There’s a poem in this show

Something that you may not know about Scott Woldman is that he is a wicked-excellent poetry writer and performer. He’s been a finalist at the National Poetry slam competition as part of Chicago’s National Poetry Slam team, and was a regular at the Greenmill’s weekly poetry slam competition. The Greenmill, by the by, is the birthplace of Slam Poetry.

Early on when writing this show, Scott said this: I'm writing a performance poem right in the middle of the play.

My response: Great. I’ve never done performance poetry. But I’ve always wanted to be in Stomp.

So that’s what we’re working on now. I’ve never been a fan of the Joe Namath approach, but I will say that the poem in the show is currently amazing. The cast is really finding their groove with it.

I’m not saying it’s like Stomp. And I’m not saying that it’s going to make an appearance at the National Poetry Slam. And I’m not saying that one of my actresses will be playing the ukulele while another beat-boxes. But I’m saying, it’s going to be really fun and you won’t want to miss it.