for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
October 24–November 2
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2024-10-24 19:30:00
2024-11-02 22:30:00
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
A ground-breaking work in modern American theatre by Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that follows seven women of color through a world of shaped by racism, oppression, and sexism. These women, each named after the colors of the rainbow, tell their stories and the stories of other women they know through poetry, music, and dance. Directed and Choreographed by "Mama Kai" Knight, this piece uplifts women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.
Content Guidance: This play contains discussions of sexual violence, domestic violence, abortion, HIV/AIDS, and self-harm.
Marquette Theater
Playwright: Ntozake Shange
Director: Kai Knight
America/Chicago
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$20.00Purchase TicketsA ground-breaking work in modern American theatre by Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that follows seven women of color through a world of shaped by racism, oppression, and sexism. These women, each named after the colors of the rainbow, tell their stories and the stories of other women they know through poetry, music, and dance. Directed and Choreographed by "Mama Kai" Knight, this piece uplifts women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.
Content Guidance: This play contains discussions of sexual violence, domestic violence, abortion, HIV/AIDS, and self-harm.
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2024-10-24 19:30:00
2024-11-02 22:30:00
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
A ground-breaking work in modern American theatre by Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that follows seven women of color through a world of shaped by racism, oppression, and sexism. These women, each named after the colors of the rainbow, tell their stories and the stories of other women they know through poetry, music, and dance. Directed and Choreographed by "Mama Kai" Knight, this piece uplifts women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.
Content Guidance: This play contains discussions of sexual violence, domestic violence, abortion, HIV/AIDS, and self-harm.
Marquette Theater
Playwright: Ntozake Shange
Director: Kai Knight
America/Chicago
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