Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater & Music Theater.
Love Type Beat by Mashonica Evans ’24 & Tanéyah Jolly ’24
Run Time
Approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes; no intermission.
Content Advisory
In this production, there is a hospital scene that depicts birthing complications and racism in the medical field; this scene is hands-on with the audience invited on a voluntary basis to be actively involved in the scene.
Special Notes
Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches, and refrain from text messaging for the duration of the performance.
Accessibility
The Wallace Theater is an accessible venue with an assistive listening system. Copies of scripted content will be available to audiences who may benefit from this accessibility service at each performance. Learn more about access to the Wallace Theater.
Cast
Mia: Dusu Sidibay ’24
Jayda: Runnie Exuma GS
Dee: Joy Kahugu ’26
Jasmine: Amira Adarkwah ’26
Joia: Toru Obunge ’24
Destiny/Harmony: Layla Williams ’25*
Dr. Swarazloski: Jeffery Chen ’24*
Cynthia: Mollika Jai Singh ’24
Kendric: Tevin Singei ’24
Maggie: Maya Jaaskelainen ’24
Lisa: Oriana Nelson ’25
Erin: Chioma Ugwonali ’24
Red Guide: Samantha Lucien ’24
Green Guide: Sahaf Chowdhury ’26
Voice Recordings provided by Kennedy Carroll ’26, Jehiyah Coles ’25, Jewel Justice ’24, Kate Stewart ’25, Mashonica Evans ’24, Tanéyah Jolly ’24, and Shariffa Ali.
Production Team
Co-Devisors: Mashonica Evans ’24*, Tanéyah Jolly ’24*
Set Designer: Sophia-Rose Diodati GS
Lighting Designer: Le’Naya Wilkerson ’25 *
Stage Manager: Jeanne Raphael ’26
Assistant Stage Manager: Kate Stewart ’25*
Run Crew: Moses Yang ’26*, Avi Chesler ’25
Student Stage Management Mentor: Brendan Kehoe ’24*
*denotes a certificate or minor student in the Program in Theater
Faculty Advisors
Shariffa Ali, Primary Advisor
Nathan Davis, Secondary Advisor
Tess James, Production/Design Mentor
Land Acknowledgement
An estimated 10 million Native Americans lived in North America before the arrival of European colonizers. Many thousands lived in Lenapehoking, the vast homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of what is now called eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Princeton stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. In 1756, the College of New Jersey erected Nassau Hall with no recorded consultation with the Lenni-Lenape peoples.
Treaties and forced relocation dispersed Lenape-Delaware to Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We acknowledge the violence of settler colonialism and pay respect to Lenape peoples past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora. We also acknowledge the unpaid labor and forced servitude of enslaved Africans and their descendants, which was crucial for the development of our nation.
For more information about ways you can engage with and support the Indigenous community on campus please visit the website of Native American and Indigenous studies (NAI), Natives at Princeton and Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair: Judith Hamera
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Program in Theater: Jane Cox
Producing Artistic Director, Theater And Music Theater Season: Elena Araoz
View a full list of the Program in Theater Faculty & Guest Artists
For a look at all the people working behind the scenes to bring you this event, view a full list of LCA staff members
The programs of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts are made possible through the generous support of many alumni and other donors. View a full list of LCA Supporters
