Stylized
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
A "choreopoem" that blends poetry and music to reveal the experiences of black women through a tapestry of stories.
Bereav'd of Light
Wagoosh has a vision and follows the signs south. Absalom, an escaped slave, is running north. When the two meet, the inevitable clash of cultures leads them on a strange and desperate flight from the plantation owner. Red, black and white, the men must come to grips with the things that unite and divide them. - A complex picture of race relations in 19th century America.
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First produced
2002, Stratford Festival, Stratford
Publication year
2005
Published by
Scirocco Books
ISBN
978-1896239-93-4
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Sweat
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