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Sep 5, 2023 · Jocelyn Bioh made her Broadway debut in 2014, when she was in the ensemble of the cast of the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It was a dream gig for an ...
Jocelyn Bioh is a Ghanaian-American writer, playwright and actor. She graduated from Ohio State University with a BA in English and got her master's degree in Playwriting from Columbia University. Jocelyn's Broadway credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. She has performed in regional and off-Broadway productions of An ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Jocelyn Bioh (Credit: Joshua Bright) It’s fall 2023. As the lights rise on the Samuel J. Friedman stage, a scrim decorated in an array of braid styles lifts to reveal a padlocked, steel rollup gate beneath a yellow plastic awning that reads “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.”. One beat into the show it was already clear: This is New York City.
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May 21, 2024 · This week, Brittany Luse sits down with playwright Jocelyn Bioh, whose new play, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, is up for five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play. The two discuss Bioh's ...
Oct 16, 2023 · October 16, 2023. Illustration by João Fazenda. The playwright Jocelyn Bioh lives around the block from the Good Year African Hair Braiding Salon, on 125th Street and Morningside Avenue, in ...
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Sep 24, 2018 · Hopefully, School Girls will serve as a catalyst to seeing the universality of our high school experiences. As the title playfully suggests, playwright Jocelyn Bioh's 'School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play' explores, through wit and humor, the dynamics of a group of young women in a boarding school in Ghana.
Jan 3, 2018 · A former spokesmodel for CoverGirl Cosmetics’ Queen Collection, Bioh also navigates between work both in front of and behind the curtain. Best known in the theater community for her acting work in Suzan-Lori Parks’ “In The Blood,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ plays “An Octoroon” and “Neighbors,” and Simon Stephens’ “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” Bioh ...
