Paul Michael Thomson, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Du Bois Department whose new play Pot Girls was very well received in Chicago. Please see the update below, including a link to an article about the play!
Pot Girls by Paul Michael Thomson, directed by Ayanna Bria Bakari recently had a sold-out, extended run at The Story Theatre in Chicago. Kerry Reid of the Chicago Reader called it a "glorious and heady world-premiere" and "simply one of the best shows I've seen so far this year." Check out this article about Pot Girls in American Theatre Magazine, featuring an interview with Thomson and Bakari.