Patti Smith: Songs and Stories is a featured performance within the Dodge Poetry Festival, North America's largest poetry festival, produced by NJPAC and returning to Newark October 15–17, 2026. Known as the "punk poet laureate," Patti Smith performs alongside an array of poets including U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Pulitzer Prize winner Tyehimba Jess, and best-selling poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo. The festival, headquartered at NJPAC since 2010, emphasizes poetry as a performing art and a tool for social justice advocacy, pairing poets with musicians and other performing artists across three days of events.
Cast and Creative Team for Patti Smith: Songs and Stories at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
Cast
Arthur Sze
Ensemble
Terrance Hayes
Ensemble
Patti Smith
Ensemble
Elizabeth Acevedo
Ensemble
Tyehimba Jess
Ensemble
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Ensemble
Stephanie Burt
Ensemble
Anthony Cody
Ensemble
Meg Day
Ensemble
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Ensemble
Adrian Matejka
Ensemble
Carol Moldaw
Ensemble
Aja Monet
Ensemble
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Ensemble
Naomi Shihab Nye
Ensemble
Evie Shockley
Ensemble
Danez Smith
Ensemble
Frank X Walker
Ensemble
Michael Wiegers
Ensemble
Creative Team
David Rodriguez
Executive Producer, Executive Vice President
Ysabel Y. Gonzalez
Producer, Poetry and Social Impact
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Producer
NJPAC
Producer
Angela Thomas
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