For Colored Girls

May of 2011 MaPeach Production proudly presented the performance of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf”. Held at Trinity -on- Main 19 Chestnut St. New Britain, CT 06051.

From its inception in California1974 the highly acclaimed critical success of this Broadway Obie and Tony Award–winning Coreopoem, “ForColored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf” has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. This production is passionate and fearless; Shange’s words reveal the deep challenges many women have faced and overcame through out the twentieth century. First published in 1975, Shange’s work was praised by The New Yorker for “encom­passing . . . every feeling and experience a woman has ever had”. Every adult and coming of age woman will be able to identify with one if not all of the characters. Each poem is written with vivid and powerful language that resonates in the souls of the cast members so everyone in the theater can travel with them on their journey to peace and acceptance.

The director of this production, a well known poet, playwright and actor, is a native of Hartford, CT. Darlene “Peaches” Brandon is most known locally as the host of the Monday night “Love Jones Experience” of which is one of the longest running open microphone venues in the Hartford area.Darlene has heart for the artistic community and is dedicated to bringing quality performances to the Greater Hartford area while coaching and developing new and seasoned talent.

This star-studded performance includes some of the most powerful entertainers in our local artistic community. The all-star line up includes: Tracy “Mind.Evolution” Caldwell, Walillah Chassange, Adrienne Davis, Lynnette Johnson, Alison Dennessa McMeans, Shireal Renee, Jessica Simpson, Lenise “NuNuu” Smith and Janee Woods Weber Written By Ntozake Shange, Directed By Darlene ”Peaches” Brandon, Choreographed by Tanisha Brandon-Wilson