Seven women, one stage, zero apologies — poetry as survival weapon.
The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning landmark play. A breakthrough portrayal of black women's experiences in America, the story combines music, poetry and dance to celebrate their unique culture while painting a poignant portrait of their terrible struggles.
Acting
Seven performers become fifty women — chameleon soul-work.
Direction
Oz Scott preserves the stage's intimacy without claustrophobia.
Writing
Shange invented 'choreopoetry' — language that dances, bleeds, survives.
Director
Oz Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shange's 'choreopoetry' invented a new theatrical language specifically because existing forms couldn't hold Black women's experiences.
The 2010 Tyler Perry film adaptation controversially added a straight narrative and male perspectives that Shange's original explicitly rejected.
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