Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play will stream as-live during its final week of performances, running Tuesday, November 10 through Sunday, November 15, with a 24-hour replay available after each stream. The League of Live Stream Theater returns as MTC’s streaming partner, building on prior streamed productions of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding and Punch.
Written by Tony-nominated playwright Jocelyn Bioh and directed by two-time Tony-nominated director Whitney White, the same creative team behind Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, School Girls is set in an all-girls school in Ghana in 1986, where a group of teenagers compete for a spot in the Miss Ghana beauty pageant. The limited engagement began previews September 8, opened to strong reviews September 28, and concludes November 15 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. MTC produces in association with Chase This Productions and Susan Kelechi Watson.
Tickets for individual livestream performances cost $59 and are available at lolst.org, with viewers receiving a link by email to watch at curtain time or anytime within the 24-hour replay window; captions are available, and access is limited to one device per ticket. Separately, MTC is offering high schools worldwide free access to a recorded performance along with educational resources through its Watch Week initiative, running November 2 through 13. More than 6,500 students across 70 high schools in the U.S. have already registered through MTC’s Learning and Community Engagement program.
Pairing a paid public livestream with free, structured access for high school classrooms reflects a deliberate effort to extend a story centered on West African girlhood and identity to student audiences who might not otherwise encounter a show like this through a traditional single-week theatrical run, treating educational access as a core part of the production’s reach rather than an afterthought.
The cast includes Lucia Aremu as Ama, Denée Benton as Paulina Sarpong, Patina Miller as Eloise Amponsah, Erin Morton as Nana, Nia Otchere-Sarfo as Gifty, Jordan Rice as Mercy, Jasmine Amy Rogers as Ericka Boafo, and Heather Alicia Simms as Headmistress Francis.
With thousands of students already registered and a public streaming option opening the production to audiences far beyond New York, the real test will be whether this hybrid access model becomes a more regular part of how MTC closes out future limited Broadway runs.