{"id":267336,"date":"2026-08-18T05:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/267336\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T05:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:08:27","slug":"theatre-in-the-x-brings-for-colored-girls-to-malcolm-x-park-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/267336\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre in the X brings \u201cFor Colored Girls\u2026\u201d to Malcolm X Park this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westphillylocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/group-photos-edited-2_orig.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/group-photos-edited-2_orig-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"389\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>West Philadelphia\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatreinthex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theatre in the X<\/a> returns to Malcolm X Park (5100 Pine St) this week with Ntozake Shange\u2019s landmark, Obie Award\u2013winning choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide \/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Cheyenne Barboza, the performance celebrates the 50th anniversary of Shange\u2019s groundbreaking work, which explores stories of womanhood, survival, passion, and empowerment through poetry, dance, and music.<\/p>\n<p>The cast features Courtney Lyne\u00e9 (Blue), M. Anastasia Robinson (Purple), LaNeshe Miller-White (Brown), Rahnda Rize (Red), Sabrina Winford (Yellow), CaSandra Kay (Orange), and Francine Emefa Tamakloe (Green).<\/p>\n<p>Performances will run Thursday, Aug. 20 &amp; Friday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 22 &amp; Sunday, Aug. 23 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>With this performance, Theatre in the X is continuing its decade-long tradition of bringing accessible theater directly to the community. Since 2013, the Black theater company has operated on a vital mission: to eliminate location and cost barriers by delivering professional quality live drama to the community at no charge. By claiming public green space as a cultural stage, the organization ensures local artists and neighborhood audiences can connect through powerful stories that reflect and inspire the community.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members are encouraged to arrive early to set up their chairs and connect with neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and updates, follow @theatreinthex on social media.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo courtesy of Theatre in the X)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Philadelphia\u2019s own Theatre in the X returns to Malcolm X Park (5100 Pine St) this week with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-267336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}