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tllgrrl · 6 months
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Adepero Oduye supporting and celebrating her friend, playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s work JA JA’s African Hair Braiding on its opening night on Broadway!
Black women Creatives out there supporting each other on stage and on the picket lines!
Love to see it!
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caroleditosti · 6 months
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'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' Hysterical, Fun, Profound
With riotous humor and a profound message, 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' is one to see.
(L to R): Brittany Adebumola, Dominique Thorne in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Matthew Murphy) Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh in its world premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), is a rollicking comedy with an underlying twist that, by the conclusion, turns as serious as a heart attack. Bioah’s characters are humorous, quick studies that deliver the…
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do-you-know-this-play · 4 months
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oughttobeclowns · 2 years
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Winners of the 2022 Drama Desk Awards
Winners of the 2022 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Play Cullud Wattah, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, The Public Theater English, by Sanaz Toossi, Atlantic Theater Company Prayer for the French Republic, by Joshua Harmon, Manhattan Theatre Club Sanctuary City, by Martyna Majok, New York Theatre Workshop Selling Kabul, by Sylvia Khoury, Playwrights Horizons The Chinese Lady, by Lloyd Suh, The Public Theater Outstanding Musical Harmony,…
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frontmezzjunkies · 6 months
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"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" Twists Tight and True at Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway
#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #JajasAfricanHairBraiding by #JocelynBioh d: #WhitneyWhite w/ #BrittanyAdebumola #SomiKakoma #NanaMensah #MaechiAharanwa #ZenziWilliams #JajaBroadway @MTC_NYC
Lakisha May and Nana Mensah in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Photo by Matthew Murphy. The Broadway Theatre Review: MTC’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding By Ross It’s a hot summer’s day in Harlem. In the year 2019. With America and its immigrant stance turned upside down and aggressively armed by orange-stained politics and divisive rhetoric. Stay inside, the…
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theonlyadawong · 6 months
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Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Written by Jocelyn Bioh
Dir. Whitney White
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 2023
This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish and secrets will be revealed. The uncertainty of their circumstances simmers below the surface of their lives and when it boils over, it forces this tight-knit community to confront what it means to be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home.
(Photos by Matthew Murphy)
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generalpierrotdameron · 5 months
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Today, we at Knight Edge Media have learned the entire writer’s room for Lucasfilm’s upcoming High Republic-era series, The Acolyte. The upcoming series will feature showrunner Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), Jason Micallef (Heathers),  Charmaine DeGrate (House of the Dragon), Jasmyne Flournoy (Welcome to Derry), Eileen Shim (House of the Dragon), Claire Kiechel (HBO’s Watchmen), Kor Adana (Mr. Robot), Cameron Squires (WandaVision), Jocelyn A Bioh (Russian Doll), and Jen Richards.
Episode 1 – Written by: Leslye Headland
Episode 2 – Written by: Jason Micallef and Charmaine DeGrate
Episode 3 – Written by: Jasmyne Flournoy and Eileen Shim
Episode 4 – Written by: Claire Kiechel and Kor Adana
Episode 5 – Written by: Kor Adana and Cameron Squires
Episode 6 – Written by: Jason Micallef and Jocelyn Bioh
Episode 7 – Written by: Charmaine DeGrate and Jen Richards & Jasmyne Flournoy
Episode 8 – Written by: Jason Micallef
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epcot-anthony · 2 years
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Who wedding is she at?
jocelyn bioh and austin smith’s!
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newyorktheater · 4 months
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Jaja's African Hair Braiding: The Perks and Pitfalls of seeing it on Broadway Live via your Computer
For only the third time in Broadway history, you can see a play this weekend live as it’s being performed on stage even if you live thousands of miles away. “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” Jocelyn Bioh’s inviting workplace comedy, is  being “simulcast” live online at every performance through this Sunday, November 19, when it closes at Manhattan Theater Club’s Broadway theater, the Samuel J.…
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antonio-velardo · 6 months
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Antonio Velardo shares: Review: At ‘Jaja’s,’ Where Everybody Knows Your Mane by Jesse Green
By Jesse Green Jocelyn Bioh’s Broadway playwriting debut, set in a Harlem hair braiding shop, is a hot and hilarious workplace sitcom. Published: October 3, 2023 at 09:00PM from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/rSMDIgR via IFTTT
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teamtrisha · 7 months
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trascapades · 7 months
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🎭 #ArtIsAWeapon Discount and 2-for-1 ticket offers to see "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a new play by Jocelyn Bioh @jjbioh, directed by Whitney White @naptural85, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club @mtc_nyc , Madison Wells Live @heymadisonwells, LaChanze @mslachanze, and Taraji P. Henson @tarajiphenson
Limited Engagement - Broadway previews begin September 12, 2023
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre • 261 W. 47th Street • New York, NY 10036
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Reposted from @mtc_nyc Welcome to Jaja’s, a bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where every day, a group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. Over the course of one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish, secrets will be revealed, and the uncertainty of their circumstances will force this tight-knit community to confront what it means to be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home.
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Wednesday, September 20 • 7:00 pm
Post-performance discussion with JAJA producing partners LaChanze and Taraji P. Henson!
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deadlinecom · 8 months
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tvsotherworlds · 9 months
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frontmezzjunkies · 6 months
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"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" Twists Tight and True at Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway
Lakisha May and Nana Mensah in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Photo by Matthew Murphy. The Broadway Theatre Review: MTC’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding By Ross It’s a hot summer’s day in Harlem. In the year 2019. With America and its immigrant stance turned upside down and aggressively armed by orange-stained politics and divisive rhetoric. Stay inside, the…
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picolin · 9 months
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
by Jocelyn Bioh
dir. Monique Touko
2023年6月24日 Lyric Hammersmith
ガーナ系アメリカ人の作家Jocelyn Biohの2017年の作品。舞台は1986年、ガーナのポッシュな女子高。ポーリーナは四人の取り巻きを引き連れ、クイーンビーとして思うがままに振る舞っていた。そこに、USから白人とのMixed Raceの転校生、エリカがやってきたことで彼らの関係性が大きく変わることになる。時まさに全国対象のミスコンの候補を学校から選ぶというタイミング、果たして誰が選ばれるのか。
ポール・ウィリスの美術は長机と長椅子を中心にしたシンプルなもの。キャストがシーンによってそれらを押したりあげたりしてスペースを作り、リズムを作る。特筆すべきはキネティア・イサドアによる衣装で、少女たちが回るとふわりと丸く広がる制服のスカートから、ミスコンに向けた校内予選でのドレスのやや過剰だが個性を表現したかわいさが目に楽しい。
20C終わりの、今以上に外からのアフリカの表象が「貧困と旱魃に悩む元植民地」だった時代の、しかし都市のミドルクラスのティーンエイジャーを扱っているのが何よりもうまい。インターネットのない時代、特に子供にとっての外国についての情報もまだ大手ニュースメディアや知り合いの体験談に限られていたこともあり、ポーリーナの口からでまかせレベルのUSの情報に幻惑されていた他の少女たちも、エリカがもたらすリアルな情報によってそれらが嘘だったことを知ってしまう。「少しでも明るい皮膚の色」の持つ重さの違いや、ガーナやアフリカ大陸そのものの「正しい」表象の必要性に駆られているのは少女たちも教頭も同じ。少女たちを見る外の目が重ねられていく度に枠にはめられ、軽んじられていってしまう過程がラストに向けてどんどん加速していく作りは爆笑しつつも痛々しさを増していく。一見気軽なシットコムのノリで見ていると、最後には彼女たちを枠にはめて不可視化しているのはいったい誰なのか、という問いが提示される。
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