Ntozake Shange’s landmark choreopoem stands among the most transformative works in the American theatrical canon. Since its celebrated 1976 Broadway premiere, this form-defying fusion of poetry, song, and movement has given voice to the interior lives of Black women with a force and beauty unmatched in our national theater.

This is that work. And it is coming back to Newark for one night only.

Seven women. Seven colors of the rainbow. An entire world of feeling — longing, fury, tenderness, and transcendence — rendered through Shange’s incandescent verse.

Co-Directors Daryl L. Stewart and Justin Dominic lead an extraordinary ensemble of creative collaborators in a multidisciplinary production at the Newark Museum of Art Auditorium that honors the work’s revolutionary origins while speaking with fierce urgency to the present moment.

Do not miss this.

Presented by Daryl Stewart Productions.

Made possible through the generous support of the City of Newark Creative Catalyst Fund.

Presented with special thanks to Concord Theatricals and the Ntozake Shange Family Trust.

Cast and creative team to be announced.

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