THE BASICS: AN OCTOROON, a 2014 play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins based on a 19 th century melodrama, presented by Chautauqua Theater Company, directed by Giovanna Sardelli, with five shows left – July 5 ...

The Benchmark Theatre is a small professional company in Lakewood whose motto to “keep the conversation going” takes center stage with their current production of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ...

Capital Stage must enjoy playing with dynamite, because their current show provocatively tackles a loaded topic: the racism and slavery that are part of our country’s history, and the degree to which ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. When you arrive at Artists Rep for AN OCTOROON, you're given some "Rules of ...

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How natural it felt to be back, sitting among colleagues, acquaintances and strangers at a press performance for a show! I wondered if I might be moved to tears at my return to the theater, but ...

The award-winning play at the Gamm Theater in Warwick, R.I., pokes at sensibilities, pries at prejudices and pushes at closed gates in a person’s mind. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Obie-award winning play ...

THE BASICS: AN OCTOROON, a 2014 play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Peter Hinton starring André Sills, Patrick McManus, Ryan Cunningham, Vanessa Sears, et. al. runs through October 14 at the ...

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The play that kicked off formal talks about race at Dallas-Fort Worth theaters was Rasheeda Speaking at Circle Theatre in Fort Worth in 2017. That play, in which Denise Lee plays an office worker who ...