The Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for its upcoming revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, the celebrated play by Ntozake Shange. The revival comes 50 years after the play first premiere.
Coming to The Yard Theatre later this year is a revival of Ntozake Shange’s colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed by Diane Page. The choreopoem was groundbreaking for its form, invented by Shange, that fuses poetry, dance, music, and drama into a single theatrical experience.
The play centres around several Black women and their interior lives, covering themes like love, sexuality, domestic violence, racism and healing.
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The cast and creative team of for colored girls
The cast of the upcoming production has been announced today and will include:
- Tatenda Naomi Matsvai (cow | deer, Alice in Wonderland)
- Nadine Higgin (Mother Courage and Her Children, Ballet Shoes)
- Cherrelle Skeete (The Authenticator, Alterations)
- Alex Thomas-Smith (What It Feels Like for a Girl, Too Much)
- Ibilola Rossi (NCIS, The Midwich Cuckoos).
The creative team will include Costume Designer Cat Fuller, Choreographer Ingrid Mackinnon, Composer Jammz, Sound Designer Esther Kehinde Ajayi, and Lighting Designer Ali Hunter.
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