FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW Is ENUF

Costume Design.

University of Iowa: Fall 2024

COLLAGING COLOR TO EMPHASIZE MOVEMENT AND EMBRACE SELF-EXPRESSION AND INDIVIDUALITY.

Written By: Ntzoke Shange

Directed By: Dr. Twanya Pettiford-Waites

Scenic: Cj Johnson

Costume: Bella Fortunato

Lights: Jeffrey Oakely

SM: Meenakshi Chinmai



Renderings& Research

A vibrant and powerful choreo-poem stringing together the untold stories of black women throughout different spaces in times. This script addresses the beauty, and pain, that black women embody and experience emphasizing how the hardest rains always make the most beautiful rainbows. For this version of the show the director elected to cast women from a variety of cultural backgrounds and experiences.

Figurative Research Collages

Collage renderings created as prelims, final drawings of cast completed after casting

paperwork

Purchase tracking and hair salon sourcing info

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