Jocelyn Bioh on the 30-Plus Drafts That Unlocked Broadway’s School Girls
Jocelyn Bioh knew she wanted to write about colorism. She also knew she wanted to make people laugh. Bringing those impulses together took boarding school memories, a beauty pageant scandal and more than 30 drafts. The result is School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, whose arrival on Broadway has given its playwright a new perspective on characters she has lived with for years. “Seeing them on a Broadway st…
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