Mean Girls goes to Ghana, and the shade has PASSPORTS, honey.
Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter—and Paulina’s hive-minded friends.
Acting
Cynthia Erivo and Storm Reid serve face AND vulnerability.
Writing
Jocelyn Bioh's razor-sharp dialogue cuts deep and lands laughs.
Director
Kamilah Forbes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jocelyn Bioh based the play on the 2011 Miss Ghana winner who was light-skinned and biracial, sparking national debates about colorism in West African beauty standards.
The 'African Mean Girls' framing is intentional subversion—Bioh wanted to show Black girls as complicated, messy, and fully human, not inspirational stereotypes.
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