JOCELYN BIOH (Playwright) is a Ghanaian-American writer/performer from New York City. Her plays include 2015 Kilroys'apos; List selection Nollywood Dreams which was presented in 2017 as part of The Cherry Lane Mentor Project, School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater, 2017/18, Lortel Award, OCC John Gassner Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Nomination, Off Broadway Alliance Nomination, Kilroys'apos; List 2016), African Americans (Ruby PrizeFinalist 2011), Goddess (book writer) and The Ladykiller'apos;s Love Story of which she conceived the story and wrote the libretto with music/lyrics by Cee Lo Green. She is a commissioned playwright with Manhattan Theater Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, and Second Stage Theater. She is a resident playwright at Lincoln Center and is a Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence with MCC Theater for 2017-18. BA in English and Theater from Ohio State University and MFA inPlaywriting.
School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play