Creative Scholarship / Performances
As a performer, my career has spanned 35 years and I have worked in film, television, theatre, commercials, and print/commercial modeling. Whether creating new works, being a soccer mom for Toyota, singing in a musical, or guest starring in a children's sci-fi series, I have led and continue to lead the life of a professional actor and performing artist. Over the last 10 years my work has been rooted in activism, female empowerment, and border consciousness.
Espinosa, Micha, and Climate Change Theatre Action. Site-specific performance. Nov. 2021, Biodiversity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Espinosa, Micha, Paloma Martinez Cruz, and Prescott College. Virtual Performance of Poetry (invited). September 2021, The pedagogy of La Pocha Nostra/ La Malinche, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, La Pocha Nostra, and Grace Exhibition Space. Trans-national/Cross-Virtual Body Based Performance (invited). June 2020, How to Survive the Apocalypse, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, La Pocha Nostra, and Democracy in America. Bi-national Virtual Performance of Poetry and Inverted Languages (invited). May 2020, 5th Encuentro de Glossolalia, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, and Climate Change Plays. Site-specific performance. Nov. 2019, Biodiversity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and Caliche Productions. Site-specific performance, mass lamentation, and video shoot (invited). Oct. 2019, Where the Border Wall Ends, Sasabe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance, extended voice and spoken word (invited). Sept. 2019, The Enchilada Western, Paseo Festival, Taos City, NM.
Espinosa, Micha. Site-specific performance. Apr. 2018, Bi-National Encuentro (invited-part of nine-day event highlighting struggles of female identified migrants), Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance (invited). Aug. 2018, Glossolalia Festival, Mexico City, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha, and Climate Change Plays. Site-specific performance. Nov. 2017, Biodiversity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance. Aug. 2017, Tucson Modern Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and After Orlando. Site-specific performance (with equity and community actors). Jan. 2017, Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and Mujeres Poderosas. Site-specific performance (invited). Mar. 2016, Casa de la Cultura San Isidro, Lima, Peru.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Monstros en la Frontera.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot. Nov. 2015, Live on Central/Performance in the Borderlands, Phoenix, AZ.[vii]
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Re-Encuentro.” Site-specific performance (invited). Aug. 2015, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha. “Identity Cabaret.” Site-specific performance. Aug. 2015, Voice and Speech Trainers Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Adam and Eve in a Time of War.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot (invited). Feb. 2015, El Festival Internacional de Teatro Carmen, Cuidad de Carmen, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha. “Identity Cabaret.” Site-specific performance. Aug. 2014, Voice and Speech Trainers Conference, London, England.
Espinosa, Micha. “This is Not a Fashion Show.” Site-specific performance, spoken word, and photography shoot. Feb. 2013, Pocha Nostra Salon, Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha. “Taming the Wild Tongue.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot (invited). Aug. 2012, Second Annual Freedom and Focus Conference[vii], Vancouver, BC, Canada.[vii]
Espinosa, Micha. “Vital Voices: Gloria Anzaldua” (spoken word). June 2012. Performance in the Borderlands/Project Humanities, Arizona Latino Arts Council, Phoenix, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, Paloma Martinez Cruz, and Prescott College. Virtual Performance of Poetry (invited). September 2021, The pedagogy of La Pocha Nostra/ La Malinche, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, La Pocha Nostra, and Grace Exhibition Space. Trans-national/Cross-Virtual Body Based Performance (invited). June 2020, How to Survive the Apocalypse, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, La Pocha Nostra, and Democracy in America. Bi-national Virtual Performance of Poetry and Inverted Languages (invited). May 2020, 5th Encuentro de Glossolalia, zoom.
Espinosa, Micha, and Climate Change Plays. Site-specific performance. Nov. 2019, Biodiversity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and Caliche Productions. Site-specific performance, mass lamentation, and video shoot (invited). Oct. 2019, Where the Border Wall Ends, Sasabe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance, extended voice and spoken word (invited). Sept. 2019, The Enchilada Western, Paseo Festival, Taos City, NM.
Espinosa, Micha. Site-specific performance. Apr. 2018, Bi-National Encuentro (invited-part of nine-day event highlighting struggles of female identified migrants), Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance (invited). Aug. 2018, Glossolalia Festival, Mexico City, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha, and Climate Change Plays. Site-specific performance. Nov. 2017, Biodiversity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. Site-specific performance. Aug. 2017, Tucson Modern Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and After Orlando. Site-specific performance (with equity and community actors). Jan. 2017, Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha, and Mujeres Poderosas. Site-specific performance (invited). Mar. 2016, Casa de la Cultura San Isidro, Lima, Peru.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Monstros en la Frontera.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot. Nov. 2015, Live on Central/Performance in the Borderlands, Phoenix, AZ.[vii]
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Re-Encuentro.” Site-specific performance (invited). Aug. 2015, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha. “Identity Cabaret.” Site-specific performance. Aug. 2015, Voice and Speech Trainers Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Espinosa, Micha, and La Pocha Nostra. “Adam and Eve in a Time of War.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot (invited). Feb. 2015, El Festival Internacional de Teatro Carmen, Cuidad de Carmen, Mexico.
Espinosa, Micha. “Identity Cabaret.” Site-specific performance. Aug. 2014, Voice and Speech Trainers Conference, London, England.
Espinosa, Micha. “This is Not a Fashion Show.” Site-specific performance, spoken word, and photography shoot. Feb. 2013, Pocha Nostra Salon, Tucson, AZ.
Espinosa, Micha. “Taming the Wild Tongue.” Site-specific performance, video installation, and photography shoot (invited). Aug. 2012, Second Annual Freedom and Focus Conference[vii], Vancouver, BC, Canada.[vii]
Espinosa, Micha. “Vital Voices: Gloria Anzaldua” (spoken word). June 2012. Performance in the Borderlands/Project Humanities, Arizona Latino Arts Council, Phoenix, AZ.
