Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Full Name	Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Occupation	Playwright
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1984(1984-12-29)
Age	40
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Biography

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on December 29, 1984 in United States.

An Octoroon is an adaptation of The Octoroon by Dion Boucicault. It first ran at Performance Space New York from June 24 to July 3 2010. It then ran Off- Off-Broadway at the Soho Rep in April 2014 to June 2014 and then at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, New York, from February 2015 to March 29, 2015. Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, Oregon, staged An Octoroon from September 3 to October 1, 2017.

Neighbors premiered Off-Broadway at the Public Theater/Public LAB in February – March 2010, and was then presented at the Matrix Theatre Company, Los Angeles in August 2010, directed by Nataki Garrett. The play was produced by the Mixed Blood Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota in September to October 2011, also directed by Nataki Garrett. It premiered in Boston in 2011 with Company One.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Net Worth

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is one of the richest Playwright from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jacobs-Jenkins was born in Washington, DC. His father, Benjamin Jenkins, is a retired dentist and his mother, Patricia Jacobs, is a business consultant. He graduated from Princeton University in 2006, with a major in anthropology, and earned a master’s degree in performance studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2007. He has taught playwriting at the Tisch School and also at Princeton. He graduated from the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School.

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Appropriate was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre, at the Pershing Square Signature Center, from March 16, 2014 to April 13, 2014. The play was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off- Broadway Play, and also won 2014 Obie Awards for Direction (Liesl Tommy) and Performance (Johanna Day). Michael Billington in his review of the 2019 production at the Donmar Warehouse (London), wrote: “…he appropriates the classic American family drama with results that are both gravely serious and mordantly funny…What is exhilarating about the play is that Jacobs-Jenkins pushes everything to the limits.”

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an American playwright. He won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays Appropriate and An Octoroon. His plays Gloria and Everybody were finalists for the 2016 and 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama respectively. He was named a MacArthur Fellow for 2016.

Top Facts about Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

1. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an award-winning American playwright born in 1984.
2. He has won numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant.”
3. His plays explore themes of race, identity, and family dynamics.
4. Notable works include “An Octoroon,” “Gloria,” and “Everybody.”
5. He is a graduate of Princeton University and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
6. Jacobs-Jenkins has been described as one of the most important voices in contemporary theater.
7. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016 and 2018.
8. His plays have been produced at major theaters across the United States and internationally.
9. Jacobs-Jenkins is also a respected theater critic and essayist.
10. He is known for his innovative use of language and theatrical conventions.

Who wrote the play appropriate?

Branden Jacobs Jenkins

Where was an octoroon first performed?

April 23, 2014

Who wrote everybody play?

Branden Jacobs Jenkins

When was an octoroon written?

In 1859 , a famous Irishman wrote this play about slavery in America. Now an American tries to write his own. Winner of the 2014 OBIE Award for Best New American Play. “AN OCTOROON invites us to laugh loudly and easily at how naïve the old stereotypes now seem, until nothing seems funny at all…

Who wrote octoroon?

Dion Boucicault