With an all-Black cast and a majority Black creative team, the show brings a new story to the American stage
, 10.4 percent of directors and 11.7 percent of writers in productions during New York City’s 2018–2019 theater season were Black. The Blackness of the new play is part of what sparked Tony winner LaChanze’s involvement withas a producer. She notes, “This is … a Black playwright, a Black female director, and Black producers promoting a show. I want to be a part of that. I want to be part of that movement.”Bioh’s research involved pulling from personal experience as a customer at hair salons.
According to Mensah, Aminata “is somebody who is really good at her job, her life. And that was really freeing … she doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist. This is somebody who came to this country, maybe through France, went from Senegal to France to New York, who loves her scratch-off tickets, who loves her man—even though he’s incredibly problematic—and loves her kid, and is okay at her job. And that’s okay. She’s just kind of like walking this middle ground.
Providing convincing outfits and hair are a huge part of bringing the cast to life in a production centered around the beauty industry. “This play has had the most specificity around hair that I’ve ever worked with, which is exciting as a wig designer. You have a road map,” says Nikiya Mathis, who designed hair and wigs for. “They talk about knotless braids, we talk about micro braids, we talk about cornrows with zigzag parts … or we talk about sewing weaves.
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