Free Admission
FOR COLORED GIRLS opened on Broadway in 1974 and Ntozake Shange debuted her Rainbow Ladies: sassy, and proud of their different colors. Forty years later, teenagers on t…he threshold of womanhood are performing FOR COLORED GIRLS, interpreting and updating it for a new time and generation and proving the reach and timeliness of a classic.
… voicing the rhythms and realities of today.
… dancing to mend the hurt from yesterday.
Produced by Barbara Lewis, Trotter Institute, UMass Boston
Directed by Dawn Simmons
Performance by Jha D, spoken word poet
Casts: Shanae Burch, Techi (Kate) Dimanche, Jamile Paulino, Patricia Gonzalez, Lisa Gomez, Maite Gonzalez and Stephanie Pena.
The staged reading will be followed by a talk-back panel on trauma experienced by brown and black girls in Boston.
Moderator: Chioma Nnaji, Program Director at the Multicultural AIDS Coalition
Panelists: Patricia Gonzalez, HER Project; Lola Akintobi, Sister to Sister Program Coordinator at Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.; Yvettte Modestin, Founder & Executive Director at Encuentro Diaspora Afro and Ashley Rose Salomon, Award-winning Actress and Poet.
