Tag: Black woman playwright
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Jocelyn Bioh, the Ghanaian-American playwright behind “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” makes history as the first Black woman playwright to receive five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, shattering glass ceilings and amplifying diverse voices on Broadway.
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The remarkable journey of Lorraine Hansberry, the first Black woman to have her production, “A Raisin in the Sun,” featured on Broadway in 1959. Born into a prominent activist family, Hansberry’s groundbreaking play portrayed the realistic lives of…
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