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Jaja's African Hair Braiding Tickets
Chicago, IL

Jaja's African Hair Braiding Tickets

Join the women of Jaja's salon for a day of love, dreams, and revelations.
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Jaja's African Hair Braiding Tickets

About Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Straight from a twice-extended Broadway run, making its Regional Premiere

This comedic play offers a glimpse into the lives of a group of West African immigrant women who find community in a Harlem hair salon. Over the course of a sweltering summer day, love blossoms, dreams flourish, and secrets are revealed. Uncertainty simmers below the surface, and when it boils over, this tight-knit community is forced to confront what it means to be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home.

“I am thrilled and honored that audiences beyond Broadway will get to come to ‘the shop’ and meet the vibrant women of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” says acclaimed playwright Jocelyn Bioh. “This play means so much to me as both a native New Yorker and as a first-generation Ghanaian American as it speaks to the heart of what makes our country so beautifully unique: its rich diversity of people and culture. There is a real universality to these women’s experiences, and I can’t wait for audiences to connect and fall in love with each of them.”

Run time

1hr 30min. No intermission.

Start date

January 14th, 2025

End date

February 2nd, 2025

Categories

Plays

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Venue

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier

800 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, 60611
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Show schedule

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Tickets

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