[NEohioPAL]For Colored Girls / When the Rainbow is Enuf . . . at Firestone High School

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The Tony Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /=20
When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange will be presented in the Auditori=
um=20
at Firestone High School at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, Friday, Octobe=
r=20
7, and Saturday, October 8, 2005. All pre-sale tickets are $5.00 and can be=20
purchased from a cast member or on school days in the school=E2=80=99s commo=
ns from=20
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Tickets also will be available at the door for $7.00=
 on=20
the night of performance. Season subscriptions are available at the affordab=
le=20
rate of $25.00 (and $20.00 for all students). The remainder of the Firestone=
=20
Theatre season is comprised of a rockin production of Twelfth Night and the=20
original 1950s rock musical, Grease, as well as the annual One-Act Play Fest=
ival=20
and the highly acclaimed Spring Dance Concert.

Find out more about Firestone Theatre, the production of For Colored Girls .=
=20
. . , and season subscriptions by visiting our website at=20
www.FirestoneTheatre.com.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf=20
earned a Tony Award for Best Original Play in 1975 and has since become a cl=
assic=20
example of African-American literature. Termed a choreopoem by the playwrigh=
t,=20
Shange=E2=80=99s play blends poetry, drama, and modern dance into a theatric=
al=20
experience unlike any other.=20

=E2=80=9CNtozake Shange=E2=80=99s words ring as clear today for young Africa=
n-American woman=20
as they did when she penned them,=E2=80=9D says Jennifer Jeter, guest direct=
or. =E2=80=9C
Shange made it possible for women who may have felt invisible in American so=
ciety=20
to be heard.=E2=80=9D Seven colorfully dressed women support each other as t=
hey dance=20
the blues of race and gender, as well as the loves and triumphs that define=20
their individual identities as black women. For Colored Girls . . .  is less=
 a=20
play than a concert built around women in dance garb reciting. The play is a=
=20
relentlessly hearty celebration of sisterhood and its message is of particul=
ar=20
interest to teen audiences. Shange=E2=80=99s choreopoem creates space for wo=
men of=20
color to express themselves.

The play is under the direction of Jeter, an Akron native who has directed=20
the past FHS productions of On Strivers Row and The Amen Corner. Jeter is a=20
performance artist, director, writer, and scenographer. She attended Central=
 Hower=20
High School and earned a bachelors and masters degree from the University of=
=20
Akron. Jeter has served as the coordinator for Cleveland=E2=80=99s Karamu Pe=
rforming=20
Art Theatre=E2=80=99s Arenafest as well as directing The Purple Flower at th=
e=20
University of Akron and The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet as Weathervane Playhouse=
=E2=80=99s=20
contribution to First Night Akron. Jeter has previously appeared in For Colo=
red Girls=20
Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

The play=E2=80=99s cast is made up of nine Firestone High School students ra=
nging in=20
age from fifteen to eighteen years old. The Cast includes seniors Megan=20
Garnett, Sydney Mills, Jasmine Putnam, and Jessay Wilson; juniors Shauna Jam=
es, and=20
Danea Rhodes; and sophomores Pablo Aquart, Aisha Hicks, and Robbie Nelson.=20
Senior Cheryl Saferstein is the stage manager and she is assisted by junior=20
Chelsea Shoenfelt. Senior Dani C. Julian and sophomore Rivka Friedlander are=
 the=20
lighting designers. Junior Mike Pistrui is the sound designer.

Firestone Theatre is the play-producing component of the high school visual=20
and performing arts program for the Akron Public Schools. The magnet arts=20
theatre program, which is housed at Firestone High School, is open via audit=
ion and=20
open enrollment to any incoming ninth grade student.  The International=20
Network of Visual and Performing Arts Schools designated Firestone High Scho=
ol in=20
2001 as a "Star School."

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or Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf </B>=
</I>by Ntozake Shange will be presented in the Auditorium at Firestone High=20=
School at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, Friday, October 7, and Saturday,=
 October 8, 2005. All pre-sale tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased from a=
 cast member or on school days in the school=E2=80=99s commons from 11:00 a.=
m. to 1:00 p.m. Tickets also will be available at the door for $7.00 on the=20=
night of performance. Season subscriptions are available at the affordable r=
ate of $25.00 (and $20.00 for all students). The remainder of the Firestone=20=
Theatre season is comprised of a rockin production of <B><I>Twelfth Night</B=
></I> and the original 1950s rock musical, <B><I>Grease</B></I>, as well as=20=
the annual <B><I>One-Act Play Festival</B></I> and the highly acclaimed <B><=
I>Spring Dance Concert</B></I>.<BR>
<BR>
Find out more about Firestone Theatre, the production of <B><I>For Colored G=
irls . . . </B></I>, and season subscriptions by visiting our website at www=
.FirestoneTheatre.com.<BR>
<BR>
<B><I>For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is En=
uf</B></I> earned a Tony Award for Best Original Play in 1975 and has since=20=
become a classic example of African-American literature. Termed a choreopoem=
 by the playwright, Shange=E2=80=99s play blends poetry, drama, and modern d=
ance into a theatrical experience unlike any other. <BR>
<BR>
=E2=80=9CNtozake Shange=E2=80=99s words ring as clear today for young Africa=
n-American woman as they did when she penned them,=E2=80=9D says Jennifer Je=
ter, guest director. =E2=80=9CShange made it possible for women who may have=
 felt invisible in American society to be heard.=E2=80=9D Seven colorfully d=
ressed women support each other as they dance the blues of race and gender,=20=
as well as the loves and triumphs that define their individual identities as=
 black women. <B><I>For Colored Girls . . .</B></I>  is less a play tha=
n a concert built around women in dance garb reciting. The play is a relentl=
essly hearty celebration of sisterhood and its message is of particular inte=
rest to teen audiences. Shange=E2=80=99s choreopoem creates space for women=20=
of color to express themselves.<BR>
<BR>
The play is under the direction of Jeter, an Akron native who has directed t=
he past FHS productions of On Strivers Row and The Amen Corner. Jeter is a p=
erformance artist, director, writer, and scenographer. She attended Central=20=
Hower High School and earned a bachelors and masters degree from the Univers=
ity of Akron. Jeter has served as the coordinator for Cleveland=E2=80=99s Ka=
ramu Performing Art Theatre=E2=80=99s Arenafest as well as directing The Pur=
ple Flower at the University of Akron and The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet as Weath=
ervane Playhouse=E2=80=99s contribution to First Night Akron. Jeter has prev=
iously appeared in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Ra=
inbow is Enuf.<BR>
<BR>
The play=E2=80=99s cast is made up of nine Firestone High School students ra=
nging in age from fifteen to eighteen years old. The Cast includes seniors M=
egan Garnett, Sydney Mills, Jasmine Putnam, and Jessay Wilson; juniors Shaun=
a James, and Danea Rhodes; and sophomores Pablo Aquart, Aisha Hicks, and Rob=
bie Nelson. Senior Cheryl Saferstein is the stage manager and she is assiste=
d by junior Chelsea Shoenfelt. Senior Dani C. Julian and sophomore Rivka Fri=
edlander are the lighting designers. Junior Mike Pistrui is the sound design=
er.<BR>
<BR>
Firestone Theatre is the play-producing component of the high school visual=20=
and performing arts program for the Akron Public Schools. The magnet arts th=
eatre program, which is housed at Firestone High School, is open via auditio=
n and open enrollment to any incoming ninth grade student.  The Interna=
tional Network of Visual and Performing Arts Schools designated Firestone Hi=
gh School in 2001 as a "Star School."</FONT></HTML>

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