RJ Walker

RJ Walker is a performance poet and voice actor from Salt Lake City, Utah. RJ Has performed at the national poetry slam numerous times, representing Salt Lake City, and Sugar House Utah. At the Individual World Poetry Slam he was a showcased poet on final stage and placed 6th overall at the 2017 Individual world poetry slam. RJ won the NPS Spirit of the Slam award for organizing the first Compliment Deathmatch event. The next year he placed 4th at the National Poetry Slam with the Salt City Unified team. He is a winner of the Button Poetry video contest. He is the host and operator of The Greenhouse Effect Open Mic, SLC’s longest running open mic style event. He is the recipient of grants from Utah Humanities and Utah Arts & Museums. 

Acting, Playwriting, and Games

RJ has narrated over 30 audiobooks and has designed escape rooms and written murder mystery adventures for Mystery Escape Room and Sundance TV. He has written 6 produced plays for Salt Lake Community College, Wasatch Theatre Company, and The Utah Arts Alliance. He is an Irene Ryan nominated actor and an ACTF finalist in playwriting. He is also a runner up for the ACTF devised theatre competition.RJ is currently on the creative team for The Box theatre, and serves as a playwright in residence. He is also the narrative designer for the Dreamscapes immersive experience.  and has designed 3 Alternate Reality Games that take players on adventures through the urban exploration of Salt Lake City.