Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

<p>“The bitingly funny and fierce <em>Gloria</em> is one of the year’s best shows…<em>Gloria</em> is an adrenaline rush of a show, but it also makes you think. Let’s just say it hits the bull’s-eye.” —Elisabeth Vincentelli, <em>New York Post</em></p> <p>“Funny, blistering...

• World premiere in 2014 at Soho Rep (New York, Off-Broadway). Production sold out, extended, and was met with rave reviews. • Shared the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play with Appropriate, also written by Jacobs-Jenkins. • Based on An Octoroon, an 1859 melodrama by Irish writer Dion Boucicault. • Should be of interest to academic audiences interested in investigating race, ethnicity, discrimination and stereotypes. • Jacobs-Jenkins, 30 years old, is a rising star among young...