Poetry Slam At CSULB

University Players from Cal State Long Beach are currently presenting Out Loud Slam Poetry.
It is An original theatrical experience conceived by Joanne Gordon and posse of Slam Poets.


The last show of the CSULB University Players season is Out Loud: Slam Poetry, an original explosion of poetry. (Think jazz that uses words rather than notes.) The piece will run in the re-imagined Players Theatre on the CSULB campus from May 2nd to May 17th.


Gordon, critically lauded for her work with Charles Bukowski’s material in 2005, describes this piece as "Thirty-two undergrads squirting adrenaline at the walls." She goes on to say, "These are authentic voices with a love of the spoken word, infused with a street rhythm and the vernacular of now. These are the faces of the future."


Performances are Tuesday through Thursday at 7 P.M., and Friday and Saturday at 8 P.M, with a matinee on Saturday May 17th at 2 P.M. The Players Theatre is located in the Theatre Arts Building on the south end of the CSULB campus, near 7th Street and West Campus Drive.

Tickets for Out Loud: Slam Poetry are $12-$15. For tickets and subscription information, please call (562) 985-5526 or visit the department website at www.csulb.edu/depts/theatre/.

My Thoughts:

I think that everyone should come out and support the University Players from the theater department because it's not easy creating your own individual poetry. I have personally heard poets from our school's theater department and i thought they were great.