[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region production of for colored girls....

[Karen Christina Jones]

The African American Cultural Center
of the Capital Region, Inc.
presents
Ntozake Shange's

*for colored girls who considered*

*suicide when the rainbow is*

*enuf*
directed by
Karen Christina Jones

Audition Date: Saturday, December 28th Noon-2.00pm
at the Albany Public Library in the
Second Floor Conference Room

Production Dates: Friday, March 7th, Saturday, March 8th, Sunday, March 8th
& Friday, March 14th, Saturday, March 15th and Sunday, March 17th.

Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide
when the rainbow is enuf,  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.

Shange developed for colored girls... 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, for colored
girls...opened at New York's Booth's theater in September of 1976.

The piece is a collection of poems told by seven women, each character
represented by a color and the poems are incorporated with dance.

for colored girls'... power is the focal point of the piece -- the power of
expression utilized by Black American women in words and movement.



*Seeking Women of Color between the ages of 20-60.*

No dance training necessary but must be able to move well.


Please prepare a two-minute monologue


Actresses will be compensated for the performance dates.


For more information, please call 518.227.0154 or e-mail
statestreet2424 at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://capdisttheater.org/pipermail/capdist-auditions/attachments/20131223/e4e2ba90/attachment.html>