• PRODUCTIONS
2002 Season
SMOKIN' WORD's 2003 season was exciting and prolific. We produced a cd, a short film, several theatrical and poetry events, and held our first open call. We began meeting weekly and this is where a lot of our power came from. Our hip-hop play "Sick Rhymes" in the hip-hop theatre festival got a great review and we also began working politcially, connecting with organizations like THAW. Our bigger production schedule required a biger budget so we produced several fundraisers. These big parties were a mix of music, poetry, hip-hop music, artwork and live performance. All performances were donated and we are grateful to belong to such a great community. We donated funds from our last fundraiser to BodyPositive as well!
REPRESENT Fundraiser for "From Brooklyn to Harlem: Upward Movement"
Featuring Harlem 125, Miscellanious Flux, Abby Dobson and her talented guitarist, artists from the CD: King, Indigo, Novel Idea, Phoenix, Jen-I, and Kyana and slam poets Thema Bryant, Mahogany Browne, Baron, Fish, Sydney Stewart, Regie Cabico, Oscar, and Dylekt.
Portion of funds donated to BodyPositive
December 15, 2003 Laila Lounge
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Our Big
Audition held August 16, 2003 was a tremendous success. Thank
you to all who braved post Black-Out NYC in order to make
it. We have already used talent from that audition for film
projects, recording projects, and to reccomend actors and
performers to other companies. Our new database of performers
is now available. Please Contact
us if you need casting reccomendations or send us your headshot,
resume, portfolio, and/or demo to be added to the database.
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As part of
the 4th Annual NYC
Hip-Hop Theatre Festival 2003, Smokin' Word produced the
short play "Sick Rhymes". The event
was scheduled for June 7 and June 10 at the prestigious Performance
Space 122, P.S.
122 150 1st Ave. (at E. 9th St.) in NYC's East Village.
Starring E.J. Serrano, Dennis "Da Menace" White, and directed by Jammie Patton
Thanks to the Hip-hop Theatre Festival and
to all who came out and made Sick Rhymes a success. Read the
GREAT
REVIEW of Sick Rhymes. |
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"Six Hits" a work in progress by C. Alick
Starring Ariel, Anisa Fujah, D Cross, Angela Lewis, Damien Smith, Tanisha Brady Christie, Sound by Andonesia, priduction manager Kyana Brindle, directed by Kamilah Forbes.
April 2 New Perspectives Theatre
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Theatre presents… FLOWETRY
WOMEN/WORDS/ WAR
Female Poets and Musicians
Sunday March 31 8pm
Free buffet, Cash Bar
$10
Curated by Claudia Alick, Artistic Director, Smokin Word
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Monday February 10, 2003 7 p.m. 'till the wee hours. We raised
funds for our next production. For only $5 and whatever else
you wanted to give us, we provided the hosting talents of
the fabulous Harlem 125; Rev. Lee as DJ; live romantic music
performances by Anisa Fujah, The
Onliest, and Jeremy
James "neo-soul" singer, song writer, musician; an excerpt
of "Six Hits" our next production; and, oh yes...
loads of SEXY poetry. Hot erotic poetic competition from Yolanda
Wilkinson, Ainsley Burrows, Vanessa
Hidary, Felice
Bell, D Cross, Mahogany
Browne, Frenchie Davis, Matthue
Roth, ButtaFlySoul, Jade
Banks, PostMidnight,
and other amazing spoken word artists. Poetry, Dancing, and Romancing!
What more could ya want? Filmed by Vivian Wei Lin
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