The Spoken Word Almanac Project Returns To NYC

The Spoken Word Almanac Project is back. The Spoken Word Almanac Project (S.W.A.P.) is a poetry and media extravaganza that highlights, recaps and responds to news stories from the entire year, giving the audience a time-line of reverie that is sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic and always entertaining.

Written by an impressive cast of the nation's top performance poets, including New York City Poetry Slam Champions, published writers and HBO Def Poets, these S.W.A.P. artists collaborate all year long to write fresh material that can be described as "The Daily Show meets Def Poetry Jam". The familiar content combined with a variety of poetry styles gives the performance a universal appeal that will inspire audience members to continue the discussion long after the curtain falls.

The Spoken Word Almanac Project was created by Darian Dauchan (Broadway's Twentieth Century, Nuyorican National Poetry Slam Team 2006, Nickelodeon’s Bet The House) in 2008 and has been growing in success each year. After opening at the Stella Adler Studio in 2008 and continuing to grow, last year's show opened at The Tank on 45th St in New York's esteemed Theatre District eventually selling out the last two shows. This year the performance will find itself at home in the world famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe on December 15-17, 2011 at 7pm. For the 2011 year, the S.W.A.P. crew has tapped award-winning director, Leah Bonvissuto, whose work has been seen at the Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater, The Snapple Theater and FringeNYC.

Co-produced by the dynamic actor, Malcolm Barrett from ABC’s Better off Ted, award winning movies American Violet and The Hurt Locker and a former Nuyorican Slam team member himself, S.W.A.P. not only features news in poetry, but it also brings an innovative media display that weaves graphics, photography and sometimes video with each performance.

Riding the energy of a July 28th preview performance at the well known venue, 92YTribeca, the show will feature a fresh and exciting look into 2011's most interesting news stories; a year in review from a poets point of view!

This show is being produced by DDNMB Productions. If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Darian Dauchan, please call Darian Dauchan at (347)453-5509 or e-mail Darian at darianperforms@gmail.com

S.W.A.P. Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbkxA6fvLrI

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http://www.facebook.com/swappoetry