{"id":364182,"date":"2025-02-09T13:34:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=364182"},"modified":"2025-02-09T13:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T18:34:41","slug":"black-women-struggle-and-triumph-in-for-colored-girls-at-2nd-star-productions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2025\/02\/09\/black-women-struggle-and-triumph-in-for-colored-girls-at-2nd-star-productions\/","title":{"rendered":"Black women struggle and triumph in &#8216;for colored girls&#8230;&#8217; at 2nd Star Productions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2nd Star Productions\u2019 performance of <em>for colored girls who have considered suicide\/when the rainbow is enuf<\/em> is a poetic depiction of Black women\u2019s struggles and triumphs. Written by Ntozake Shange, this \u201cchoreopoem\u201d blends words, music, and dance in different poems or scenes to allow Black women to tell their own stories. Directed and choreographed by Rikki Howie Lacewell, it is a fitting and needed show for Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Temple Fortson and Jo Monplaisir play the ladies in red with strength. In the scene titled \u201cno assistance\u201d they proudly end a relationship, throwing back a potted plant their lover gave them. In \u201cone\u201d they describe a woman confident in her sexuality, who enjoys the attention of men but kicks them out of bed when they\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364189\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-364189\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSC_2314.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSC_2314.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSC_2314-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSC_2314-460x345.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSC_2314-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa McNair as the lady in blue (in back), Sonja Dinkins as the lady in yellow, Rowan Campbell as the lady in blue, Cheramie J. Jackson as the lady in orange, Dionne Belk as the lady in brown, and Imani Corbin as the lady in green in \u2018for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.\u2019 Photo by Nate Jackson Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rowan Campbell and Vanessa McNair give a fierceness to the ladies in blue. In \u201cnow I love somebody more than,\u201d they sing of finding the power to love themselves. \u201cabortion cycle #1\u201d has them terrified of being pregnant. In \u201cI usedta live in the world,\u201d they talk about the grime and smallness of Harlem, of taking the subway and the retorts they must shout to fend off unwanted attention. In \u201cno more love poems #3,\u201d they sing of desiring love and connection but not finding it.<\/p>\n<p>Iyanu Bishop and Danielle J. Curry weave compelling stories as the ladies in purple. In \u201csechita,\u201d they tell of a dancer subjected to humiliation and abuse. In \u201cpyramid\u201d they speak of two women, friends, for whom a man comes between them, loving them both.<\/p>\n<p>Sonja Dinkins plays the lady in yellow with longing and desire. In \u201cgraduation nite,\u201d she joyfully relates her class\u2019 graduation party, filled with music, teenage sexuality, and cars. At the end, she realizes people look at her like \u201cshe\u2019s a woman.\u201d In \u201cno more love poems #4,\u201d she weeps with wanting connection yet finding none. As she laments, \u201cbeing alive, being a woman, and being colored is an existential dilemma.\u201d In \u201cmy love is too,\u201d she lists her qualities, her strengths, that she will not allow \u201cto be thrown in my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheramie J. Jackson plays the lady in orange with passion. In \u201ci\u2019m a poet who,\u201d she sings of her love for Latin dances and how she ran away as a teenager to see the musician Willie Colon perform. In \u201cno more love poems #1,\u201d she speaks of dance helping her through a painful breakup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364212\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-364212\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/for-colored-girls-2nd-star-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/for-colored-girls-2nd-star-2-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/for-colored-girls-2nd-star-2--210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/for-colored-girls-2nd-star-2--322x460.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOP: Dionne Belk as the lady in brown; ABOVE: Jo Monsplaisir, left, and Temple Fortson, right, as the ladies in red, in \u2018for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.\u2019 Photos by Nate Jackson Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dionne Belk brings an excitement to the lady in brown. In \u201ctoussaint,\u201d she joyfully describes discovering the Haitian rebel leader at the library, how she connected with his story, and how he followed her as she explored St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Imani Corbin gives rage to the lady in green. \u201csomebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff\u201d has her railing against people, especially lovers, who try to take her essential values and sense of self. She confronts them and snatches them back. In \u201csorry,\u201d she angrily decries those, mostly men, who shallowly apologize for their behavior but refuse to change.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Baker, Erin Elise Diamond, and Amariya Kailo bring wisdom to the ladies in multicolor. \u201cego\u201d finds them speaking of \u201cwe\u201d over \u201cI\u201d and the importance of community.<\/p>\n<p>Set Designers Rikki Howie Lacewell and Jane B. Wingard and Properties Designer Doreen Roberts enhance the symbolism of the show with arches of different colors, one rainbow colored, at the back of the stage. Colored boxes are beside each arch, which the performers use to sit in some scenes. In one scene, performers carry bags labeled with qualities like \u201cSelf-Respect\u201d and \u201cHonor.\u201d Costume Designer Jeaneo Binney and Hair and Makeup Designer Shemika Renee make each performer immediately distinguishable in different colored wraps, as well as shawls.<\/p>\n<p>The Bowie Playhouse staff handles the lighting design, with different colors used for different emotional states. In one dramatic moment, the lights turn red. For one scene, the stage is dim, with scattered spotlights following the performers across the stage. The sound design, by Director Rikki Howie Lacewell, evoking various sound effects like a subway announcer or a PA system at a health clinic, was executed effectively by Sound Programmer Davis Wooten-Klebanoff and Sound Board Operators Peyton Bramble and Tyler Hart.<\/p>\n<p>Music Director LeVar Betts brings original music to this production and, along with Virgil Boysaw III, performs this music, keyboard, and drums in the background for some scenes, while in others the performers dance to them. Lacewell keeps the energy high with much lovely dancing and movements involving solos and multiple combinations. The performers hit the right comic and emotional moments. The entire cast tells a quietly tragic story in \u201cpositive,\u201d while the ladies in red and orange enact a harrowing tale in \u201ca nite with beau willie brown.\u201d While certainly more of a poem than a traditional play, each scene quickly makes sense in its theme; some even lead naturally into each other. In these troubling, uncertain times, <em>for colored girls\u2026<\/em> feels necessary, showing the importance of community, honesty, and love.<\/p>\n<p>Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2ndstarproductions.org\/for-colored-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf<\/a><\/strong><\/em> plays through March 1, 2025 (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays), presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2ndstarproductions.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd Star Productions<\/a> performing at The Bowie Playhouse \u2013 16500 White Marsh Pk Dr in Bowie, MD. For tickets ($29 general admission; $26 for seniors 60+, active military, and students; $18 for children under 12), buy them at the door or purchase them <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.arts-people.com\/index.php?show=238848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0call 410-757-5700, or email <a href=\"mailto:info@2ndstarproductions.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@2ndstarproductions.org. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program is online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2ndstarproductions.org\/program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>for colored girls who have considered suicide \/ when the rainbow is enuf<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Ntozake Shange<br \/>\nDirected by Rikki Howie Lacewell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In these troubling, uncertain times, Ntozake Shange&#8217;s &#8216;choreopoem&#8217; \u2014 blending words, music, and dance \u2014 feels necessary.    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