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One of the most dynamic spoken word artists on the scene, and a noted actress, Sha Cage performs across the US and internationally. She has been appropriately called 'The Priestess of the Word.' A striking mix of spoken word and theatre, her performances have left audiences simultaneously in awe and moved by her words. Not afraid to tackle difficult issues, her writing canvases topics from police brutality, the image of women in hip hop and commitment to community, and is rooted in her rhythms of her native Natchez, Mississippi. Her work has taken her all across the U.S, to South Africa, England, France, The Netherlands, Belgrade and Croatia, Mali, and Canada.
Sha Cage is an multi-disciplinary artist, poet, professional actor and playwright who works administratively with Mama Mosaic Theatre, Trú Rúts Endeavors and The MN Spoken Word Association(MNSWA). She is the lyricist of what the press quotes as "Trú Rúts' sexiest and creation; Dark n Lovely female group"
She is the recipient of several grants, awards, and commissions including a TCG, a Playwright Center Many Voices Residency, a Forecast Public Arts Grant, a SASE/Jerome literary grant and a Verve Grant. In addition to Mosaic's Women and War play, she is currently developing a new Hip Hop Theater play titled 'Fly Girls' which canvases issues facing women in the hip hop industry and provokes dialogue around race, gender and leadership.
She has played several starring roles such as The Bride in Blood Wedding, Venus in Venus, Hester in Fucking A, Women in Brown in For Colored Girls, and the Princess in The Green Bird. Her play Famous Amos, was produced by Illusion Theater to sold out audiences. And she has currently completed her debut CD, Amber People.
Sha Cage teaches workshops and is available for performances in all arenas and to all audiences. She is also interested in collaborations with other musicians, producers and artists. If you are interested in adding Sha Cage to your project, event or recording, for general booking, or to get her EP '14th Street Invisible' or upcoming album 'Amber People' you can contact: info@truruts.com. Or hit her up with a message here.
Although her management team helps to maintain her site .she sees every message that comes in and when not traveling does her best to respond immediately.
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AVAILABLE MAY 22ND • CD RELEASE PARTY JUNE 2ND • DINKYTOWNER CAFE
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TRU RUTS + KFAI present WORDS WILL HEAL THE WOUND 2007 NATIONAL POETRY
MONTH CELEBRATION The innovative spoken word radio series featuring some of the
most cutting edge spoken word + hip hop artists in the country for 2007. This year the
series celebrates the Midwest featuring Aeon Grey (Des Moines), El Guante (Madison),
Truthmaze (Twin Cities), Ugochi (Chicago), Tommy Lee Soul (Milwaukee), Toki
Wright (Twin Cities), Kelly Tsai (Chicago), Shá Cage (Twin Cities), David Hart
(Madison), Impossibilities (Dekalb/Madison), Debra Jo Howard (Rockford), Big
Quarters (Twin Cities), Eric Mata (Madison) and Poetic Justice League 4 America
(Rockford). Check out 90.3FM Mpls / 106.7FM St. Paul or www.kfai.org for live
stream + archives of the show.
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AUG/SEPT 2007 - Chicago • Madison • Milwaukee • Urbana • Rockford • Minneapolis
Special Guests: El Guante/Grey Scare, Word Association, Idris Goodwin, Dynamic Vibrations,
Ugochi, Diagram of Truth, Ovadiel, Fundamentalist, Seemore Perspectives, Ryan K,
Tish Jones, Bleed Yellow + more.
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True Music for the People • From the Griot to the MC • 5th Year Anniversary
www.kfai.org | sundays 11:00p - midnight | shows archived for 2 weeks on web
"spoken word conscious movement - changing consciousness one track at a time"
hosted by e.g. bailey + sha cage
www.myspace.com/tehutiradioshow
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