Somebody/Anybody Sing A Black Girl's Song is a devised theatre piece inspired by Ntozake Shange's work. Born out of a reading of her 1976 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Ever Considered When The Rainbow Is Enuf," this show reimagines the question "What is it like to be a black womyn in America?" through a 21st-century lens.

 

With the approval of the Shange estate, Serenity S'rae and the cast worked with Ntozake’s Spell No.7, unpublished plays and original poems, and her other work. Performed during COVID-19, the production was filmed in at Coolidge Corner theatre in Boston and made available to stream for two days. The cast was comprised of Boston University Students led and produced by Serenity S'rae.

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Poster by Emily Fetter. 

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See the pre-show video below. It includes interviews with Pearl Cleage, Dominique Morisseau, and Aku Kadogo, an original cast member of For Colored Girls.