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Queen bees compete for pageant crown in Goodman's 'School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play' dailyherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Live, in-person theater has returned to Goodman Theatre. And it could also be said that school s back in session. After nearly 17 months, Jocelyn Bioh s SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY has finally opened. The production radiates Black girl joy. After such a long wait, it s particularly magical to see this uproariously funny but also tender play that puts young Black women right at its center. SCHOOL GIRLS takes place in 1986 at the Aburi Girls Secondary School in Ghana as we are introduced to the school s reigning clique. Director Lili-Anne Brown diretcts a top-notch ensemble that includes the biting Paulina Sarpong (Ciera Dawn) as the Queen Bee. Paulina is flanked by the whip-smart Ama (Adhana Reid), who tries to call her out, Gifty (Adia Alli), Mercy (Tiffany Renee Johnson), and the shy Nana (Ashley Crowe), who is known to hide contraband snacks in her school uniform. In the play s early scenes, Bioh follows the structure of iconic teen girl films like MEAN G ....
TheatreSquaredâs production of the aptly titled âSchool Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Playâ employs sharp humor and energetic acting to tell a classic tale of high school intrigue, while tackling heavy themes of racism, colorism and nativism. âSchool Girls,â by Jocelyn Bioh, is set in an exclusive girlsâ boarding school in central Ghana in 1986. The comedy follows the adventures and misadventures of quintessential queen bee Paulina (think: the Ghanaian Regina George), as she attempts to become Miss Ghana in hopes of making it to the Miss Global Universe pageant. When Ericka, a beautiful, outgoing and â most significantly â light-skinned new student who has spent her childhood in America (a reverse Cady Heron, if you will) arrives at the school and curries favor with Paulinaâs clique members/victims, chaos and hilarity ensues. ....
'School Girls' Hilariously Tells Timeless, Universal Teen Tale, Grapples with Tough Topics | Lifestyles uatrav.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uatrav.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TheatreSquared presents, in a brand-new production, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh streaming online January 20. Winner of the 2018 Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, in School Girls, the nasty-teen comedy genre emerges wonderfully refreshed and even deepened by its immersion in a world it never considered (CRITICS PICK-The New York Times). It s 1986, and Paulina is the reigning queen bee at Ghana s most exclusive boarding school, and has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student from Ohio with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter-and Paulina s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting new comedy, twice extended in its acclaimed New York debut, is sweeping the nation s stages, and has become a cultural phenomenon. ....