If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka

Combining West African folklore and contemporary American culture If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka follows four teenage girls as they grapple with societal definitions of beauty. In the fictional setting of Affreakah-Amirrorkah the four young women - Kaya Massassi Adama and Akim - are given an opportunity to live in a society where their individual beauty can reign supreme. But this opportunity comes at a dangerous cost. Tori Sampson's hilariously provocative play doesn't ask the question How much is beauty worth? but rather Why are so many willing to pay its price?