FOR COLORED GIRLS

(music/book, opera)

A musical adaptation of the 1976 choreopoem “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” by ntozake shange.

A two-act sung-through musical setting of the original text, the piece explores the inner lives of an ensemble of seven Black women, each of whom represent a color of the rainbow. With jazz, R&B, and musical theater as its soundtrack, the show explores themes including racism, sexism, love, friendship, and identity that continue to resonate almost 50 years after the original work’s debut.

PRODUCTION TEAM (2023)
composer/music director/co-producer - natalie brown
director - faith zamblé
co-producers - lauren marut, serena feniger
choreographer - katia george
​stage manager - alika osadolor-hernandez
sound designer - bryn scharenberg
lighting designer - lauren marut
set designer - aya ochiai, samantha sims
projections designer - hannah tran
costume designer - charnice hoegnifioh
graphic designer - mikayla johnson
makeup artist - zara belo
assistant director - caroline twyman
assistant musical director - amber green
assistant stage manager - madeline keenan

May 2023 - Reading, New York City Center
April 2023 - Production, Yale University
December 2022 - Staged Reading,​ Yale University

Developed in collaboration with the Ntozake Shange Revocable Trust.

samples available upon request.