{"id":160660,"date":"2022-03-16T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=160660"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:22:36","slug":"broadways-for-colored-girls-holds-press-event-at-the-collective-paper-factory-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/broadways-for-colored-girls-holds-press-event-at-the-collective-paper-factory-see-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway&#8217;s &#8220;for colored girls&#8230;&#8221; Holds Press Event At The Collective Paper Factory | See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>&#8220;for colored girls&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong> Broadway production took a break from rehearsals to speak with the media about Ntozake Shange\u2019s celebration of Black womanhood. Check out press photos below from last Friday&#8217;s press event at the Collective Paper Factory with the company of<strong><em>\u00a0for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf<\/em><\/strong>, starring\u00a0<strong>Amara Granderson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Tendayi Kuumba<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kenita R. Miller<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Okwui Okpokwasili<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Stacey Sargeant<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Alexandria Wailes<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>D. Woods<\/strong>. Director and Choreographer\u00a0<strong>Camille A. Brown<\/strong>\u00a0was also in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly anticipated Broadway revival of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ntozake_Shange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ntozake Shange<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<\/strong>groundbreaking<strong><em>\u00a0for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee\u00a0<strong>Camille A. Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Once On This Island, Choir Boy<\/em>, co-director and choreographer of\u00a0<em>Fire Shut Up in My Bones)<\/em>\u00a0is set to open on Broadway on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the Booth Theatre\u00a0(222 West 45<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street).\u00a0<strong>Performances begin April 1, 2022.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast includes\u00a0<strong>Amara Granderson\u00a0<\/strong>as Lady in Orange,\u00a0<strong>Tendayi Kuumba<\/strong>\u00a0as Lady in Brown,\u00a0<strong>Kenita R. Miller\u00a0<\/strong>as Lady in Red,\u00a0<strong>Okwui Okpokwasili<\/strong>\u00a0as Lady in Green,\u00a0<strong>Stacey Sargeant<\/strong>\u00a0as Lady in Blue,\u00a0<strong>Alexandria Wailes<\/strong>\u00a0as Lady in Purple, and\u00a0<strong>D. Woods<\/strong>\u00a0as Lady in Yellow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show marks\u00a0<strong>Camille A. Brown&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0directorial debut on Broadway. Brown, who served as choreographer on the Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk award-winning 2019 production of the play at\u00a0<strong>The Public Theater<\/strong>, will also continue in her role as choreographer on Broadway, making her the first Black woman to serve as both director and choreographer on a Broadway production in more than 65 years.\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>for colored girls&#8230;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will feature set design by\u00a0<strong>Myung Hee Cho<\/strong>, costume design by\u00a0<strong>Sarafina Bush<\/strong>, lighting design by\u00a0<strong>Jiyoun Chang<\/strong>, sound design by\u00a0<strong>Justin Ellington<\/strong>, projection design by\u00a0<strong>Aaron Rhyne<\/strong>, and hair &amp; wig design by\u00a0<strong>Cookie Jordan<\/strong>. The show will feature original music by\u00a0<strong>Martha Redbone<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Aaron Whitby<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Deah Love Harriott<\/strong>\u00a0serves as the Music Director and\u00a0<strong>Tia Allen<\/strong>\u00a0is the Music Coordinator. The Production Stage Manager is\u00a0<strong>Bernita Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0and the Assistant Stage Manager is\u00a0<strong>lark hackshaw<\/strong>. The production features casting by\u00a0<strong>Erica Jensen\/Calleri Jensen Davis\u00a0<\/strong>and production supervision by Hudson Theatricals.\u00a0<strong>Christina Franklin<\/strong>\u00a0serves as the Associate Director and\u00a0<strong>Maleek Washington\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Mayte Natalio\u00a0<\/strong>serve as Associate Choreographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0023-Amara-Granderson-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160661\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Amara Granderson poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0053-Kenita-R.-Miller-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160662\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Kenita R. Miller poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images)\rPhoto By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0107-Alexandria-Wailes-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160663\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Alexandria Wailes poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0131-Camille-A.-Brown-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160664\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Director\/Choreographer Camille A. Brown poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0159-Okwui-Okpokwasili-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160665\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11:  Okwui Okpokwasili poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0192-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160666\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: (L-R) Alexandria Wailes, Tendayi Kuumba, Stacey Sargeant, D. Woods, Kenita R. Miller, Director\/Choreographer Camille A. Brown, Okwui Okpokwasili, Amara Granderson pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \nInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0199-Stacey-Sargeant-L-and-Amara-Granderson-R-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Phot-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160667\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Stacey Sargeant and Amara Granderson pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0230-Tendayi-Kuumba-L-and-Kenita-R.-Miller-R-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160668\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Tendayi Kuumba and Kenita R. Miller pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A0271-Alexandria-Wailes-L-D.-Woods-C-and-Okwui-Okpokwasili-R-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160669\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: (L-R) Alexandria Wailes, D. Woods and Okwui Okpokwasili pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A9966-D.-Woods-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160670\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: D. Woods poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images)Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A9968-Tendayi-Kuumba-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160671\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Tendayi Kuumba poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \rInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/398A9989-Stacey-Sargeant-of-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-Photo-by-Bruce-Glikas-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-160672\"\/><figcaption>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MARCH 11: Stacey Sargeant poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play &#8220;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf&#8221; at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas \nInstagram: photo by @bruglikas \/@broadwaybruce_ @gettyentertainment @forcoloredgirlsbroadway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2022\/02\/for-colored-girls-announces-full-cast-creative-team-for-broadway-run\/\">\u201cfor colored girls\u2026\u201d Announces Full Cast &amp; Creative Team For Broadway Run<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;for colored girls&#8230;&#8221; Broadway production took a break from rehearsals to speak with the media about Ntozake Shange\u2019s celebration of Black womanhood. Check out press photos below from last Friday&#8217;s press event at the Collective Paper Factory with the company of\u00a0for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf, starring\u00a0Amara Granderson,\u00a0Tendayi [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/broadways-for-colored-girls-holds-press-event-at-the-collective-paper-factory-see-photos\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":160666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,16,143],"tags":[36318,30117,3806,35523,2948,326,36006,36320,333,36321,575,36322,36319],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-160660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-read","10":"tag-amara-granderson","11":"tag-black-film-tv","12":"tag-blackfilm","13":"tag-camille-a-brown-2","14":"tag-d-woods","15":"tag-for-colored-girls","16":"tag-for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf-2","17":"tag-kenita-r-miller","18":"tag-ntozake-shange","19":"tag-okwui-okpokwasili","20":"tag-pics","21":"tag-stacey-sargeant","22":"tag-tendayi-kuumba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Broadway&#039;s &quot;for colored girls...&quot; Holds Press Event At The Collective Paper Factory | See Photos - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&#039;for colored girls who have considered suicide\/ when the rainbow is enuf,&#039; is\u00a0directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee\u00a0Camille A. 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