[4] She moved from Louisiana to New York City in the early 1970s expecting to be a painter, but took up performance art instead.
Champagne is a professor and head of theatre and performance at Purchase College, SUNY.
She also co-created an installation for the New Museum's Art Mall as Social Space show in 1992.
[5] Champagne is the author of one book and also a number of essays, plays and performance texts.
Plays include: Selected awards include: Champagne lives in New York City's West Village with her husband, playwright and director Robert Lyons, and their daughter Amelie.