Slam Theatre 2025

*Slam Theatre is a great outdoor American variety show taking place on Thurs. July 24, at 6 p.m. outside Boston City Hall on top of the rooftop of the Civic Pavilion. Come experience a multidisciplinary theatrical performance featuring several 10-minute play performances, written by up and coming Boston playwrights Monica Jimenez, Faith Verrill and more. A 10-minute multi media dance performance by artist Flor Delgadillo. During and in between the plays, some of Massachusetts' finest spoken word and story slammers, such as Massachusetts’ Poet Laureate Regie Gibson and Boston’s Poet Laureate Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah, will recite poems and true stories while being accompanied by live improvisational jazz by The Blake Newman Group. Themes of the evening will touch upon love, friendship, what does it mean to be American and more. You do not want to miss a second of this experimental multidisciplinary art event!

Prepare yourself to watch:

• Happy Thanksgiving by Monica Jimenez and performed by Constance Cifelli as Daughter Turkey, Olivia Giroux-Galpin as Mother Turkey, Jamaal Eversley as Father Turkey and Aurora Lee as Annabelline
• Where is Faith? by Faith Verrill and performed by Darline Harris as Charity, Jamila Batts Capitman as Hope, and Heath Verrill as Christian
• Kindness by BeAirDrum Seabrooks and performed by Alex Leondedis as Warton, Vincent Siders as Angel and Kym Darby as A.I. 911 Dispatcher
• THR3DS by Jamie Lin, kathy lebron and Alexandria Nunweiler and performed and produced by Company One
• 10 minute multimedia dance performance by Flor Delgadillo.
• Spoken Word performed by Massachusetts' Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Boston’s Poet Laureate Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and more!
• Stand Up Comedy by Madhuri Raju
• Live interactive art piece by SKRIBBLES
• Live improv musical scoring by The Blake Newman Group
• Dance tunes and cast party spun by DJ Juelz
• Hosted by Uncle Jam

*Slam Theatre is a pay what you can event starting at $0. All proceeds will be split amongst all of the performers in the show that night! Thank you in advance for your support and generous donation. Those who donate will be invited the day of to a guided meditation to inspire grounding and gratitude before the performance led by mindfulness coach, Jessi Rosinski. Slam Theatre is sponsored by Boston's Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, Boston's Mayor's Office of Women’s Advancement, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, blackyard, WERS, WBUR, The Wandering Stage and more to come.

**Some poems and plays will have STRONG LANGUAGE. Parental Advisory is recommended for Slam Theatre.

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