Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange (October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl runaway from home. Shange lived in Brooklyn, New York. Shange had one daughter, Savannah Shange. She was married twice: to the saxophonist David Murray and the painter McArthur Binion, Savannah’s father, with both marriages ending in divorce. – Wikepedia

NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Playwrightfor colored girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf 1975-76 Season
Playwrightfor colored girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf (1995) 1994-95 Season
PlaywrightIt Hasn’t Always Been This Way 2006-07 Season
Director for colored girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf (1995) 1994-95 Season
Actor for colored girls who have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf 1975-76 Season