'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf'

When: Sundays at 3 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Where: Hattiloo Theatre

Cost: $10 - $22

Age limit: All ages

Categories: Drama

Description: Written by Ntozake Shange.

A series of twenty poems, this play is performed through a cast of nameless women, each known only by a color: "Lady in Yellow." The performances of the nine actresses are focused on their specific stories; i.e., Lady in Green embodies youthful determination as she runs away from home to live with Dominican liberator Toussaint L’Ouverture. The play ends evoking the power of womanhood as the Lady in Brown begins the mantra “I found God in myself/ and I loved her/ I loved her fiercely.”

Recession Night: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5. All tickets $12.

Event posted: Oct. 14, 2009
Last updated: Oct. 27, 2009

Comments » 1

boonop writes:

I saw this play and OMG it was wonderful!!! I've seen it on broadway but, to have these women in a mental institute made the show that much more believable... Hats off to the cast their emotions were so RAW!!! Wow all I can say is I enjoyed myself and I will be back again. Thanks Hattiloo!!!

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