Australian born Jade Rosina McCutcheon holds a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She graduated from N.I.D.A. Sydney as a theatre director and has worked as a professional director in Australia and the United States as well as in many Universities. Her publications include books, Awakening the Performing Body, Embodied Consciousness Performance Technologies, Narrative in Performance, chapters in edited, peer reviewed volumes and poetry in Australian magazines. She was awarded a Kay Snow Poetry Prize (Oregon) this year for her poem ‘Fair Art’ and her first chapbook “The River Speaks” will be published by Finishing Line Press later this year. She also had three poems published in Terra Incognita (Bob Hill publishing 2019).

Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts, the Ike Box, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/