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
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