If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka

Theatre

Name:	Playwrights Horizons
Address:	416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	February 15, 2019
Opening date:	March 10, 2019
Closing date:	April 5, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

In the village of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, no one questions that Akim is the one true, perfect beauty — not even her jealous classmates. But they’ll be damned before they let her be the leading lady in this story. A decidedly contemporary riff on a West African fable, Tori Sampson’s explosive epic is brimming with live music and dance, as these frenemies jockey for their rank in a culture built on ideals forever out of reach.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Playwrights Horizons	Producer

	Tori Sampson	Playwright
	Ian Scot	Original Music

	Leah C. Gardiner	Director

	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer
	Candace Taylor	Assistant Choreographer
	Leland Fowler	Dance Captain

	Louisa Thompson	Set Designer
	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
	Matt Frey	Lighting Designer
	Ian Scot	Sound Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Hair and Wig Designer
	Alexander Grover	Associate Scenic Designer
	Danielle Preston	Assistant Costume Designer
	Danielle Verkennes	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Stephen Dee	Associate Sound Designer

	Caroline Aquino	Company Manager
	Blake Zidell & Associates	Press Representative

	Alyssa K. Howard	Production Stage Manager
	Noah Silva	Assistant Stage Manager

	Samantha Shoffner	Prop Master

	Erikka Walsh	Bass
	Rona Siddiqui	Keyboards

	Alaine Alldaffer	Casting
	Ebbe Bassey	Dialect Coach

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Rotimi Agbabiaka	Chorus
	Maechi Aharanwa	Ma
	Jason Bowen	Dad
	Antoinette Crowe-Legacy	Massassi
	Ian Duff	Akim
	Leland Fowler	Kasim
	Mirirai Sithole	Adama
	Phumzile Sitole	Kaya
	Carla R. Stewart	The Voice of the River

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Choreographer	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer
2	NOMINATED	2019 Chita Rivera Award, Outstanding Choreography in an Off-Broadway Show	Raja Feather Kelly	Choreographer
3	NOMINATED	2019 Chita Rivera Award, Outstanding Ensemble
4	NOMINATED	2019 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
5	NOMINATED	2019 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer

Notes

2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist

Kennedy Center’s 2017 Paula Vogel Playwright