This will be Ford's NRT directorial debut.
"They are emotional, heartbreaking poems," Ford said. "These are regular women; they can be anyone."
Evonna Ciudup (freshman-biochemistry and African and African-American Studies), who plays Lady in Brown, said that the play feels more poetic than theatrical.
She also said the show will leave you surprised and moved.
"Each girl tells a story," Syreeta Anderson (senior-media studies and communication arts and sciences) said, stage manager for the production.
Ford said he chose to have the performance around this time to act as a segue between Black History and Women's History months. Ford also added that this show is unique because it features an all-black cast.
"I went to a performing arts high school, and it was the first show I saw performed there," he said. "I knew I wanted to bring it to Penn State."
He also said the show is really about women wanting to commit suicide and the characters try to look inward to find resolve.
"The issues are something you can relate to," Crudrup said. "[These women] are fed up with the trials of everyday life."
Anderson said the recent campus-wide interest in The Vagina Monologues should encourage students to see the show.
"If you waited to see The Vagina Monologues, you should see this," she said.
Sherna Johnson (senior-print journalism) who plays the character of Lady in Red, said the show was, in a word, "phenomenal."
"Any woman, no matter what color, should be able to relate to it," she said. "It crosses all boundaries."
Sherna Johnson (senior-journalism), (left) performs a scene from No Refund Theatre's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Ain't Enuf.
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