David M. Stamps has been selected as a 2023-24 Artist-in-Residence at The Kennedy Center because of the cultural and social impact of his latest project. It’s a poetry play entitled, “The Black Bullet Dichotomy AKA The BBD.”
The BBD was selected as a finalist in the (AITAF) Arts in the Armed Forces Competition Bridge Award Competition by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel in 2022. It afforded him a three-day writing retreat on Cape Cod where he and Paula workshopped the piece into submission form. Anna O’Donaghue, an Arts Administrator at AITAF, submitted it to REACH OFFICE HOURS Kennedy Center Residency. February 5-9, 2024, Stamps will produce a live-immersive experience of The BBD in Studio J with a live band to fulfill his residency. The BBD was a finalist in The Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit affiliated with The Writers Guild of America, Veterans Writing Program in 2022.
As a Writer/Producer, through his production company, SPOKEN WORLD ENTERTAINMENT, he wrote, produced, performed, and marketed his perennial Spoken Word Film, “The Deadly Ms. Susan Aside.” His latest Spoken Word song, “The Night-Mare” is available on www.spokenworld.xyz.. David has taken classes through (TRU) Theater Resources Unlimited. He has taken The Producer Development and Mentoring Program (PDMP and PDMP PLUS), developed to help self-producing artists to advance in the creative arts. Stamps is the Artist-In-Residence, for Senator Leroy Comrie’s Veterans Advisory Board, in St. Albans, Queens. He performs his poetry at events for Homeless Veterans and fundraisers on the Senator’s behalf. He was also one of the original producers of Def Poetry Jam.
With Poetic Theater Productions:
Open Salon August 2022 presented by Poetic Theater Productions, New York Theatre Workshop, and Fourth Arts Block NYC.