Off-Broadway NewsSchool Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Extends Off-BroadwayJocelyn Bioh’s acclaimed playwriting debut will now play to the end of the year due to popular demand.
By
Olivia Clement
November 17, 2017
Abena, Mirirai Sithole, Paige Gilbert in School GirlsJoan Marcus
Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play will now play an additional two weeks due to popular demand. The world premiere from MCC Theater, directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, opened to a slew of positive reviews November 16.
Performances of School Girls began November 1 in the Lucille Lortel Theatre and will now continue through December 23 instead of the originally scheduled December 10.
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play tells a coming of age story set in an all-girls boarding school in Ghana in the ‘80s. The play explores themes of beauty, colorism, and female adolescence.
The Off-Broadway production marks the professional playwriting debut of playwright and actor Bioh.
See Bioh, the cast and creative team at last night’s opening night celebrations:
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Go Inside Opening Night of MCC Theater’s School Girl’s; or, the African Mean Girls Play
Go Inside Opening Night of MCC Theater’s School Girl’s; or, the African Mean Girls Play
The production, directed by Rebecca Taichman, opened at Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre November 16.
