Steve Colman

Steve Colman is a poet, writer, performer, and director. He co-wrote and co-starred in "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway." Def Poetry won a Tony Award in 2003 in the Best Special Theatrical Event category. A long-time creative collaborator with his wife Sarah Jones, he co-conceived and assistant directed Jones’s Tony Award-winning show Bridge and Tunnel. His theater work and collaborations with Jones have also garnered two Drama Desk nominations, an Obie, a Theater World Award, and a Helen Hayes Award. Colman began his poetry career at the Nuyorican Poets Café on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He won the National Poetry Slam championship as a member of the Nuyorican Poets Café slam team and also received the Café's Fresh Poet Award. Colman co-authored Burning Down the House (SoftSkull Press), and Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and More (Atria Books). Colman is a graduate of Macalester College (BA) and Case Western Reserve University (MA).

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