[“Grandma’s Quilt”\Negro Ensemble Company]
This is the play’s New York premiere. It was developed in Kalamazoo’s Whole Art Theater in the 90’s. It toured the country, including some university theaters, in the early 2000s under the aegis of Woodie King Jr.’s National Black Touring Circuit.
Photo: Jonathan Slaff
Melody A. Beal
THE NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY WILL FEATURE PLAYWRIGHT NTOZAKE SHANGE’S WORK IN FEBRUARY
[The Negro Ensemble Company\Ntozake Shange]
Negro Ensemble Company, Inc: ‘We are honored to include “a photograph / lovers in motion” in a long list of amazing productions that celebrate African American culture. The production is also meant to honor the legacy of Ntozake Shange, whose “for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” is recognized as an important, revolutionary and transformative work in American theater.”
Photo: Ifa Bayeza