Carl Hancock Rux is an award-winning American poet, dramatist, librettist, novelist, essayist, recording artist, curator, theater director, radio journalist, visual artist, and social activist. Mr. Rux is Co-Artistic Director of Mabou Mines(an award-winning New York City-based experimental mixed media art company founded in 1970 by Lee Breuer, Ruth Maleczech, JoAnne Akalaitis, and Philip Glass, among others ); Associate Artistic Director/Mellon Foundation Curator in Residence of Harlem Stage The Gate House; resident artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; frequently works with The Billie Holiday Theater, (recipient of the 2021 National Medal of Arts); and he is the multidisciplinary editor of The Mass. Review (recipient of 2021 Whiting Award Magazine Prize). He is the author of the collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta, the novel, Asphalt, and the OBIE award-winning play Talk; and is a noted musician, having recorded several albums since the release of his critically acclaimed debut, "Rux Revue" on Sony/550, exploring combinations of poetry, soul, rock, hip-hop, jazz, and folk blues. His mixed media works have been included in the Uptown Triennale at the Wallach Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, and London's Serpentine Gallery. Mr. Rux also has the distinct honor of having created the lead role in The Temptation of St. Anthony (directed by Robert Wilson and composed by Bernice Johnson Reagon), the first all-African-American opera to premiere at the Paris Opera. Source: Wikipedia (en)