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

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.