For Colored Girls
by Ntozake Shange, Directed by Leah Gardiner
Stage Directors and Choreographer Foundation, Observership/Directing Fellow, Nehprii Amenii
Assistant Director Christina Franklin, Choreographed by Camille A. Brown, Composed by Martha Redbone, Scenic Design Myung Hee Cho, Lighting Design Jiyoun Chang, Costumes by Toni-Leslie James
About the Story
A groundbreaking work in modern American theater, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, returns to The Public for the first time since it premiered in 1976, before its breakthrough run on Broadway.
Filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty, legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven women of color using poetry, song, and movement. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism.
