Tag Archives: Ntozake Shange

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Clarice, Feb 21-28

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Clarice, Feb 21-28

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
by Ntozake Shange
directed by Ama Law and Fatima Quander

February 21–28, 2025
Fri, Feb 21, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sun, Feb 23, 2025 . 2:00PM
Wed, Feb 26, 2025 . 7:30PM: Includes an audio description.
Thu, Feb 27, 2025 . 7:30PM: Includes ASL interpretation.
Fri, Feb 28, 2025 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Ntozake Shange’s highly influential 1976 choreopoem for colored girls… might well be the most performed and important piece of theater created expressly by and for Black women in the history of the United States. The work has been adapted for both film and television and can boast a Tony-nominated Broadway revival as recently as 2022. UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies faculty members Ama Law and Fatima Quander direct a loving rendition of Shange’s masterpiece that proves its timelessness.

Tickets: $25 Public, $10 Students, click here.

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 7-Mar 1

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 7-Mar 1

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell

February 7 – March 1, 2025
Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm; closing Saturday, March 1 at 2pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

for colored girls… is a choreopoem written by Ntozake Shange. It’s a piece that explores the stories, experiences and journey of growing up as a woman of color in America. The play uses music, dance, and poetic drama to take us through the tragedy and the triumphs of life, and life’s struggles, as we move from childhood to womanhood, embracing the power of self-discovery, self-determination, and affirmation.

WARNING: mature and highly sensitive content.

Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $25.00 for General Admission, $22.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $15 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.

A Photograph: Lovers-in-Motion at Bowie State University, Apr 14-17

A Photograph: Lovers-in-Motion at Bowie State University, Apr 14-17

A Photograph: Lovers-in-Motion
by Ntozake Shange

PARENTAL ADVISORY: NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN

Description: “A Photograph: Lovers-in-Motion” by Ntozake Shange is more of a play than her other choreopoems! It is about a young black man, who is trying to make it professionally, while being surrounded by caricatures of Black people gone wrong. The exception is a girlfriend, who is a free and sovereign spirit. His confidence is shattered when he’s turned down for a grant that he was counting on.

Thursday, April 14, 11:00 a.m. features a talk back with the playwright
April 14, 15, & 16, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, 2:30 p.m.

Fine and Performing Arts Center, Main Stage, Bowie State University.

$12 general admission
$7 students, faculty and staff
$5 children

Contact:
Bob Bartlett
bbartlett@bowiestate.edu
301-860-3769

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 10-19

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 10-19

Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Sunday matinee performances will be held at 2:00 PM on October 12 and October 19.

This groundbreaking “choreopoem” is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. 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.

“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News “A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time

Performances run weekends from Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.