Written by Jocelyn Bioh, the uproarious comedy, which opened on Broadway in 2023, explores a day in the life of a West ...

The acclaimed touring production of Jocelyn Bioh's 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' set in a Harlem hair salon, reveals the ...

Don't miss 'JaJa's African Hair Braiding' in LA! Playwright Jocelyn Bioh brings a vibrant story of Ghanaian culture to the ...

Every few decades the theater needs its “Steel Magnolias.” Before Robert Haring’s beauty-shop dramedy opened in 1987, there was Clare Booth Luce’s 1936 comedy, “The Women,” which also made a beauty ...

To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, ...

When Victoire Charles first read Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh, it became the second play she had ever read in ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may seem ...

Tuesday night was a gut punch that left me grateful for live theater. That evening, I had the pleasure of joining the audience at "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," the vibrant comedic play with a big ...

Jocelyn Bioh’s Harlem-set play, bristling with wit and drama, follows the staff and customers of a hair braiding salon as they joke, argue, and try to get those styles just right. Senior Editor and ...

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Customers who visit Salamata Sylla's tiny hair salon in Kent, Wash., will find two chairs, a television, a wash basin, and not much else. Sylla, 30, mostly uses the basin for rinsing combs. Using her ...