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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

10.0 78 mins Drama   Romance   1982
Kultur Video   Broadway Theatre Archive  
Director(s): Oz Scott

The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark play. A breakthrough portrayal of black women's experiences in America, the story combines music, poetry and dance to celebrate their unique culture while painting a poignant portrait of their terrible struggles.

Casts of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Sarita Allen

as Sechita

Trazana Beverley

as Crystal (as Trazana Beverly)

Laurie Carlos

as Georgetta

Gregory T. Daniel

as Toussaint

Jackie Davis

as Second Man in Subway

Pedro De Pool

as Emcee

Lisa Henley

as Naomi

Roger Hill

as Second Man at Barbecue

Brent Jennings

as First Man at Barbecue

Charles Johnson

as Boy in Subway

Oliver Lake

as Flute Player

Jack Landron

as Bedroom Companion

Crystal Lilly

as Sarah

Carol Maillard

as Lu Anne (as Carol L. Maillard)

Ntozake Shange

as Woman with baby girl

Alfre Woodard

as Woman who lost her stuff

Lynn Whitfield

as Woman in bath

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