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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

Name: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Start: 2024-11-16T20:00:00
Location: University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts

University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts

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Historic and groundbreaking, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that celebrates womanhood and discovery through an inimitable combination of storytelling, poetry, dance, and song. Through monologues and conversation, these women weave a tapestry of joy and triumph despite tragedy as they discover their own rainbows. Directed by Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, a cast member of the ...

Program

Ntozake Shange - for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf

Participants

Asha Keller

Lady in Yellow

Niyati Deshpande

Lady in Orange

Sophia Polking

Lady in Pink

Zafyre Sexton-Turner

Lady in Red

Christine Catherine Wyatt

Choreographer

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5 dates (9 Nov - 16 Nov)

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