About this Event
THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.
don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by one of our crew members.
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Workshop Hosted in Person and Online @ 7:00PM
Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:00PM
SHOW STARTS AT 8PM!!!
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Katherine Bahena-Benitez is an actor, writer, filmmaker, and creative director based between California and New York City. Katherine has trained at the American Conservatory Theater, The Juilliard School, Stella Adler, Shakespeare and Company, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, California State University Sacramento and Broadway Advocacy Coalition at Columbia University. She’s performed with New York Stage and Film, Teatro Linea de Sombra, NYU Skirball, La Lengua Teatro, National Queer Theater, La Mama Experimental Theater Club, and Teatro Espejo, among others. Katherine has been featured in Vogue, HipLatina, Remezcla, VoyageLA, Fenty, Brooks, YITTY, and Apostrophe Magazine. Katherine is a Miranda Family Fellow Alumni, a Queer Art Fellow Alumni, a LORT Fellow Kennedy Center Alumni, and a BAX Emergenyc Arts Alumni. Katherine is a recipient of the John Cauble Emerging Producer Leader Award and a Miranda Family Fund Grant recipient. Katherine’s writing has been published with the Latino Book Review, HEROICA, RISD Museum Guild, the International Human Rights Arts Movement, Hermosa Libros, and Arkbound. Katherine is current playwright in residence with La Lengua Teatro at Brava Theater. Original play works include: Jota, Morena, De La Tierra, and Lola Reyes. Short films include Curandera, La Tierra de Sueños and Niñe. For more of her work: Follow on Instagram: @_imjstlivin
Event venue & nearby stays
The Starry Plough Pub, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, United States
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