For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
By Ryan Calais Cameron
Year staged: 2021
Opening night: 12/10/2021
Staged in: New Diorama Theatre
Cast Size: 6
Synopsis
Father figures and fashion tips. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit sex. Good days and bad days. Six young Black men meet for group therapy, and let their hearts – and imaginations – run wild. Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s 1976 choreopoem ‘For Coloured Girls Who have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf’ from which the title pays homage.
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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Year published: 2022
Original Cast
Aruna Jalloh
Obsidian
Emmanuel Akwafo
Pitch
Darragh Hand
Sable
Mark Akintimehin
Onyx
Nnabiko Ejimofor
Jet
Kaine Lawrence
Midnight
Aruna Jalloh
Obsidian
Emmanuel Akwafo
Pitch
Darragh Hand
Sable
Mark Akintimehin
Onyx
Nnabiko Ejimofor
Jet
Kaine Lawrence
Midnight
Production Team
Wabriya King
Production Dramatherapist
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Director
Nicola Chang
Composer and Sound Designer
Rory Beaton
Lighting Designer
John Pfumojena
Musical Director / Vocal Coach
Jahmiko Marshall
Associate Sound Designer
Theophilus O. Bailey-Goodson
Movement Director
Anna Reid
Designer
Chuma Emembolu
Lighting Design
Wabriya King
Production Dramatherapist
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Director
Nicola Chang
Composer and Sound Designer
Rory Beaton
Lighting Designer
John Pfumojena
Musical Director / Vocal Coach
Jahmiko Marshall
Associate Sound Designer
Theophilus O. Bailey-Goodson
Movement Director
Anna Reid
Designer
Chuma Emembolu
Lighting Design