Midwest Poetry Mash-Up (Apr 19 & 20)

Midwest Poetry Mash-Up returns for its second year, bigger and better than ever! Cheer for your favorite poems, sign up to be a judge, or place your winning bets as slam poetry teams compete for fame, glory, and a cash prize! Slam poetry is the art of competitive performance poetry, where we come together to live, laugh (or cry), and put numbers to art. Each poem will be scored by 5 random audience judges, and at the end, a team of champions will be crowned. In this competition of competitions, you’ll see 9 incredible teams go head to head until one team is declared the ultimate winner of the second annual Midwest Poetry Mash-Up! Following sold-out bouts and packed rooms last year, we’ve expanded the competition--you’ll get a chance to see double the poets, double the fame, and double the glory. Get your tickets today before they sell out!

Tickets: $15 for one preliminary bout, $20 for just finals, or a $45 festival pass that will get you into ALL five shows (4 prelims plus finals) Note: there are only 30 festival passes available, so get yours today!

SCHEDULE
Friday, April 19th: Bout A: 6:30 pm, Bout B: 8:30 pm
Saturday, April 20th: Bout C: 1 pm, Bout D: 3 pm, Finals: 7:30 pm

COVID SAFETY Masks are required for all attendees! (Performers are allowed to take their masks off at the mic, but must put them back on when returning to the audience). Thank you for helping to make a safer space for our immuno-compromised friends, competitors, and audience members.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO Some commonly accessed accommodations that Strike offers are as follows: -Strike is wheelchair accessible from the parking lot (then you’ll go down a long hallway and enter through the hallway door). (The front door has about 5-6 steps up) -Wheelchair accessible bathrooms -There are no steps up to the stage or to front row seating -Strike is off of major buslines, including the 10. Parking is available both in the parking lot and residential streets nearby. -The Thorp building that Strike is located in has all-gender bathrooms (it’s a bit of a maze, but we’ll help get you there!) -No strobe lights will be used as part of this show