Catia

(Woman 4) returns to SpeakEasy having previously appeared in POTUS and Jaja’s
African Hair Braiding. Other credits include Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Lyric Stage); The
Mountaintop (Santa Fe Playhouse); Sueño (Trinity Rep); The Late Wedding (Brown/Trinity
MFA); The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Sense & Sensibility, Junk (Burbage Theatre Company).
She is also a director, playwright, and costume designer. Catia is very proud of her Dominican roots and her Afro-Latinidad, and wants all the Black and Hispanic girls watching to know que, “SI SE PUEDE, COÑO!” IG: @imorelia justcatia.com (she/ella)

Shows

JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING

May 2–31, 2025

by

Jocelyn Bioh

DIRECTED BY

SUMMER L. WILLIAMS

2024 Tony Nominee – Best Play! It’s a hot summer day in 2019, and in Harlem, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding salon is open for business, even though its eponymous owner is hours away from getting married. Presiding over the shop’s …

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POTUS

Written by

Selina fillinger

directed by

paula plum

“The likelihood that you will laugh until your face hurts is one of near certainty”– Entertainment Weekly Direct from Broadway! It’s 9 to 5 meets Veep in this riotously funny comedy that celebrates the women who keep things running behind …

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