Greetings, all. Itinerant Theatre is proud and privileged to produce Ntozake Shange’s Pulitzer prize-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf !    The performances are exuberant and penetrating.  The words are, well, let’s let the New York Times speak:  “…Ntozake Shange writes with such exquisite care and beauty that anyone can relate to her message.”  The NYT later said “…encompassing…every feeling and experience a woman has ever had.”

Performance times vary, so, choose your day carefully, and remember, the show runs only one long weekend:       April 5-8 in the Ben Mount Theatre of Central School A&H Building, 809 Kirby St., downtown Lake Charles.

Showtimes:  (1)  Thursday, April 5, 7:00pm.  (2)  Friday, April 6, 8:30pm after the opening of the Black Heritage Gallery’s opening 6:00-8:00pm on 2nd floor of Central School. (We discount your theatre ticket if you attend the opening!)    (3) Saturday, April 7, 7:00pm, and, (4)  Sunday, April 8, 3:00pm matinee.

Tickets are $15/ $12.50 seniors (65+)/ $10 students of any age.  Buy tickets at the door or at this website.  Reserve tickets at 337-436-6275, and be sure that you arrive 15 minutes early to pay for reserved tickets.  In the event the house is full, and you are not there 15 minutes early to claim your tickets,  we will release your reservation.

The show runs 90 minutes.  There is no intermission.

See you at the show!

This week actors are off-book, choreography is well under way, colorful costuming comes into sharp focus.  For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange will live up to its Pulitzer prize-winning creds.

Don’t miss this production April 5-8 at Central School.  Tickets are on sale at www.itineranttheatre.com or reserve ahead at 337.436.6275.

See you at the show!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!  Don’t miss this uplifting play!

Here, unedited FYR is our press release.  See you at the show!

Itinerant Theatre presents groundbreaking play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange April 5-8

 Itinerant Theatre will present For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange April 5 and 7 @ 7pm, April 6 @ 8:30 pm following the Black Heritage Gallery opening, and Sunday April 8 @ 3pm in Ben Mount Theatre of Central School, 809 Kirby St. 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. Poet Ishmael Reed observes: “No contemporary writer has Ms. Shange’s uncanny gift for immersing herself within the situations and points-of-view of so many different types of women.”

The play is about the women, about who they are and what they have experienced. Although the stories these women tell are tales of struggle, the play is ultimately uplifting. The seven women grieve, but they also celebrate their lives, their vitality, their colorfulness. The talented cast of local actors are “lady in brown” – Bianca Augustine, “lady in yellow” – Sierra Demouchet, “lady in purple” – Tasha Guidry, “lady in red” – Shereka Jackson, “lady in green” – Lauren Edwards, “lady in blue” – Alana Jennings, “lady in orange” – Hannah Barker. Natalie Sell is Stage Manager, Michelle Brunson is Designer, Tony James is Choreographer and Joy Pace is Director.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $12.50 for Seniors, and $10 for Students with ID. Purchase at www.itineranttheatre.com or call Itinerant Theatre at 337-436-6275 for reservations or information.          ##

Itinerant Theatre is very proud to produce Ntozake Shange’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf April 5-8 at the Ben Mount Theatre of Central School.  Don’t miss it!  Joy Pace is Director.  Michelle Brunson is Technical Director.  Natalie Sell is Stage Manager and Tony James is choreographer.

CAST LIST

lady in brown               Bianca Augustine

lady in yellow        Sierra Demouchet

lady in purple        Tasha Guidry

lady in red             Shereka Jackson

lady in green         Lauren Edwards

lady in blue           Alana Jennings

lady in orange              Hannah Barker