For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf

CJ Williams

CJ is the Director of For Colored Girls and a founding member of The Chocolate Box Theatre Company. A powerhouse artist and creative visionary, CJ has directed and performed in numerous stage productions across Detroit, earning praise for her bold, emotionally honest storytelling. Her past directing credits include Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea at Open Book Theatre. As a seasoned actress, she has brought rawness and depth to a wide range of roles, always centering truth and humanity in her work. Her direction of For Colored Girls reflects her deep love for sisterhood, storytelling, and unapologetic Black womanhood.

Asia Robinson

Asia is honored to be working with The Chocolate Box once again on the production For Colored Girls. She has been performing since the age of 8. After graduating from Wayne State University with a BSBA in August 2025, she decided to jump back into her passion for telling powerful stories on screen and stage.

Danae Ross

for colored girls is Danae Ross’ debut performance as an actor. She rediscovered her love of theatre playing Lysistrata in the classical Greek comedy, Lysistrata, in the Fall 2024 Detroit Repertory Theater Actors’ Workshop Showcase. Danae earned her B.A. in Sociology and English Honors from Wayne State University and her M.S.W. as well as her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. She is a current Ph.D. Candidate, studying Black maternal mental health. Danae is also certified in various healing modalities, including as a yoga instructor, a doula, and a mental health practitioner with specialized training in providing care to Black birthing people and their families during the postpartum period. She is looking forward to continuing to bring the stories of Black women to the stage in the Spring of 2026 in the Michigan Premier of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed during Season 69 at the Detroit Repertory Theatre.

Kayla Raine

This is Kayla’s first production, and she is super excited to perform after finally getting on stage for the first time this year. It feels like a long imagined dream finally making ground. Kayla love’s the team and how hard and present everyone is and involved. This is how it’s supposed to be, how it’s supposed to feel. Can’t wait for people to see our hard work.

Nisa Miller

Nisa is thrilled to make her stage debut in For Colored Girls. She gratefully acknowledges Detroit Repertory Theatre, where she received her foundational training and breakthrough artistic development. Nisa is honored to bring her voice, presence, and lived experience to the stage and thanks her community for the encouragement to step fully into this moment.

Sheila Mac

Sheila is one of the co-founders of The Chocolate Box Theatre Company and serves as producer and costume lead for this production. She trained at the Detroit Repertory Theater. Her acting credits include Mama in Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea at Open Book Theatre (dir. C.J. Williams) and Tonya in Shattered Pieces at Theatre Nova (dir. Kez Settle). She is honored to bring this deeply relatable work to life and is especially inspired by the vision of director C.J. Williams. 

Sonya Ellis

Sonya is excited to return to live theater in this innovative production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, a poetry collection that has been close to her heart since she was in high school. Previously, she performed in Diva Daughters Dupree and Sophisticated Ladies with Plowshares Theater Company. In recent years, she has had a renewed interest in theater, fueled by attending the acting workshops at the Detroit Repertory Theater. For the many years between her theater appearances, Sonya has always found time to sing. She is a classically trained vocalist who has experience in musical theater, jazz ensembles, and sacred music. Sonya earned her B.A. in Music Therapy and M.S. in Audiology from Wayne State University. She has served the Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in Detroit as an Educational Audiologist for over 30 years. She would like to thank her remarkable son for his calming spirit and continuous support during all her artistic endeavors.

La’ Paige

“La'Paige/LaVette" is a proud co-founder of The Chocolate Box Theater and a woman of vision, voice, and purpose. Her journey spans stages, communities, and continents — from the streets of Detroit to service work in Africa and Honduras. In For Colored Girls, she commands the pieces “Toussaint” and “Sorry,” channeling fire, freedom, and faith. With CJ Williams at the helm, Paige was pushed beyond performance into powerful discovery. This cast has become more than collaborators — they are sisters. And this play, more than a performance — it’s a calling.