It’s KAOZ!

Kevin “Kaoz” Moore is a native Clevelander and an award winning writer, actor, poet and educator. Kevin began his career in the arts at the tender age of 8.  The dawn of Kevin’s spoken word performance career came in 1998, where after two spits at the Humidor, he was on his way to spoken word royalty as part of Black Poetic Society, a local but nationally recognized performance ensemble and Evolutionary Writer’s Theatre. The Videographer’s Association of America’s Award of Distinction in Creative Writing belonged to Kevin in 2002 for an anti-Tobacco spoken word piece entitled “Venom”.

Kaoz represented Cleveland Ohio in the 2002 and 2003 National Poetry Slam competitions in Minneapolis, MN and Chicago, IL, self-published a chapbook of poetry entitled “The Y2Kaoz Project”, and has independently released Project Mayhem Vol 1.5 a spoken word/ hip-hop mix tape. In 2004 Kaoz made his playwriting debut with “Baba King” at the Ohio Theater. Also to his playwriting credits is Unseen: The Book Of Job which premiered at the Cleveland Playhouse and Voices: The Rhythm of Me at Cleveland State University Factory Theater.

Kevin currently resides in Minneapolis/St Paul Minnesota and manages the HIV/Health Education program for Pillsbury United Communities. In December 2006, Kevin initiated an annual World AIDS Day observance event called Silence Equals Suicide – a showcase of local spoken word artists performing original works centered around HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention messages.  Kevin received the National AIDS Education Services for Minorities (NAESM) Award of Excellence in Youth Leadership in 2007. Kevin joined “The T-Spot” In 2007; a multimedia comedic improv ensemble at Bryant Lake Bowl theater in Minneapolis, MN.  He also joined the Breaking Ice ensemble at the Pillsbury House Theater company in 2008 and was featured in and co-wrote the piece entitled “OTHER”.

In 2009 Kevin joined the Chicago Ave Project for Pillsbury House, which is a mentorship/life skills program that pairs professional actors with aspiring youth actors.  Kaoz is also a featured artist on Eddy J. Free’s “MadCity 2010” compilation album released May 25, 2010. Proceeds from that album go towards the Keep a Child Alive foundation, which is sponsored by Alicia Keys and provides medication to children in Africa and India living with HIV/AIDS. The Tyler Durden EP (released summer 2010) marks Kevin Kaoz Moore’s sophomore solo music/spoken word effort. He also is planning on releasing a full length album “The Intervention” early 2011.  For bookings and additional info, contact him at kaoz@kaozonline.com, or kaoz612@yahoo.com

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