The playwright will step into the role usually played by Tony Award winner Patina Miller from October 9-11.<\/p>\n
Jocelyn Bioh, the playwright of School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play<\/a>, will join the cast of her show on Broadway from October 9-11 only at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre<\/a>. She will play pageant recruiter Eloise Amponsah while Tony Award winner Patina Miller<\/a> is out due to a pre-planned commitment.<\/p>\n Before making her Broadway debut as a playwright with 2023’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, she was an actor who performed on Broadway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.<\/p>\n She will now perform alongside School Girls cast members Lucia Aremu as Ama, Tony Award nominee Den\u00e9e Benton<\/a> as Paulina, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominee Erin Morton as Nana, Nia Otchere-Sarfo as Gifty, Jordan Rice as Mercy, Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers<\/a> as Ericka, and Obie Award winner Heather Alicia Simms as Headmistress Francis.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt a great deal of creative energy writing this play while working as an actor on 47th Street, and it feels completely magical to be returning to this same block to perform one of my own characters in School Girls,\u201d Bioh said. \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to get to follow the inimitable Patina Miller for these four performances, and I am especially excited to join this thrilling company on stage for a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n School Girls takes place at an all-girls boarding school in 1986 Ghana, when queen bee Paulina\u2019s near-guaranteed win at an upcoming pageant is threatened by the arrival of an American transfer student. The show previously debuted off Broadway with MCC Theater in 2017.<\/p>\n Read our interview with Bioh and director Whitney White about School Girls.<\/a><\/p>\n