Beau Sia

Beau Sia is a Tony Awardwinning slam poet Born to Chinese immigrants from the Philippines in Ohio and raised in Oklahoma City he moved to New York City for college earning a BFA from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts In New York he began performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe which led to his joining the 1996 Nuyorican National Poetry Slam team and being featured in the influential slam poetry documentary SlamNation Sia is a twotime National Poetry Slam champion and the author of Well Played 2020 The Undisputed Greatest Writer of All Time 2010 and A Night Without Armor II The Revenge 1998 a satiric response to Jewels poetry collection A Night Without Armor 1999 Sias poetry and performances often challenge Asian American stereotypes Sias work has been anthologized in How to Make a Living as a Poet 2005 Poetry Slam The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry 2000 and Poetry Nation The North American Anthology of Fusion Poetry 1998 among other collections He has appeared in films including Rachel Getting Married 2008 Hitch 2005 and The Manchurian Candidate 2004 and appeared on Broadway in Def Poetry Jam 2003 for which he won a Tony Award Sias work has been covered by publications including Saloncom and the New York Daily News He has performed all over the world and facilitated workshops for Urban Word NYC and Youth Speaks He lives in Los Angeles California