Jocelyn Bioh

Denée Benton and Patina Miller are attached to the Broadway staging of 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play', with a New York Times review highlighting their role in elevating the production. The piece frames the show's move to Broadway as a 'glow-up', crediting the two Tony-winning-adjacent stars with bringing fresh attention and star power to Jocelyn Bioh's play about teenage girls at a Ghanaian boarding school.

School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play has arrived on Broadway, and early reviews highlight its 1980s fashion and its sharp take on colorism and beauty standards. Jocelyn Bioh's comedy-drama, set at a Ghanaian boarding school in 1986, is being praised for mixing period style with themes that critics say remain strikingly relevant today.

Jocelyn Bioh's comedy 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play' has arrived on Broadway, and a New York Times review frames the production as a polished Broadway upgrade of the show's earlier, better-known high school comedy formula. Set at a Ghanaian boarding school, the play blends teen rivalry comedy with sharper questions about colorism and beauty standards, and reviewers are highlighting its transition from off-Broadway success to the main stage.