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Play Allows Students To Display Talent
By Aisha Brooks
Staff tyriler
If you thought FSU
students had no talent,
Ntozake Shange’s “For
Colored Girls Who Have
Considered Suicide When
the Rainbow is Enufjust
proved you wrong!
The play, opened Sep
tember 26 and reopened for
homecoming week on
October 17 and 18, 2002,
showcased the talents of 7
dynamic Bronco women:
Aisha Brooks (Lady in
Brown), Darlene Holmes
(Lady in Blue), Tiffany Hill
(Lady in Purple), Stacie
Staton (Lady in Orange),
Stephanie Bell (Lady in
Green), Tiffany Carmichael
(Lady in Yellow) and
LaSherrie Draughon (Lady
in Red).
These gifted women
brought the trials and
triumphs all women share to
the Butler stage, under the
direction of Phoebe Hall.
“There were many moments
of laughter, but there was
also some moments of pain
and sadness,” said Darlene
Holmes. “The audience
could really relate to the
pain of an abortion and the
shame and guilt that accom
panies such a tragic time in
any woman’s life.”
The play touched on
some heartfelt issues that
not only women of color
endure, but all women
experience at some time in
their lives. Issues such as
The play made FSU students aware of issues concerning women
the loss of virginity, rape,
abortion, abuse, murder and
losing touch with reality
were all explored through
acting, music and occa-
sional dance sequences.
The play was a powerful
production that showed the
effects of sisterhood. It also
showed the strength and
power of connecting with
others to help one endure
the pain of simply “living.”
“This play was all about
connections,” said one cast
member as she smiled about
the moments that were
shared onstage and behind
the scenes.
Draughon said she, “was
glad to have the opportu
nity to show the strengths
and weaknesses all black
women, and that any woman
wil\ go through.” Oraughon
went on to say, “the play has
helped me to understand that
in our ‘going through times’
we must remember that it is
God who will ultimately
heals us of our pain and
helps us to move on.”
This was not only a
woman’s play. Sir Walter
Hemphill and Reyfiis “J.R”
Wilson also starred in the
play. “I feel it was impor
tant to use men to show that
men and women need each
The cast of
“For Colored
Girls Who Have
Considered
Suicide When
the Rainbow is
En uf" featured
seven of FSU’s
most talented
actresses.
other and the bond between
the two is more powerfiil
than people think it is,” said
Hemphill who played
various male roles.
Wilson added “I enjoyed
working on the show, it was
a very serious production.”
“For Colored Girls Who
Have Considered Suicide
When the Rainbow is Enuf’
was certainly not a male
bashing play, but rather a
celebration of
womanhood.lt was about a
power that cannot be found
in the bed of a man on a
Saturday night. It was
about a comfort that cannot
be found in the arms of
mama on a Sunday after
noon. It was about leaving
FSU with an awareness
about serious women’s
issues.
The play left Thomika
Segar “moved and startled
by the sense of realism.”
When the “Colored Girls”
bowed their last bow, said
goodnight and went their
separate ways, they had all
found a greater understand
ing about themselves and
power to endure pressing
issues such as the ones
faced in the play.
These 7 dynamic
women, like Shange, had
found “God in herself and
loved her fiercely.”
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