Darian Dauchan, an actor and solo performer, embraced the art of Spoken

Word in 2005 and within his first three months had won slams at all three

major poetry venues in New York City including the legendary Nuyorican

Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club and Bar 13. In addition he has competed as

a semifinalist in all three venues, was a member of the 2006 Nuyorican Poetry

Slam Team, was crowned the Grand Slam Champion for Bowery's Urbana

Slam Team which ranked 6th in the nation at the 2007 National Poetry Slam in

Austin, TX, and was a 2008 Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist. He has toured

across the country at poetry venues including the famous Green Mill in

Chicago, and has also performed at colleges that include the prestigious Yale

University and New York University. His popular Obama poem has recieved

over 30,000 views on YouTube and counting. His first spoken word album

entitled Darian Dauchan(Live): The Big Apple Recordings is now available at

PoetCD.com. As an actor he has appeared on Broadway (Twentieth Century,

starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche) and can currently be seen on the TV

show Bet the House on Nickelodeon as "Darian the Sound FX Guy".