#maechi aharanwa

[theonlyadawong]

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)

#jaja's African Hair Braiding #brittany adebumola #maechi aharanwa #rachel christopher #kalyne coleman #somi kakoma #lakisha may #nana mensah #michael oloyede #dominique thorne #zenzi williams #victoire charles #onye eme-akwari #abigail c onwunali #morgan scott #black theatre #long post #cataloging theatre

[nmacdst1980]

#NMACArtsAndLetters in collaboration with Hurlock Marketing(@hurlockmarketing) hosted a theatre outing to see “IF PRETTY HURTS...” @phnyc. It was a pleasure to have @dstinc1913‘s 23rd, 24th, and 25th Past National Presidents: Louise Allen Rice, Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre, and Paulette C. Walker in attendance. Together attendees experienced and celebrated the @nytimes critic’s pick world premiere of Soror Tori Sampson’s(@16handlez) dynamic play about the annexation of Black beauty and supported #NMACDST’s own Maechi Aharanwa. What a joyful night full of thought provoking art and #SISTERHOOD. #NMACinTheCity #NMACDST #DST #DST106 #DST1913 #TheEAST https://www.instagram.com/nmacdst/p/Bvb9VZiHWMO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j82ou17fgnjd

#nmacartsandletters #nmacdst #sisterhood #nmacinthecity #dst #dst106 #dst1913 #theeast

[nmacdst1980]

#NMACArtsAndLetters in collaboration with Hurlock Marketing(@hurlockmarketing) hosted a theatre outing to see “IF PRETTY HURTS...” @phnyc. It was a pleasure to have @dstinc1913‘s 23rd, 24th, and 25th Past National Presidents: Louise Allen Rice, Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre, and Paulette C. Walker in attendance. Together attendees experienced and celebrated the @nytimes critic’s pick world premiere of Soror Tori Sampson’s(@16handlez) dynamic play about the annexation of Black beauty and supported #NMACDST’s own Maechi Aharanwa. What a joyful night full of thought provoking art and #SISTERHOOD. #NMACinTheCity #NMACDST #DST #DST106 #DST1913 #TheEAST https://www.instagram.com/nmacdst/p/Bvb6zp5ntgk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h9f3c41w88w5

#nmacartsandletters #nmacdst #sisterhood #nmacinthecity #dst #dst106 #dst1913 #theeast