From Richmond to Broadway’s 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' Ayana Cymone is reclaiming space and disrupting sci-fi tropes.
When Jasmine Amy Rogers learned of her Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in Boop! The Musical, she was stunned. Rogers has been working toward this moment for years. A finalist at the Jimmy Awards, she studied musical theater at the Manhattan School of Music and built up a résumé that includes Mean Girls (as Gretchen Wieners), Jelly’s Last Jam, The Wanderer, and Becoming Nancy.