Bakersfield, CA

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BIG SCREEN COMES TO BAKERSFIELD PLAYHOUSE

Bakersfield Community Theatre, in its 85th Season brings the highly acclaimed FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF to the Bakersfield theatre community. From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf "has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country. Written by Ntosake Shange, the New York times calls it "Overwhelming....It's joyous and alive, affirmative in the face of despair."

The play details the struggles and triumphs of seven (7) ladies. Play these roles are the local talents of Sheila Robinson-Owens as Lady in Red; Venessa Duncan as Lady in Blue; Rahkiah Brown as Lady in Purple; BeneEce Davis as Lady in Yellow; Althea Williams as Lady in Green; Vina Jefferson as Lady in Orange; and Detreice Palmer as Lady in Brown.


Directed by: Thomas G. Robinson
Choreography by: Laquette Milner

Show Dates and Times:
February 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 8pm
February 12, 19th at 2pm
"Passionate and lyrical...In poetry and prose Shange describes what it means to be a black woman in a world of mean streets, deceitful men, and aching loss." --New York "Newsday"

Passionate and fearless, Shange's words reveal what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. First published in 1975, when it was praised by "The New Yorker "for "encompassing . . . every feeling and experience a woman has ever had”.

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


Tickets $15 Adults; $12 Student/Senior/Military

Box Office opens 1hr prior to show.
House opens 30 mins prior to show.

Director: Thomas G. Robinson
Producer: Tomeka Powell
Bakersfield Community Theatre: 661.831.8114

Bakersfield Community Theatre is located on 2400 South Chester Avenue; Crossing with Wilson Rd and South O Street