School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play- Page 2

[bear88]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 2:13am

I had planned to see this play live at the Berkeley Rep but Covid-19 got in the way of that. I was able to see a tech rehearsal that was filmed just before things were shut down in the SF Bay Area. It wasn't the ideal circumstances for the actors or the poor camera operator, but I was pleased both to support the theater and to see the play, which veers impressively from silly to serious in a tidy 80-minute running time. We learn a lot about these characters, and certainly Paulina and new rival Ericka, during that time. I was impressed with Jocelyn Bioh's ability to borrow familiar tropes and put them in a new context that is both entertaining, enlightening (pardon the pun), and heartbreaking. The actress playing Paulina, Akilah Walker, is particularly good as the play moves to its conclusion.

[Fan123]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 3:55am

The Goodman Theatre is also selling tickets to a stream of their recent production:

https://www.goodmantheatre.org/streamschoolgirls

(I'm pretty sure this is a different thing to the PBS version?)

[kole_willms]

Posted: 5/19/20 at 12:33pm

I have been out of the PBS loop for a while. I just sat and watched it. Just as good the second time around. It was beautifully filmed also. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/6/20 at 4:32pm

kole_willms said: "I have been out of the PBS loop for a while. I just sat and watched it. Just as good the second time around. It was beautifully filmed also."

Very weird. Your post was verbatim what I posted but did not show as a quote? Did you just copy and paste it?

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/13/20 at 8:10pm

kole_willms said: "I have been out of the PBS loop for a while. I just sat and watched it. Just as good the second time around. It was beautifully filmed also."

It was truly beautifully filmed.  

[carterbean]

Posted: 12/21/20 at 3:03am

Excellent play.
It’s a awesome show. But it’s not a Broadway Show. As cool as it would be to have a show like this on broadway I don’t think broadway audiences would pay for it.

[Georgeanddot2]

Posted: 7/13/22 at 3:47pm

Um what's going on like the links y'all???

[spiceagent]

Posted: 7/12/23 at 5:48pm

I had planned to see this play live at the Berkeley Rep but Covid-19 got in the way of that. I was able to see a tech rehearsal that was filmed just before things were shut down in the SF Bay Area. It wasn't the ideal circumstances for the actors or the poor camera operator, but I was pleased both to support the theater and to see the play, which veers impressively from silly to serious in a tidy 80-minute running time. We learn a lot about these characters, and certainly Paulina and new rival Ericka, during that time. I was impressed with Jocelyn Bioh's ability to borrow familiar tropes and put them in a new context that is both entertaining, enlightening (pardon the pun), and heartbreaking. The actress playing Paulina, Akilah Walker, is particularly good as the play moves to its conclusion.

Updated On: 2/11/24 at 05:48 PM

[Wick3]

Posted: 7/12/23 at 9:28pm

I saw a production of this play in London off-west end at the Hammersmith Lyric and it was really good! What made it even better was how the theater had a Ghanaian school tray dinner special available for only 10 pounds! 
 

[dennisferrari769]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 11:46am

carterbean said: "Excellent play.
It’s a awesome show. But it’s not a Broadway Show. As cool as it would be to have a show like this on broadway I don’t think broadway audiences would pay for it."

I don't think Broadway audiences would turn down this show. It's definitely worth a look. This show reminds me of my school days. Now I study at the university and use the https://essays.edubirdie.com/academic-writing-services website to keep up with all my academic tasks. What can I say, I miss the good old school days when everything was so much easier. But I am glad that I found such a service, it helps me a lot.

Updated On: 7/19/23 at 11:46 AM