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: 2025-04-16T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-16T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church

Schedule

Wed Apr 16 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church | Little Rock, AR

Ntozake Shange's iconic play celebrates womanhood through the mediums of dance, music, and poetry.
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. Nominated for two Tony Awards in its original run in 1977 and a whopping 7 Tony Awards in its revival production in 2022, this groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women.
“A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time
"Their voices meld, their bodies tumble and tangle together. And sisterhood becomes a single hydra-headed, multitongued entity, invincible and indivisible. God help the man who dares to cross it.” – The New York Times
“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News
Running time is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
This production runs April 16-26 and is rated PG-13 for intense adult themes and strong language. Some material may not be suitable for all ages, parental discretion is advised.