After a week of nothing but open mic madness, the feature train starts rolling again. And who better to bless the stage than our homeboy and wizard of wicked words, Steve Connell:
STEVE CONNELL is the winner of numerous national and regional slam championships, including the 2002 Hollywood Championship, the 2003 LA Championship, and he holds the honor of being the captain of team LA, winners of the 2003 National Championship. His work has been featured on ABC World News, Good Morning America, MSNBC’s Hardball, HBO’s Def Poetry, Showtime’s Crossover, MTV’s World AIDS Festival, BET’s Lyric Café, Artisan Films’ Belly DVD, Oprah Winfrey’s celebration of Maya Angelou’s 75th birthday and P-Diddy’s Annual White Party. He served as poet and creative director for two national spoken word tours - The Underground Poets Railroad and Norman Lear’s Declare Yourself voter registration initiative, which registered over a million voters. Along with his partner, Sekou (tha Misfit), he was invited by HBO to perform their new work, no easy choice, at the 12th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO. Following that performance, they were commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union and their new play, The Word Begins, (dir. Robert Egan) begins a national run in 2008 at the illustrious Signature Theater in DC. His hit one man show, 40 Days, received rave reviews from the LA Weekly (Pick of the Week) and Backstage West (Critic’s Pick) to name a few and was declared Best Solo Performance of 2005 by Entertainment Today. www.stevenconnell.com
Also, check out Steve's profile/interview on kcet.org, curated by yours truly, the Ratpack to the Slim. It's hella informative!
AND NEXT WEEK, APRIL 30TH: The Battle of Gang Green 07: Who's gonna rep Green at Big Sur? And why have the Green Guys added CASH MONEY PRIZES to the mix? And why is there now ONE WILD CARD SLOT open for anyone who hasn't qualified already??? MORE DETAILS SOON!
AND IN MAY: How about Def Sound, Talaam Acey, and from the Bay Area, Chesko? Yeah, it's gonna be a hot one!
See y'all at the Palmer,
Slim, Jedi, and Joshua.
