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NPR calls award-winning storyteller Slash Coleman, “Extremely provocative
and entertaining,” and WGBH Boston says, “Slash has the power to change
the way people think.”
Best known for his PBS special and Off-Broadway one man show, “The Neon
Man and Me,” award winning storyteller, Slash Coleman, has also been
featured as an Exchange Place Teller at the 2009 National Storytelling
Festival, the 2008 Oral History Performance Conference at Columbia
and entertaining,” and WGBH Boston says, “Slash has the power to change
the way people think.”
Best known for his PBS special and Off-Broadway one man show, “The Neon
Man and Me,” award winning storyteller, Slash Coleman, has also been
featured as an Exchange Place Teller at the 2009 National Storytelling
Festival, the 2008 Oral History Performance Conference at Columbia
Slash Colemans Bio
University and at LANES. Slash is also the creator of the acclaimed two-part class for artists entitled “Make More Money with Your Art.” As
a result, he’s been featured nationally at dozens of universities, conferences, community art organizations and most recently in the NPR
series, “How Artists Make Money.”
Descended from a grandfather who was a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, a grandmother who was a painter, and a father who is a prolific
sculptor, Slash draws much of his material from being raised by an offbeat, creative family. Often addressing the outright humor of being
raised Jewish in the south by family of immigrants, his stories also speak of the profound cultural challenges he’s experienced and the
inspiration he continues to draw from his own mother who is a Holocaust survivor. With a personal history steeped in a duality of
skepticism and faith, discouragement and hope, his fresh, Generation X perspective and distinctive voice have been a welcome addition
to the storytelling world.
Slash currently lives in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia where he continues to write and develop material for the stage, film and TV.
a result, he’s been featured nationally at dozens of universities, conferences, community art organizations and most recently in the NPR
series, “How Artists Make Money.”
Descended from a grandfather who was a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, a grandmother who was a painter, and a father who is a prolific
sculptor, Slash draws much of his material from being raised by an offbeat, creative family. Often addressing the outright humor of being
raised Jewish in the south by family of immigrants, his stories also speak of the profound cultural challenges he’s experienced and the
inspiration he continues to draw from his own mother who is a Holocaust survivor. With a personal history steeped in a duality of
skepticism and faith, discouragement and hope, his fresh, Generation X perspective and distinctive voice have been a welcome addition
to the storytelling world.
Slash currently lives in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia where he continues to write and develop material for the stage, film and TV.
Honors include the 2005 Groucho for Best
One Man Show by ComedySportz Improv
Theatre and the 2006 Top 40 Under 40
Award by Style Weekly. Last year, for his
philanthropic contributions to his
Richmond, VA community, (with funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts,
Coleman’s unique productions have
helped raise nearly $80,000 for non-profits
to date), Coleman was a finalist for the
2008 Virginia Governor’s Award in the Arts.
One Man Show by ComedySportz Improv
Theatre and the 2006 Top 40 Under 40
Award by Style Weekly. Last year, for his
philanthropic contributions to his
Richmond, VA community, (with funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts,
Coleman’s unique productions have
helped raise nearly $80,000 for non-profits
to date), Coleman was a finalist for the
2008 Virginia Governor’s Award in the Arts.
CONFERENCES: National Storytelling Festival(Exchange
Place), Oral History Performance Conference, LANES.
ARTS FESTIVALS: Roanoke Arts Festival, North Charleston
Arts Festival, Capital Fringe Festival. NON-PROFITS:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Young Audiences of Virginia,
Jewish Community Center. UNIVERSITIES: Columbia
University, Radford University, Virginia Tech. THEATRES:
Teatro La Tea (Off-Broadway), Mill Mountain Theatre,
Barksdale Theatre. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Franklin County
High School, Open High School, Moody Middle School.
LIBRARIES: Richmond Public Library, Midlothian Library,
Loudon County Library. ....and hundreds more.
Place), Oral History Performance Conference, LANES.
ARTS FESTIVALS: Roanoke Arts Festival, North Charleston
Arts Festival, Capital Fringe Festival. NON-PROFITS:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Young Audiences of Virginia,
Jewish Community Center. UNIVERSITIES: Columbia
University, Radford University, Virginia Tech. THEATRES:
Teatro La Tea (Off-Broadway), Mill Mountain Theatre,
Barksdale Theatre. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Franklin County
High School, Open High School, Moody Middle School.
LIBRARIES: Richmond Public Library, Midlothian Library,
Loudon County Library. ....and hundreds more.
