Austin Smith in Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Soho Rep’s ‘An Octoroon,’ directed by Sarah Benson (all photos by Gerry Goodstein) Aside from innovative and well-executed visual effects, ...
Bridgette Hayes and Brandon Green in "An Octoroon." (Courtesy Paul Fox/Company One Theatre) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “An Octoroon” is an audacious race comedy pulled over the bones of an antebellum ...
To be a “black playwright,” according to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘s onstage surrogate, BJJ, is to have every work examined through the lens of racial discord in America, be it relevant or not. Write ...
Rufus Burns portrays playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and two other characters in the Unicorn Theatre’s “An Octoroon.” Cynthia Levin Unicorn Theatre Remember Dion Boucicault’s 1859 hit “The Octoroon” ...
Ned Bennett's production is a gruelling watch, and has contained within it many moments that shock, enlighten, provoke and surprise. Despite its transfer to the National Theatre, the production is ...