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

Booth Theatre, (9/15/1976 - 7/16/1978)
Preview:Sep 10, 1976 Total Previews:5
Opening:Sep 15, 1976   
Closing:Jul 16, 1978 Total Performances:742


Category: Play, All Black Cast, Original, Broadway
Comments: A "Choreopoem" in which a black woman explores inner space in seven facets of herself, with poetry dance and stories.






by opening date



Produced by Joseph Papp and Woodie King, Jr.; Produced in association with Henry Street Settlement's New Federal Theatre; Associate Producer: Bernard Gersten


Written by Ntozake Shange; Music for "I Found God in Myself" by Diana Wharton

Arranged and Directed by Oz Scott; Choreographed by Paula Moss

Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee; Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton; Costume Design by Judy Dearing

NYSF General Manager: Robert Kamlot; Company Manager: Robert Frissell

NYSF Production Supervisor: Jason Steven Cohen; Production Stage Manager: John Beven; Assistant Stage Mgr: Fai Walker-Davis

General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Leo Stern


Opening Night Cast

Trazana Beverley Lady in Red  
Laurie Carlos Lady in Blue  
Risė Collins Lady in Purple  
Aku Kadogo Lady in Yellow  
Janet League Lady in Brown  
Paula Moss Lady in Green  
Ntozake Shange Lady in Orange  

Understudies: Aku Kadogo in "Sechita" (Lady in Green), Seret Scott (Lady in Blue, Lady in Brown, Lady in Orange, Lady in Yellow), Michele Shay (Lady in Green, Lady in Purple, Lady in Red).