Kit Yan, whose shows have been selling out American Repertory Theatre and winning awards, says it’s a challenge. “Director Jessi Hill and I have had a lot of conversations about what is slam poetry and what is theatre. The rules of slam poetry include a microphone, a time limit, no props … all these things you can’t do. Putting slam poetry into a theatre and just taking some of those rules out frees up the story in so many ways.”