Alva Rogers

Alva Rogers
Born	1959 (age 57–58) New York City, New York U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Writer Performer Actress
Notable work	Daughters of the Dust School Daze The Doll Plays Band of Susans

Alva Rogers (born 1959) is an American playwright, performer, actor and vocalist. She is known for the use of dolls and puppetry in interdisciplinary work. Rogers performed in the role of Eula Peazant in Julie Dash's film Daughters of the Dust. and was a vocalist in the New York City alternative rock band Band of Susans.

Rogers was born in New York City.

Rogers graduated with a concentration in vocal music from The High School of Music & Art. She has a Bachelor's degree in American History from Marietta College. In 1995, she received an Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theater Writing from New York University. In 1998, she received an Master of Fine Arts in Literary Arts from Brown University, and in 2013, she received an Master of Arts in Teaching with a focus on History from Bard College.

Rogers has been a part of numerous notable artist collaborations. From 1985-1989, she was a member of Rodeo Caldonia, a black women's art collective formed in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene that included fellow artists Lorna Simpson, Chakaia Booker and Sandye Wilson among others. With Lisa Jones, also a member of Rodeo Caldonia, she wrote a series of radio plays--Aunt Aida's Hand (1989), Stained (1991), and Ethnic Cleansing (1993)--for New American Radio on National Public Radio. In 2015 Greg Tate facilitated a panel discussion with Rogers and Lisa Jones about Rodeo Caldonia in the 2011 film Brooklyn Boheme.

During Robert Colescott's 1989 exhibition at the New Museum Rogers was featured in Black to the Future: Alva Rogers in Performance, a public program that unpacked the issues in Colescott's work. The program was curated by Kellie Jones.

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