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Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in Harlem is a salon full of funny, whip-smart, talented women ready to make you look and feel nice-nice. On this particularly muggy summer day, Jaja’s rule-following daughter Marie is running the shop while her mother prepares for her courthouse, green-card wedding—to a man no one seems to particularly like. Dreamer Marie is trying to secure her future; she’s just graduated high school and all she wants to do is go to college. News pierces the hearts of the women of the salon, galvanizing their connections and strengthening the community they have longed to make in the United States.
Location: MCC - Penn Valley Campus 3201 Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64111
November 21st, 22nd+*, 23rd+, 28th, 29th+*, 30th+ 2025 **Please note Saturday the 23rd & 29th both have +3pm matinee & *7pm evening performances
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in Harlem is a salon full of funny, whip-smart, talented women ready to make you look and feel nice-nice. On this particularly muggy summer day, Jaja’s rule-following daughter Marie is running the shop while her mother prepares for her courthouse, green-card wedding—to a man no one seems to particularly like. Dreamer Marie is trying to secure her future; she’s just graduated high school and all she wants to do is go to college. News pierces the hearts of the women of the salon, galvanizing their connections and strengthening the community they have longed to make in the United States.
Location: MCC - Penn Valley Campus 3201 Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64111
November 21st, 22nd+*, 23rd+, 28th, 29th+*, 30th+ 2025 **Please note Saturday the 23rd & 29th both have +3pm matinee & *7pm evening performances