LIGHTING DESIGN PROJECTS
FOR COLORED GIRLS
Written by the late Nztozake Shange, Directed by Elizabeth Carter
Written by the late Nztozake Shange, Directed by Elizabeth Carter
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
Produced by The African American Shakespeare Company at the Taube Atrium Theater,
San Francisco – September, 2018
Nominated for awards by Broadway World – San Francisco.
Statement by Stephanie Anne Johnson:
"The first version of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was performed in San Francisco in 1974. When this piece returned “home”, I was deeply honored to have been included on the creative team as the lighting designer. Ntozake Shange came from a very talented family. As a young woman her Aunt, Thelma Williams, tutored me in music.
Following Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, Ntozake Shange was the second African American woman playwright to have a play produced on Broadway. In 1976, her “choreopoem”, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf changed the history of theatre forever. May her memory be cherished for eternity."
*****
A Sparkling Diffraction of Stories and Spirit:
See the review:
Theater & Such - Christine Okon. September 18, 2018
"Ntozake Shange’s 1975 choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf lives again in a remarkable new production directed by Elizabeth Carter that bursts, vibrates and sings its stories of loss, joy, pain, strength and most of all, resilience.... The lighting design by Stephanie Anne Johnson subtly suggests a cityscape..."
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Nominated for Best Lighting Design (Local) by Broadway World
See the review:
Theater & Such - Christine Okon. September 18, 2018
"Ntozake Shange’s 1975 choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf lives again in a remarkable new production directed by Elizabeth Carter that bursts, vibrates and sings its stories of loss, joy, pain, strength and most of all, resilience.... The lighting design by Stephanie Anne Johnson subtly suggests a cityscape..."
***
Nominated for Best Lighting Design (Local) by Broadway World