling/ Performance Art, “The Only Good Poet is a Read Poet”. As an award-winning playwright he has extended his craft by initiating a creative writing/spoken word theater for young Native students in the Twin Cities area. Cochise has been the instructor for The Penumbra Theatre's Summer Youth Institute and he has worked as a Native American cultural arts educator for the past seventeen years throughout the country. From elementary schools to colleges and national cultural institutions he has developed a variety of curriculums and programs to entertain and educate all people about the beauty and struggle of Native America. Cochise’s CD “The Kemosabe Therapy” an eclectic ensemble of "word songs", traditional music and contemporary beats was nominated for the 2005 Indian Summer Music Awards in the category of Spoken Word. As well, he has performed at The National Museum of the American Indian twice and The Open House Arts Festival at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. He has also been a repeat performer at the Lincoln Center Outdoors Series in New York City. Cochise, an accomplished professional actor, has appeared in off-off Broadway and regional productions as well as Film and Television. He founded and was the artistic director of Chuka Lokoli ("Community"), Native American Theatre Ensemble in NY with The Ensemble Studio Theatre. His acting credits include: (TV) The Cosby Show, Homicide: Life On The Streets, (Film) Daughters of The Dust, Bill's Gun Shop, and (Theatre) “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Great American History Theatre, St. Paul, MN; and he originated the title role of “The Independence of Eddie Rose”, Seattle Group Theatre. He just completed a national tour playing Stevie Jackson in William S. Yellowrobe’s play “Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers” at Penumbra Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company. Cochise dedicates his work in loving memory to his father and mother, Gilbert and Juanita Anderson, practitioners of unconditional love, inspiring visions and dreams. www.Cochise-Okcha-a.com

Poet

Bio
Methods Of Mass Deception