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

Date: 
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 7:30pm to Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 7:30pm
When: 
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 7:30pm
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 7:30pm
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 7:30pm
Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 2:00pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 7:30pm
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 7:30pm
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 7:30pm
Playwright: 
Ntozake Shange
Director: 
Kai Knight
Location: 
Marquette Theater

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, and abortion.