Lisa Thompson, author of the forthcoming UIP book, Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class, celebrates the opening of her play, Single Black Female, off-Broadway in June.

Playing at the Duke on 42nd Street, the comedy stars Soara-Joye Ross and Riddick Marie, and is directed by Tony Award-winning director Colman Domingo.

Both the book and play focus on black middle-class women negotiating issues of sexuality.