Written by and starring
Steve Connell

Directed by
Emily Weisberg

The Danger of Being Known looks at the lives of five women and one man who cannot afford to be silent but are about to pay the price for speaking out.

Featuring

Steve Connell, Laura Criswell, Nicole Dionne, Missy Doty, Elizabeth Maxwell, Christina Pellett, and Chloe Snyder

Steve Connell (Playwright/Paul) Steven Connell is an actor, playwright and poet. He won the 2003 National Poetry Slam Championship along with back-to-back Los Angeles Slam Championships. In addition to being a two-time HBO Def Poet, his work has been featured on ABC World News, Good Morning America, MSNBC’s Hardball and others. Private highlights include performing at: Oprah Winfrey’s celebration of Maya Angelou, Quincy Jones Lifetime Achievement Award, the Marion Anderson Gala (honoring Maya Angelou/Norman Lear) as well as special events for Senator Hillary Clinton, (special request: Quincy Jones), and President Barack Obama, (special request: Oprah Winfrey). In addition to creating work for the ACLU, Global Green, the Pasadena Pops, the PEN foundation, and many others, he and partner, Sekou (tha misfit), performed their play no easy choices in the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Their newest play The Word Begins (directed by Robert Egan and developed at OPC) premiered at the Signature Theater garnering 3 Helen Hayes Award nominations (Best Play, Best Writing, Best Acting) in addition to rave reviews. His “riveting” performance in smash one-man show 40 Days earned him Best Solo Performance of 2005 in Los Angeles and he has just completed the highly acclaimed LA run of a collection of his plays entitled Jumping the Median, (produced by Norman Lear). His work as an actor includes roles in various independent films including Blues, The Beat, Another Day in Paradise, Shanghai Kiss as well as television work on DirtySexyMoney and The List (both for ABC). His CD can be purchased off Itunes or at his website: www.stevenconnell.com