S4E10: The Goddess with Jocelyn Bioh
Stages Podcast
English - May 13, 2024 06:10 - 56 minutes - 103 MB - ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts TV & Film africa friendship lachanze mindleaps rwanda sisterhood wicked benwalding broadway creative Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tony Nominee Jocelyn Bioh is an Award-winning Ghanian-American playwright and actress. Her most recent play, JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING, is Tony-nominated for Best Play this season. Jocelyn’s work can be seen across screen and stage. SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, won numerous awards including Lortel and Outer Critics Circle, and earned Drama Desk, Drama League, and Off-Broadway Alliance nominations. As an actress, Bioh received a Drama Desk nomination for IN THE BLOOD, and a Lortel nomination for her work in EVERYBODY. She is the Book writer for Broadway-bound musical GODDESS. Jocelyn has also written for TV on “Russian Doll”, Spike Lee's “She’s Gotta Have It,” and “Tiny Beautiful Things.” In this episode, Jocelyn discusses the history and spirituality within hair braiding, the importance of originality in the American musical theater, and how her perspective on work and life has changed with motherhood.