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| Maame Yaa Boafo |
If
you think bullying is a problem in the USA, here is another view. Paulina
(Maame Yaa Boafo), the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s exclusive boarding school,
has her sights set on the Miss Universe Pageant. But Ericka (Joanna A. Jones),
a new student with beauty and talent, captures the attention of the pageant
recruiter and Paulina and friends gear up for battle!
Jocelyn Bioh’s biting
comedy explores the universal similarities facing teenage girls across the
globe. Said Frank Scheck in his Hollywood Reporter review: School Girls is a ferociously entertaining morality tale that proves as
heartwarming as it is hilarious. Directed by Rebecca Taichman. At The Kirk
Douglas Theatre, Culver City.
PARADISE
This
Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy is set in a Southern coal-mining town going
from boom to bust. A charismatic preacher arrives, along with a sexy gal he
rescued from a stripper pole! But there’s a Hollywood TV producer, with
Reality-Show contacts, who has an idea of how to make the town great again.
Music & book by Cliff Wagner, book & lyrics by Bill Robertson and Tom
Page. Directed by Michael Myers. At Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Road,
Santa Monica (lotsa free parking).
HOLE
IN THE SKY
This
on-site experience is staged at a working horse-ranch about 15 minutes north of
Burbank. A young woman returns home to find her family and community in a
bitter fight over who owns the local groundwater during a devastating
California drought.
People are trying to live with nature, but nature doesn’t
seem to want them there. Playwright Octavio Solis based his timely play on
interviews in rural Siskiyou County. Directed by Kate Jopson. At Courtship
Ranch, 11270 Dominica Ave, Lake View Terrace, CA 91342. Info: www.circlextheatre.org
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