Ntozake Shange (phonetically n-to-zaki shan-gay; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet. As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work.Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.She has also written several novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. Shange lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Biography-bibliography in "Contemporary Authors," New Revision Series, vol. 131, pp. 395-403. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as author of the Best Play nominee "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf," which featured LaTanya Richardson Jackson as the Woman in Red.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
For Colored Girls
2010
play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf"
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
Documentary Narration
Whitewash
1994
TV Short screenplay
American Playhouse
TV Series play - 1 episode, 1982 screenplay - 1 episode, 1982
An Evening with Diana Ross
1977
TV Movie
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Transparent
2016
TV Series
Ntozake Shange
American Playhouse
1982
TV Series
Woman with baby girl
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Playhouse
1982
TV Series assistant to the director - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Span of the Rainbow
2011
Documentary short
Herself
The Papp Project
2001
Documentary
Herself
Poetry in Motion
1982
Documentary
Herself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Play
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
Documentary
Herself
Known for movies
For Colored Girls (2010) as Writer
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) as Writer
$400,000
