School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play is Jocelyn Bioh’s wickedly funny, sneakily heartbreaking comedy set at the Aburi Girls Boarding School in 1988 Ghana, where the senior class queen bee is laser-focused on winning the Miss Ghana pageant — until a transfer student from America glides in and complicates absolutely everything.

The play premiered Off-Broadway at MCC in 2017, became a regional theatre staple, and now finally takes its Broadway victory lap as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2026–2027 season. Tony nominees Bioh and director Whitney White reunite for the bow.

Performances begin September 8, 2026 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. If you only see one Ghanaian boarding-school comedy this year, make it this one.