MoAD & Lorraine Hansberry Theater present

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a New Black Voices project

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SistahFriend

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Written by Phaedra Tillery-Boughton, directed by Margo Hall, with dramaturgy & mentorship by Dr. Lisa B. Thompson.

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SistahFriend by Phaedra Tillery-Boughton | This dramatic comedy follows three Black women in their 40s as they navigate life, love, faith, and identity with honesty, humor, and heart.

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SistahFriend is being developed in Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s New Black Voices Mentorship Program. The program remains central to the company’s mission of uplifting Black female and femme-identifying playwrights, by offering opportunities to develop new works or to showcase them live to new audiences. Currently, the New Black Voices Advisory Board includes Lydia Diamond, Nambi E. Kelley, Dominique Morisseau, and Lisa B. Thompson. The advisory board assists with the selection process of new mentees and the personalized structure for mentorships while serving as mentors within the program.

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Phaedra Tillery-Boughton (@phaedratboughton) is a passionate creative artist dedicated to theatre, production, and community advocacy. She serves as associate producer and casting manager at SFBATCO and co-hosts Creatively Shaded, a podcast amplifying Black theatre voices in the Bay Area. A teaching artist with SFArtsEd, Berkeley Rep, A.C.T., and Pacific Singers & Actors, she recently played Rabby in Fat Ham at SF Playhouse and was named the 2025–26 Lorraine Hansberry Theatre New Black Voices Mentee. A 2024–25 Black Futures Awardee, her credits include The Color Purple, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and directing Legally Blonde.

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The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at MoAD is a collaboration that connects theater and the visual arts, bringing both audiences together, making each art form more accessible and relevant to both constituencies and providing context across art forms. Each presentation will be followed by an audience discussion.

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