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• Winner of the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

• Winner of the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright

This fringe hit from London makes its U.S. Premiere in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab! Whether or not sleepover parties with friends were part of your upbringing, you’re invited to join Elle, Shan, Funmi, and Rey at theirs. These four Black British teenagers are growing up fast, each coping with their unique challenges of disability, sexuality, religion, and family. Their sleepover parties are a complex dance of adolescent bluster and aspirational performance, interspersed with moments of intimate honesty that seem to take them all by surprise. Most of all, Sleepova is a testament to the joys of friendship, centering a quartet of young women tentatively making their way in the world.

By Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
Directed by Paige Hernandez

Sleepova was commissioned by and premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, Artistic Director Lynette Linton

Due to the layout of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager. Those exiting the theatre during the performance will not be re-admitted while the performance is in progress.

“All the clumsiness and wide-eyed excitability of the best coming-of-age dramas… an exhilarating tableau of imperfect young friendship and you leave wanting an invite to their next party.” – The Guardian

“I know a good time when I see one, and Sleepova surely is that.” - Time Out London

“You can’t help but fall in love with this joyous, exuberant show” - The Evening Standard

• Winner of the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

• Winner of the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright

This fringe hit from London makes its U.S. Premiere in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab! Whether or not sleepover parties with friends were part of your upbringing, you’re invited to join Elle, Shan, Funmi, and Rey at theirs. These four Black British teenagers are growing up fast, each coping with their unique challenges of disability, sexuality, religion, and family. Their sleepover parties are a complex dance of adolescent bluster and aspirational performance, interspersed with moments of intimate honesty that seem to take them all by surprise. Most of all, Sleepova is a testament to the joys of friendship, centering a quartet of young women tentatively making their way in the world.

By Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini
Directed by Paige Hernandez

Sleepova was commissioned by and premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, Artistic Director Lynette Linton

Due to the layout of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager. Those exiting the theatre during the performance will not be re-admitted while the performance is in progress.

“All the clumsiness and wide-eyed excitability of the best coming-of-age dramas… an exhilarating tableau of imperfect young friendship and you leave wanting an invite to their next party.” – The Guardian

“I know a good time when I see one, and Sleepova surely is that.” - Time Out London

“You can’t help but fall in love with this joyous, exuberant show” - The Evening Standard

More about Olney Theatre Center
An award-winning professional, regional theatre in Montgomery County, MD -- located between Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.
When & Where
From Mar 26, 2025 to Apr 27, 2025
Wed: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Timezone: EDT
Thu: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Timezone: EDT
Fri: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sat: 1:30pm - 3:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sat: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Timezone: EDT
Sun: 1:30pm - 3:00pm Timezone: EDT
$30.00


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