FOR COLORED GIRLS

(composer/book writer, opera)

an adaptation of the 1976 choreopoem “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf” by ntozake shange.

a two-act sung-through musical setting of the original text, the piece explores themes including racism, sexism, love, friendship, and identity through an ensemble of seven black women, each of whom represent a color of the rainbow.

PRODUCTION TEAM (2023)
composer/music director/co-producer - natalie brown
director - faith zamblé
co-producers - lauren marut, serena feniger
choreographer - katia george
​stage manager - alika osadolor-hernandez
sound designer - bryn scharenberg
lighting designer - lauren marut
set designer - aya ochiai, samantha sims
projections designer - hannah tran
costume designer - charnice hoegnifioh
graphic designer - mikayla johnson
makeup artist - zara belo
assistant director - caroline twyman
assistant musical director - amber green
assistant stage manager - madeline keenan

may 2023 - reading, new york city center
april 2023 - production, yale university
december 2022 - staged reading,​ yale university

developed in collaboration with the ntozake shange literary estate.

samples available upon request.