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

by: Ntozake Shange

June 12-14, 19-21 2026

Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, for colored girls… offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry

After early performances in California and on the East Coast, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City in March 1976 and quickly moved moved off-Broadway to Joseph Papp’s Public Theater. A few months later, the show made its Broadway debut, opening at the Booth Theatre on September 15, 1976.