(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- Dunbar Repertory Company presents Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS Who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf at the Middletown Arts Center across two weekends from November 7-15, 2026. This is the groundbreaking "choreopoem" – a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. The production is directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, SR.
Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, for colored girls… offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry.
Performances take place Saturday, November 7 at 3:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday, November 8 at 4:00pm; Saturday, November 14 at 3:00pm & 8:00pm; and Sunday, November 15 at 4:00pm. Tickets are $22 and available for purchase online. The venue is located at 36 Church Street in Middletown, New Jersey.
There are discounted tickets for the matinees on Saturday, November 7 at 3:00pm and Sunday, November 15 at 4:00pm. Tickets to those performances are available for $17.
Known to residents of Central New Jersey as “Monmouth County’s African American Theater Company”, Dunbar Repertory Company is committed to its mission of perpetuating an appreciation of cultural diversity and celebrating African American culture through LIVE literary readings, main stage theatrical productions, education programs and services.
Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) was one of America’s greatest writers – an acknowledged master in the genres of drama, fiction, memoir and poetry. In a hugely prolific career, Shange wrote 15 plays, 19 poetry collections, 6 novels, 5 children’s books, 3 collections of essays, and a memoir called Lost in Language & Sound.
Her theatre piece for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf(dubbed a “choreopoem” for its highly original combination of music, poetry and dance) was a stunning success on Broadway in 1976-1977. Considered a landmark not just in American theatre but also in theatre worldwide, it won an Obie while still off-Broadway at the Public Theater. for colored girls… has been performed continuously since then both in the United States and abroad, has remained in print since its publication in 1974, and was made into a movie by Tyler Perry in 2010.
Thursday, Oct 08, 2026
@ 6:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ
Saturday, Oct 10, 2026
@ 7:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ
Sunday, Oct 11, 2026
@ 11:30am
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Friday, Oct 16, 2026
@ 7:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ
Sunday, Nov 01, 2026
@ 4:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ
