Under Siege Reading + Ntozake Shange's Birthday!

Join ARTE NOIR and The Hansberry Project for a special evening celebrating the enduring power of Black women's voices. This encore staged reading of UNDER SIEGE—a collectively created play written by 30 Black women and femme writers under the artistic leadership of Lynn Nottage and Dominique Morisseau—features twelve local Black actors under the direction of Valerie Curtis-Newton, in a moving presentation of this timely work.

Following the reading, we'll honor the birthday and legacy of Ntozake Shange, whose groundbreaking choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf inspired our current exhibition, Colored Girls for Colored Girls: Evolution of Expression. Join us for an evening of theatre, visual art, reflection, and celebration.