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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Opening Night

Sep 29, 2026

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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play writer Jocelyn Bioh poses with director Whitney White on the show's Broadway opening night.

Tony winner Qween Jean serves as costume designer for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play and on the opening night carpet.

Isn’t she lovely? Jasmine Amy Rogers shines on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, where she pays Ericka.

All hail the queen! Denée Benton, who plays Paulina in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, steps out for the play’s opening night on Broadway.

Miss Ghana 1966 has arrived! Tony winner Patina Miller, who plays Eloise, looks regal on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Have mercy! Jordan Rice makes her Broadway debut in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play as Mercy.

It’s a gift-y to see Nia Otchere-Sarfo as she makes her Broadway debut in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play as Gifty.

Nana mania! Erin Morton is all smiles as she makes her Broadway debut in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Show some respect! Heather Alicia Simms returns to Broadway in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play as Headmistress Francis.

Lucia Aremu makes her Broadway debut as Ama in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play understudies Onyi Aba, Victoria Pekel, Iesha M. Daniels and Victoire Charles pose on the show's Broadway opening night.

The Broadway cast of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play celebrate the show's opening night.

Tony nominee David Zayas heads back to his old Manhattan Theatre Club stomping grounds with his granddaughter, Emma, for the opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Tony winner and honoree Irene Gandy celebrates the Broadway opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Lincoln Center Theater’s Resident Director, Lileana Blain-Cruz, celebrates The Whoopi Monologues director Whitney White on her latest Broadway venture, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony nominee Jordan E. Cooper attends the opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Lakisha May reunites with the Jaja’s African Hair Braiding team—writer Jocelyn Bioh and director Whitney White—as they open School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Las Culturistas co-host Matt Rogers flashes a smile on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony winner LaChanze represents Africa at the Broadway opening of School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play.

Tony-winning tour de force Lillias White is a vision on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Amber Iman, Hadestown’s reigning queen of the underworld, supports her Black Women on Broadway co-founder Jocelyn Bioh on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Two-time Tony winner Donna Murphy looks elegant on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Erika Woods celebrates her Power Book III: Raising Kanan co-star, Patina Miller, as she opens School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Jelani Alladin looks handsome on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, supporting his Wild Party co-star Jasmine Amy Rogers.

Playwright Leslye Headland returns to Broadway for the opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper graduated from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and heads back to school for the opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

For opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, journalist Star Jones strikes a pose on the red carpet.

Upcoming Dreamgirls director, Camille A. Brown, stops by the opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Louisa Jacobson supports her The Gilded Age co-star Denée Benton at the Broadway opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony winner Adriane Lenox brings color to the Broadway opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Journalist Gayle King wears pink on Monday at the Broadway opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Bess Wohl cheers on her Liberation collaborator Whitney White on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Before Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson directs Seven Guitars off-Broadway, he stops by the opening night carpet of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway with his daughter, Lily Santiago.

Tony-nominated talent Danielle Brooks, who co-founded Black Women on Broadway with Amber Iman and Jocelyn Bioh, stuns on opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Two-time Tony winner Kara Young pays a visit to Manhattan Theatre Club as School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opens on Broadway.

Broadway staple Aisha Jackson is too cool for school at the Broadway opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee supports the School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play company on their Broadway opening night before departing to tour with Oh, Mary!

The Imaginary Invalid director and Tony nominee Brandon J. Dirden celebrates another show of the current Broadway season, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Tony-winning costume designer Linda Cho looks fabulous at the opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

The Monsters playwright Ngozi Anyanwu returns to Manhattan Theatre Club for the Broadway opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Brittany Adebumola congratulates her Jaja’s African Hair Braiding collaborators, Jocelyn Bioh and Whitney White, on the opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Kristolyn Lloyd attends the Broadway opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, helmed by her Liberation director, Whitney White.

Powerhouse performer and Tony nominee Wendell Pierce attends opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play on Broadway.

Maechi Aharanwa heads back to Manhattan Theatre Club to celebrate her Jaja’s African Hair Braiding writer and director on the Broadway opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.

Original School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play actor, Mirirai Sithole, attends the play's Broadway opening night.

Paige Gilbert, who appeared off-Broadway in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, smiles wide for the play's Broadway bow.

Original HBIC Paulina in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, MaameYaa Boafo, attends the play’s Broadway opening night.

Liberation's Kayla Davion stops by the Broadway opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play in support of director Whitney White.

On opening night of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Real Housewives royalty and Traitors fan favorite Candiace Dillard Bassett is a queen bee incarnate.

Sis Thee Doll is pretty in pink at the Broadway opening of School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee's Leana Rae Concepcion attends the Broadway opening of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play with her former co-star and The Rocky Horror Show actor Kevin McHale.

Before starring in Downstate later this fall, K. Todd Freeman shows up for the company of School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play on their Broadway opening night.

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