The FUNNIEST Play Off-Broadway

Audiences and critics have LOL'ed for NOLLYWOOD DREAMS Must close Nov 28 TIX $45 (reg $59) with code COMEDY a??a??a??a?? - Naveen Kumar/TIME OUT NY a??a??a??a?? - Frank Scheck/NEW YORK STAGE REVIEW "Delightful. A dream fulfilled." - Juan A. Ramirez/THEATERLY "Warm, wonky and laugh-out-loud FUNNY." - A.D. Amorisi/VARIETY "An immersion experience, a warm bath, a comfort meal." - Helen Shaw/VULTURE "Too few playwrights have the gift for comedy and Jocelyn Bioh is the rare one." - Jesse Green/THE NEW YORK TIMES GET TIX (https://mcc.theater/broadwayworld3 ) Jocelyn Bioh (MCC's Burnt Umber Playwright-In-Residence, MCC's SCHOOL GIRLS..., "SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT") returns with a hilarious new romantic comedy about dreaming of stardom and making it big in Nollywood. It's the 1990s and in Lagos, Nigeria, the NOLLYWOOD film industry is exploding and taking the world by storm. Ayamma dreams of stardom while working at her parents' travel agency alongside her lovable and celebrity-obsessed sister Dede. When Ayamma lands an audition for a new film by Gbenga Ezie, Nigeria's hottest director, she comes head-to-head with Gbenga's former leading lady, Fayola. Tensions flare just as sparks start flying between Ayamma, the aspiring ingénue, and Wale, Nollywood's biggest heartthrob, in this hilarious new play about dreaming big.