Lawrence’s Own Ziwe Shows Her Wilbur Theater Audience Why She’s Already Iconic
Despite those years in her LPS uniform
Writer’s note: This was written on Nov. 29, 2023. This piece was on spec to Ziwe’s hometown newspaper which she mentions in both her book and act. It is also my hometown newspaper, my first byline in 1984, when I was 14, so I was very disappointed when the article was ignored by the editor.
Ziwe has been featured in The Boston Globe, but for some reason *ahem* my article was filed and ignored. I said if it was my work, they needed to get someone else to cover her accomplishments. They didn’t.
I was also a public school teacher in her hometown, and although she was never my student, I am incredibly proud of her. Teachers hope their students get to live their dreams and she certainly seems to be.
I am finally running it here.
As comedian and actor Ziwe commanded the Wilbur Theater stage in Boston on Wednesday night, her audience likely had a difficult time believing that she was once an awkward Lawrence Public School student.
But the Lawrence native not only proclaimed her childhood awkwardness, she tried to prove it. She displayed one of her elementary school pictures. In it, young Ziwe definitely looked uncomfortable…
