Abstract
In recent years, the delivery techniques and narrative structure of performance poetry, or spoken word, have infiltrated contemporary theatre, particularly in the works of black and Latino playwrights. This fruitful merging of performance poetry with theatre has its roots in the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement and, more recently, a new home at the Nuyorican Poets Café and at New York's Universes. In Yellowman, playwright Dael Orlandersmith, a performance poet, employs this tradition of rhythmic style and presentational delivery of spoken word. Previous productions earned the play consideration as a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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