SNOOZEFEST, A SONG CYCLE ABOUT SLEEP Comes To 54 Below This Month
54 BELOW will present Snoozefest: A Song Cycle on April 19th, 2024 at 9:30pm. Snoozefest, a collaboration between eight emerging writers/writing teams, debuts with a cast featuring How to Dance in Ohio's Desmond Luis Edwards, Imani Russell, Conor Tague, and Ashley Wool, as well as A Beautiful Noise's Kalonjee Gallimore, Our Town's Nimene Wureh, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Brittany Zeinstra, and more!
BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Arkansas Repertory Theatre
When I heard the montage of 80s music blaring and saw the beautiful African-American art donning the Arkansas Repertory Theatre lobby, I knew SCHOOL GIRLS; OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY by Jocelyn Bioh, which is playing through March 20, was going to be awesome (80s slang intended)! Set in Ghana at the Aburi Girls' boarding school in 1986, the play touches on social nerves like familial status, school hierarchy, and color of the skin. Directed by Sha Cage, this group of storytellers told a tale that still rings true today.
BWW Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Jungle Theater
While I love all forms of theater, it's apparent that typically I gravitate towards musicals more than plays. However there is one theatre in town that still somehow manages to pull me in with every play they produce and that is the Jungle Theater. Whether it's thrilling, drama or a comedy I always leave there thankful that I attended. That feeling was reassured, once again, as I walked down Lyndale in Uptown this past weekend after seeing the media preview for School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh.