Camille A. Brown Instagram – As the women in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf say, I’m outside Jamaica, Queens, NY! Much gratitude to @broadwayblack and voters for this tremendous award for Best Direction of a Play on Broadway!!! I am very thankful and truly feel seen. It was an honor to be a part of the fubu celebration last night!!! ✊🏽Lifting up the timeless vision and words of Ntozake Shange. Thankful for her love of dance and how important it was to her language. I am honored to have had the opportunity to contribute to her legacy. A most heartfelt shout out and THANK YOU to the cast- for being so open, loving, encouraging, explosive, expansive, and phenomenally beautiful during our process and run. THANK YOU to the creatives, crew, associates, and assistants for being so generous with your time, for believing in the vision, and for having my back the entire way. You are sincerely loved and appreciated. Thankful to my personal team who helped me believe that I could do this. Thankful for the inspiration and mentorship of Dianne McIyntre, @joydances8 and Talvin Wilks. I experienced many firsts with this show and my community held me up! Thank you to the producers for asking me to direct and choreograph this show. I’m proud that we showed up- for Ntozake, for Black women, for each other, and for ourselves. I am thankful to have been witness to Black girl magic both behind the scenes and on stage. I am thankful for the thrilling yet terrifying jump into directing for theater. In all things, take the dive and BELIEVE. I am thankful for everyone who believed in me. Shout out to MY G @rickeytripp THANK YOU for sharing the night with me! Love you so much🦋
#Director #Choreographer #blackwomenonbroadway | Posted on 21/Feb/2023 20:28:47
