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Jocelyn Bioh and Whitney White on Creating a Different Kind of Mean Girl

“School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” which first played off-Broadway in 2017 and reopens at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on September 28, centers a lively crew of boarding schoolers as they prepare for the 1986 Miss Ghana Pageant.

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“School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” which first played off-Broadway in 2017 and reopens at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on September 28, centers a lively crew of boarding schoolers as they prepare for the 1986 Miss Ghana Pageant.

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According to Vogue’s source item, Jocelyn Bioh and Whitney White on Creating a Different Kind of Mean Girl, “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” which first played off-Broadway in 2017 and reopens at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on September 28, centers a lively crew of boarding schoolers as they prepare for the 1986 Miss Ghana Pageant.

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