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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">The African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">and </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">The State St. Theatre Company</font></p>
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<font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Ntozake Shange's</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">directed by Karen Christina Jones</font></p>
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<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">i am on the other side of the rainbow / picking up the
pieces of days spent waitin for the poem to be heard / while you listen / i
have other work to do</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Ntozake Shange New York, 1976</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, <i>for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf,</i> is a product of the poetry movement in early
1970s Berkley, California, when women of diverse hues were filled with wild and
ripe words. Until that time, black women thirsted for venues of
self-expression. Theatrical pieces about black America focused on their male
counterparts.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Shange developed <i>for
colored girls...</i> from the lack of our voice. She wrote and compiled pieces
from various performances which changed the face of American theater. Due to
its wildfire popularity, <i>for colored
girls...</i> opened at New York's Booth's theater in September of 1976.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">The piece is a collection of poems told by seven women, each
character represented by a color. My personal experience with the piece is a
circle.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">As a child, I remember my parents going to a performance and
being fascinated with the program. As a college student, I performed as Lady in
Red with all of the intensity associated with that color.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i>for colored girls...</i>
fills me with the power which is the focal point of the piece -- the power of
expression utilized by Black American women in words and movement.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
<font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><b>The Women</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Shauntay Brandon</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Rebekah Brisbane</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Danielle Charlestin</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Nicole Dama</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Chevell Edwards</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
<font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Barbara Howard</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Deidre Smith</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Bianca Stinney</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Doreen Watson </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Gwen Wright</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
<font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Production Dates are Friday, March 7th at 7.00pm; Saturday, March 8th at 8.00pm; Sunday, March 9th at 2.00pm</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">and Friday, March 14th at 8.00pm; Saturday, March 15th at 8.00pm; Sunday, March 16th at 2.00pm.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
<font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Performances will be held at the African-American Cultural Center of the Capital Region, 135 S. Pearl Street, Albany, NY.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Tickets are $20.00. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
<font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.aacccr.org">www.aacccr.org</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">For more information contact: <a href="tel:518.227.0154" value="+15182270154" target="_blank">518.227.0154</a> or <a href="mailto:statestreet2424@gmail.com" target="_blank">statestreet2424@gmail.com</a>. </font></p>
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