| © Slash Coleman 2012 |
NPR calls award-winning writer/performer 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,” over the past decade Slash's work has been featured in The
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,” over the past decade Slash's work has been featured in The
Honors include the 2005 Groucho Award
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 $100,000 for non-
profits to date), Coleman was a finalist for
the 2010 Cabot Community Challenge and
the 2008 Virginia Governor’s Award in the
Arts.
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 $100,000 for non-
profits to date), Coleman was a finalist for
the 2010 Cabot Community Challenge and
the 2008 Virginia Governor’s Award in the
Arts.
THEATRES: Teatro La Tea (Off-Broadway), UNDER St. Marks,
Mill Mountain Theatre FESTIVALS: Pete Seeger's Clearwater
Festival, Fertile Ground Festival, Roanoke Arts Festival, North
Charleston Arts Festival, Capital Fringe Festival ARTS &
MUSIC NON-PROFITS: National Holocaust Museum, Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Young Audiences of Virginia
UNIVERSITIES: Columbia University, Radford University,
Virginia Tech, James Madison University STORYTELLING
FESTIVALS: National Storytelling Festival, International
Storytelling Center, Gimistory Cayman Islands International
Cultural Festival, LANES, Stone Soup, LA Storytelling Festival,
Lower Brandywine Storytelling Festival CONFERENCES: Oral
History Performance Conference, Timpanogos Storytelling
Conference, National Storytelling Conference
Mill Mountain Theatre FESTIVALS: Pete Seeger's Clearwater
Festival, Fertile Ground Festival, Roanoke Arts Festival, North
Charleston Arts Festival, Capital Fringe Festival ARTS &
MUSIC NON-PROFITS: National Holocaust Museum, Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Young Audiences of Virginia
UNIVERSITIES: Columbia University, Radford University,
Virginia Tech, James Madison University STORYTELLING
FESTIVALS: National Storytelling Festival, International
Storytelling Center, Gimistory Cayman Islands International
Cultural Festival, LANES, Stone Soup, LA Storytelling Festival,
Lower Brandywine Storytelling Festival CONFERENCES: Oral
History Performance Conference, Timpanogos Storytelling
Conference, National Storytelling Conference
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Slash Coleman Bio
Washington Post, The New York Times, American Theatre Magazine, Backstage Magazine and most recently on the NPR series, “How
Artists Make Money.” As a performer, he's been featured at: The International Storytelling Center, Pete Seeger’s Clearwater Festival and
The National Storytelling Festival.
Currently at work on his 2nd PBS special which is about the re-birth of storytelling in America, Slash lives in New York City and splits his
time between performing and writing new material for the stage, film, and television. A featured blogger at Psychology Today his recent
writing has appeared in the following anthologies: Unstuck (Voyageur Press, 2011) and Robot Hearts (Pinchback Press, 2010).
Artists Make Money.” As a performer, he's been featured at: The International Storytelling Center, Pete Seeger’s Clearwater Festival and
The National Storytelling Festival.
Currently at work on his 2nd PBS special which is about the re-birth of storytelling in America, Slash lives in New York City and splits his
time between performing and writing new material for the stage, film, and television. A featured blogger at Psychology Today his recent
writing has appeared in the following anthologies: Unstuck (Voyageur Press, 2011) and Robot Hearts (Pinchback Press, 2010).