A lyrical look at the interconnected lives of nine black women, including a wife dealing with an alcoholic husband, a sexually liberated single gal, and a magazine executive.

Structurally, For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems ... It is performed by a cast of seven women characters, each of whom is known only by a color: "Lady in more ...

Filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty, legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange's form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven women of color using poetry, song and movement.

The cast shares a moment across the stage. For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange is running at the E.C Mabie Theater in the UI Theatre building ...