Journalism in Rhyme: Poets Bring News Media in Style

Online, November 28, 2010 (Newswire.com) - A Poet steps out onto the stage carrying a newspaper and reads aloud the headline that appears on the screen behind him, "McCain says 'In the 21st century nations do NOT invade other nations". He turns to the audience, does a double take, and quips, "REALLY?!" And walks off as the audience erupts with laughter. This cut is a one liner from a burgeoning show that delivers your journalism, news and media on stage in free verse.

Welcome to The Spoken Word Almanac Project.

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 a group of New York City's finest performance poets containing 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 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 growing into the 78th Street Theatre Lab, this year the performance will be at The Tank on 45th St., December 9-11, 2010 at 8pm. For the 2010 year, the S.W.A.P. crew has tapped veteran Off-Broadway director, Margaret Perry, (Painting Churches - 2007 DayTony Award Winner) to mount the production.

Co-produced by the dynamic actor, Malcolm Barrett from ABC's Better off Ted, indie film American Violet, the Academy Award winning movies The Hurt Locker and a former Nuyorican Slam team member, 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 10th Preview performance to a packed house at the Bowery Poetry Club, the show will feature a fresh and exciting look into 2010'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 [email protected]

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

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