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

RUNNING TIME
90 minutes

DOORS OPEN
1 hour prior to performance

LOCATION
Penumbra Theatre
270 N. Kent St
St. Paul, MN 55102

POST-PLAY DISCUSSIONS
Thursday, September 27 &
October 4 & 11, 2018

ASL PERFORMANCE
Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 7:30pm

Map & Directions

ABOUT THE EVENT

Ntozake Shange’s
FOR COLORED GIRLS
Directed by Sarah Bellamy and Lou Bellamy
Choreography by Ananya Chatterjea

This 1974 classic which Ntozake Shange called a choreopoem, was conceived just two years before Penumbra Theatre was born. From its humble creation to critical acclaim on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning play has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences across the country. Shange’s fearless prose vividly paints intimate portraits of the pain and jubilation that women of color experience from girlhood throughout life. Shange was groundbreaking in her efforts to shatter the silence that protected abusers of women. for colored girls is a brave reckoning, a celebration, a healing ceremony, and perhaps most profoundly, an example of the awesome power a chorus of women’s voices can have.

Ensemble: Cristina Castro, Khanisha Foster, Sun Mee Chomet, Audrey Park, Ashe Jaafaru, Rajané Brown, Am’Ber Montgomery

Single Tickets
Purchase online or call 651.224.3180 Monday through Friday, from 10 to 4:30pm.

Study Guide
Penumbra Theatre’s Study Guide Library is meant to provide patrons with in-depth reading material on the plays we present during our main-stage season. Download our free study guide at penumbratheatre.org/study-guides.

MULTIMEDIA AND PRESS

REVIEWS
“Penumbra Theatre brings new colors to 1970s landmark ‘Colored Girls’” via the StarTribune
“Decades later, ‘for colored girls’ is still a painful, thrilling, and touching piece” via CityPages
“Darkness flirts with hope in ‘For Colored Girls’ at Penumbra” via Pioneer Press
“MUST SEE: For Colored Girls” via Compendium
“For Colored Girls: poetry and movement beautifully fused” via How Was The Show?
“BWW Review: FOR COLORED GIRLS” via Broadway World Minneapolis
“Regional Reviews: for colored girls” via Talkin’ Broadway

FEATURE ARTICLES
“40 years later, ‘for colored girls’ remains painfully relevant” via MPR News
“Twin Cities’ 10 can’t-miss theater productions of the fall” via the StarTribune
“40-year-old ‘For Colored Girls’ still relevant” via the Pioneer Press

DATES AND TICKETS

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 // 7:30PM

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 // 7:30PM

Thursday, September 20, 2018 // 7:30PM

Friday, September 21, 2018 // 7:30PM

Saturday, September 22, 2018 // 2:00PM

Saturday, September 22, 2018 // 7:30PM

Sunday, September 23, 2018 // 2:00PM

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 // 10:00AM

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 // 7:30PM

Thursday, September 27, 2018 // 7:30PM

Friday, September 28, 2018 // 7:30PM

Saturday, September 29, 2018 // 2:00PM

Saturday, September 29, 2018 // 7:30PM

Sunday, September 30, 2018 // 2:00PM

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 // 10:00AM

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 // 7:30PM

Thursday, October 4, 2018 // 7:30PM

Friday, October 5, 2018 // 7:30PM

Saturday, October 6, 2018 // 2:00PM

Saturday, October 6, 2018 // 7:30PM

Sunday, October 7, 2018 // 2:00PM

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 // 10:00AM

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 // 7:30PM

Thursday, October 11, 2018 // 7:30PM

Friday, October 12, 2018 // 7:30PM

Saturday, October 13, 2018 // 2:00PM

Saturday, October 13, 2018 // 7:30PM

Sunday, October 14, 2018 // 2:00PM

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 // 7:30PM

Thursday, October 18, 2018 // 7:30PM

Friday, October 19, 2018 // 7:30PM

Saturday, October 20, 2018 // 2:00PM

Saturday, October 20, 2018 // 7:30PM

Sunday, October 21, 2018 // 2:00PM