Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays (Revised Edition)

Download or read book Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays (Revised Edition) written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Revised Broadway version of Appropriate. Winner of three 2024 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play. A double-volume containing two astonishing breakout plays from one of the theatre's most exciting and provocative young writers. In Appropriate, strained familial dynamics collide with a tense undercurrent of socio-political realities when the Lafayettes gather at a former plantation home to sift through the belongings of their deceased patriarch. An Octoroon is an audacious investigation of theatre and identity, wherein an old play gives way to a startlingly original piece. Also includes the short play I Promise Never Again to Write Plays About Asians...