Past Productions
JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING
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 …
KWEZI SHONGWE
KWEZI SHONGWE
(Aminata) is excited and honored to be making her SpeakEasy Stage debut! Currently in Boston, she recently completed her BFA in Acting from Emerson College. Coming all the way from South Africa, Kenya, & eSwatini, Kwezi is proud to be part of this Pan-African play and to work with amazing artists of color. Local credits: Less Than More Than Friends (Teatro Chelsea); Hamlet (Apollinaire Theatre Company &Teatro Chelsea). Thank you to all my loved ones for making sure I always believe in myself. To my family, I love you guys. To Africa, this one’s for you. @kwezishongwe (she/her)
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Performing at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St. in the South End.
SpeakEasy Stage Company is the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion Resident Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events.
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