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EPISODE · Sep 29, 2023 · 51 MIN

Jocelyn Bioh — JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING

from The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers · host Jocelyn Bioh, Dan Rubins

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.Jaja's African Hair Braiding, a production of Manhattan Theatre Club, is running on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman  Theatre until November 5th. Find out more at www.manhattantheatreclub.org.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Making her Broadway debut as a playwright, Jocelyn Bioh joins the podcast to talk about bringing the women of a Harlem braiding shop to the stage in Jaja's African Hair Braiding. What's the secret to revision? What do we really mean when we talk about the value of representation onstage? How can a collaboration with hair and wig designers shape a script's development? (And what's the latest on the Once On This Island movie?) In a wide-ranging conversation, Jocelyn Bioh answers all these questions — and more — on The Present Stage.

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