“Character is kind of where I start from,” explains Jocelyn Bioh, “I feel like all of my work is character driven narratives.” She made her Broadway debut as a playwright this season with “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at Manhattan Theatre Club, a play bursting at the seams with unique characters. “Sometimes I don’t actually know where I’m going,” says Bioh of her process, “I just know what the character is, and I’ll just start writing and see what they say, see where it kind of leads me.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
In the play, audiences are dropped into the titular Harlem braiding shop where they soon grow intimately familiar with the stylists and clientele. There’s Marie (Dominique Thorne), the owner’s young daughter with a bright future ahead of her. There’s Bea (Zenzi Williams), a veteran stylist who dominates much of the...
In the play, audiences are dropped into the titular Harlem braiding shop where they soon grow intimately familiar with the stylists and clientele. There’s Marie (Dominique Thorne), the owner’s young daughter with a bright future ahead of her. There’s Bea (Zenzi Williams), a veteran stylist who dominates much of the...
- 4/8/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
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