Name: For Colored Girls (Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf)
Start: 2025-04-16T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-16T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church

$For Colored Girls (Who Have Considered Suicide\/When the Rainbow is Enuf)$

Ntozake Shange's iconic play celebrates womanhood through the mediums of dance, music, and poetry.
Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, for colored girls... offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry. Nominated for two Tony Awards in its original run in 1977 and a whopping 7 Tony Awards in its revival production in 2022, this groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women.
“A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time
"Their voices meld, their bodies tumble and tangle together. And sisterhood becomes a single hydra-headed, multitongued entity, invincible and indivisible. God help the man who dares to cross it.” – The New York Times
“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News
Running time is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
This production runs April 16-26 and is rated PG-13 for intense adult themes and strong language. Some material may not be suitable for all ages, parental discretion is advised.