*Winner 1977 Obie Award for Distinguished Production
This groundbreaking choreopoem is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. 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.
A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre. - New York Daily News
A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work. - Time