*Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play” is heading to Broadway with Denée Benton, Jasmine Amy Rogers and Patina Miller leading the cast.
The production will play Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this fall. Performances begin Sept. 8, and opening night is scheduled for Sept. 28. Whitney White, a Tony nominee for “Liberation,” will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Benton will play Paulina, the leader of a friend group at Ghana’s Aburi Girls Boarding School. Their campus life changes when a pageant recruiter, played by Miller, arrives to scout students for the Miss Ghana 1986 pageant. Rogers plays a transfer student from America whose arrival disrupts Paulina’s path toward the crown. The cast also features Erin Morton, Lucia Aremu, Nia Otchere-Sarfo, Jordan Rice and Heather Alicia Simms.
“School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play” first premiered Off-Broadway in November 2017. The Broadway run brings Benton back after her Tony-nominated performance in “Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812.” She later appeared in the 2022 revival of “Into the Woods.” On television, Benton has appeared as a series regular in “The Gilded Age.”
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Rogers earned a Tony nomination last season for “Boop! The Musical.” She currently stars Off-Broadway in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
Miller, who won a Tony Award for “Pippin,” also appeared in the 2022 “Into the Woods” revival. Her screen credits include “Madam Secretary” and “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” now in its fifth and final season. New episodes streaming weekly on Fridays on the STARZ app, and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms.
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