School Girls at Kirk Douglas Theatre

School Girls

Kirk Douglas Theatre
9820 Washington Blvd. Culver City

How far would you go to be queen bee? Paulina, the reigning popularity queen at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter -- and Paulina's hive-minded friends. MCC Theater's production of School Girls is a buoyant and biting comedy that explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls across the globe. Watch the quest for popularity get underway when Jocelyn Bioh's play takes the stage at Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Thru - Sep 30, 2018

Tuesdays: 8:00pm

Wednesdays: 8:00pm

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 1:00pm & 6:30pm

Price: $47

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 213-628-2772

www.centertheatregroup.org

Kirk Douglas Theatre Seating Chart

Nearby Restaurants

School Girls Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

Highly Recommended
Recommended
Somewhat Recommended
Not Recommended

Broadway World - Recommended

"...In the days before cell phones and the internet ruled all young girls lives, Paulina is a perfect example of how one person could set the social tone of an entire school, allowing her opinions on who is good enough, rich enough, pretty enough, or can offer her something she needs to advance her own desires, no matter the cost to others. And you had better adore the same music stars she does!"

Read Full Review

- Shari Barrett

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...The laughs are genuine, earned, and highly enjoyable, but what makes Schoolgirls so powerful is its exploration of how cultural hegemony is toxic and dehumanizing. When the girl's practice for their audition, Ericka posits a sample question a judge might ask, "If you could be fire or water, which would you choose and why?" Her classmate stares at her. "But I am a human being," she says, mystified, since obviously she can be neither fire nor water. "I am a human being.""

Read Full Review

- Samuel Garza Bernstein

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Regina George has met her Ghanaian match in Jocelyn Bioh's side-splittingly funny, acerbically perceptive, unexpectedly touching School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play, imported to the Kirk Douglas Theatre from its hit off-Broadway run with most of its original MCC Theater cast intact."

Read Full Review

- Steven Stanley

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...The play is strongest when all the young women are on stage together, flattering and fighting with each other. There's a percussive rhythm to these scenes, punctuated by bursts of genuine belly laughter from the audience. Often, the show feels like a perfect symbiosis of Bioh's script, Rebecca Taichman's direction, and the cast's synchronicity. Taichman and the cast bring the text to life wonderfully well, finding little moments of character between the words on the page. Each woman on stage gets a moment to shine, and every character feels like a fully fleshed-out individual with her own desires and motivations. It could be easy to hate Paulina for being as mean as she is, but Bioh doesn't let us. She allows us to see that Paulina's not mean for the sake of being mean; she's lashing out from the pain of the messages she's internalized her whole life, which tell her all the ways she's unworthy."

Read Full Review

- Katie Buenneke

School Girls Photo Gallery

School Girls at Kirk Douglas Theatre

School Girls

School Girls Reviews

Broadway World - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

School Girls Photo Gallery

Explore More

Other Sites