South Carolina State University will screen the Lifetime movie “Single Black Female 2 ^ { \mathfrak { s } } followed by a fireside chat with screenwriter and SC State alumna Sa’Rah Jones on Wednesday, March 27.
The event will begin at 5 {: } 3 0 \mathrm { p }. \mathrm { m } . in SC State’s Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium. Admission information is to be announced.
Jones is the writer and producer of the MGM/Bounce television sitcom “Act Your Age.”
She completed her degree in professional English and broadcasting at SC State in 1995. The South Carolina State University Foundation honored Jones as one of the inaugural four recipients of the Dr. M. Maceo Nance Jr. North Star Awards in April 2023.
After graduating from SC State, Jones relocated to Los Angeles to realize her dream as a television comedy writer. She worked in production for multiple shows at Warner Bros., MGM, and Paramount while honing her writing skills. After the birth of her son, Cornell, she left the entertainment business and pursued a career in pharmaceutical sales. Jones spent 10 years in corporate America before returning to her first love television comedy writing.
