"Gunpowder Money"
Gypsee Yo (Jonida Beqo)
http://gypseeyo.wordpress.com/about/
"She blew the place away. We've had standing ovations before but never in the middle of the performance."
Robert Gunn, "Savannah Creative Loafiing"
Gypsee Yo (Jonida Beqo)
http://gypseeyo.wordpress.com/about/
"She blew the place away. We've had standing ovations before but never in the middle of the performance."
Robert Gunn, "Savannah Creative Loafiing"
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The all-new "Snap LIVE! in LA." From the Nokia Theater at LA Live! It's an amazing evening of phenomenal storytelling brought to you in partnership with KPCC. Storytelling with a beat, from NPR and PRX.
My Favorite Pants
In middle school everyone knows Mike's secret. Mike wears a diaper. But no one has ever seen it. Until a dreaded epidemic strikes his school… "Pantsing."
"Mighty" Mike McGee is an international spoken word artist, writer, performer, speaker, slam poet and comic. McGee is the first slam poet to win both the American National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship and the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship.
Original Music by Alex Mandel performed by Alex Mandel and the Snap Players
Gunpowder Money
As a teenager, Gypsee takes a job dismantling bullets in an Albanian ammunition factory to earn money for a plane ticket to America.
Gypsee Yo (Jonida Beqo) is a native of Albania, currently residing in Atlanta, GA. Her work has been highlighted both in her native country and in the US in television and radio features, including Spoken!, Nashville’s NeoSoul Radio, and Atlanta’s Voice of the Arts.
Original Music by Alex Mandel performed by Alex Mandel and the Snap Players
Turn On The Lights
The monsters of Shane's night terrors tremble in fear of Shane's grandfather until his powers fail.
Shane Koyczan is an award winning Canadian Poet, Author and Performer. He is also a TED Talks speaker. Shane's influential, anti-bullying, To This Day Project video went viral in early 2013 and currently has over 10 million views and counting.
Original music by Alex Mandel performed by Alex Mandel and the Snap Players
Insidious
Shannon is a bank manager that likes to gamble. That's a problem.
Shannon Cason is a Moth GrandSLAM Champion, a Staff Writer for WBEZ’s Paper Machete, and a frequent contributor to NPR’s Snap Judgment.
Original music by Alex Mandel performed by Alex Mandel and the Snap Players
Spartan Hal
Glynn finds a cheap place to spend the summer . . . at a halfway house.
