Jocelyn Bioh is an award-winning, TONY Award Nominated Ghanaian-American writer and performer from New York City.

Soulpepper 26/27: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding — Playwright

Other Theatre: Broadway: JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (5 TONY Award nominations including Best Play); Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park: MERRY WIVES; MCC Theater: NOLLYWOOD DREAMS, SCHOOL GIRLS: OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY; Lyric Hammersmith (London): SCHOOL GIRLS: OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING.

TV/Film: Russian Doll, She’s Gotta Have It (Netflix), Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu), The Acolyte (Disney+).

Awards: Horton Foote Prize (2024), The Steinberg Playwright Award (2020), The Dramatist Guild Hull-Warriner Award (2018 and 2024), Lortel Award (2018), Drama Desk Award (2022), and 2017 Tow Playwriting Fellow.