{"product_id":"appropriate-an-octoroon-plays-revised-edition","title":"Appropriate\/An Octoroon: Plays (Revised Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes Revised Broadway version of \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of three 2024 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA double-volume containing two astonishing breakout plays from one of the theatre's most exciting and provocative young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon\u003c\/em\u003e is an audacious investigation of theatre and identity, wherein an old play gives way to a startlingly original piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso includes the short play \u003cem\u003eI Promise Never Again to Write Plays About Asians...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBranden Jacobs-Jenkins\u003c\/strong\u003e's plays include \u003cem\u003eEverybody \u003c\/em\u003e(Signature Theatre, Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003cem\u003eWar\u003c\/em\u003e (LCT3\/Lincoln Center Theater), \u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e (Vineyard Theatre, Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e (Signature Theatre, Obie Award), \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon\u003c\/em\u003e (Soho Rep., Obie Award) and \u003cem\u003eNeighbors \u003c\/em\u003e(The Public Theater). He is a Residency Five playwright at Signature Theatre and under commission from LCT3\/Lincoln Center Theater, the Manhattan Theatre Club\/Sloan Initiative Grant, and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His recent honors include the Charles Wintour Award for Promising Playwright from the \u003cem\u003eLondon Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e, a London Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN\/Laura Pels International Foundation Theater Award, the Steinberg Playwright Award, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award. He sits on the board of Soho Rep., and, with Annie Baker, is the Associate Co-Director of the Hunter College MFA Program in Playwriting, where he is also a Master-Artist-in-Residence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643182289170,"sku":"9781636702377","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e9fe6b3-aa95-475a-a660-7dd38cdc68b3.jpg?v=1733079866","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/appropriate-an-octoroon-plays-revised-edition","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}