Spoken Word/Open Mic Contest
Thursday, February 21, 2019
8-10 pm
Tabler Black Box Theatre
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Register NowThe Black History Month Spoken Word Open Mic Night is an opportunity for SBU students to showcase their gifts and intellect through spoken word and diverse modes of expression. There is a general theme that we want contestants to focus on, so please read the guidelines. We also encourage those that just want to perform, to also sign up and share their gifts and talents.
Guidelines
Performances must be respectful and under 5 minutes long. Only SBU students currently
enrolled and in good academic standing are eligible to perform. Past winners are
not eligible to compete and past participants must perform a new work this year.
Performers will present their work at Tabler Black Box Theater. Winner will perform
on WUSB 90.1. Formal attire is accepted.
Pieces should focus on the theme of Blackness is Endless: what it means to you. Some
ideas of context could be your identity/intersectionality, political views, cultural,
historical, socioeconomic.
