Jocelyn Bioh: I don't know any group of people, particularly I would say marginalized group of people, who have not been able to lean on humor or some sort of joy or comedy to be able to get through the hardships of their life. That is certainly true of everyone in the black community and the diasporic community. And it's also just, plainly, the center of my world as a writer. -- my voice naturally lives in a comedic space, but I also find that comedy is really powerful. You're able to really get so many things across to people, there's so many ways that people can hear things when they hear it in a way that feels enjoyable and funny and they can laugh in recognition of whatever that truth is. And in this case, with “Jaja's (African Hair Braiding”), you know, your folks I think are coming in to have the experience of a really fun, funny play set in a hair braiding shop, but also at the heart of it, we're talking about the humans behind the immigration policies of America. It's just a powerful way for people to be able to connect with a story. And I read a quote when I was in graduate school that has remained with me, and I think has been the kind of the thesis statement of my work as a writer, which is just comedy is just a funny way of being serious.