Beau Sia

BEAU SIA is a Chinese-American poet from Oklahoma City.  Beau has been featured in the award-winning film Slam and the documentary Slam Nation. As an author, Beau wrote the poetry book, A  Night Without Armor II: The Revenge.  A few of the anthologies his work appears in, include, Def Poetry Jam on Broadway... and more, Why Freedom Matters, and Spoken Word Revolution. Beau has two spoken word CD's, Attack! Attack! Go! and Dope and Wack. He was a recipient of the California Arts Council Writer-in-Residence grant for Youth Speaks in 2001-2002, and was the lead artist for the Creative Work Fund.  Beau has appeared on all seasons of HBO's "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," and has also performed on ESPN's 2000 Winter X-Games, Showtime! at The Apollo, and the 2003 Tony Awards. He is one of the original cast members in Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, a 2003 Special Event Tony Award Winner, and has recently toured with Declare Yourself, a project dedicated to increasing the number of young voters in this past 2004 election.  His one man show, "Fish Out of Water" won the 2004 Jury Prize for Best Alternative Show at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado.