MARC SMITH (SO WHAT!)
Slampapi

the founder of the Poetry Slam

slampapi@slampapi.com

773-728-4616

Marc Kelly Smith is available for booking for the following:

Performing the classic poems of Sandburg, Frost, Cummings, Baudelaire, Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Edna St. Vicent Millay (just to name a few in his repertoire of over three hundred classic poems) along with original poems and monologues from his book Crowdpleaser and CDs Steel Wheels, By Someone’s Good Grace, It’s About Time, & Quarters in the Juke Box.

SANDBURG TO SMITH -- a musical adaptation of Carl’s Sandburg’s works performed in concert with the Rootabaga Band.

Conducting workshops on performance poetry and public speaking.

Lecturing on the birth of slam poetry and its evolution into a worldwide social/literary movement used as tool to build audiences, educate students, and create volunteer communities of organizers and activists dedicated to the arts and the free voice of the People.

Performing with a musical quartet interlacing jazz, rock, folk, country, and classical composition with original and classic poetry.

THE UPTOWN POETRY SLAM EXPERIENCE -- an ensemble of poets and musicians re-creating the Green Mill Uptown Slam in your own backyard.

THE SPEAK’EASY ENSEMBLE – Chicago’s highly innovative and entertaining performance poetry troupe combining improv, music, theater, and verse into an interactive poetic experience.

Designing and staging custom-made performance poetry events to fit your programming and festival needs without busting a hole in your budget.