Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Wins 2025 Pulitzer for Drama for ‘Purpose’
The finalists were ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Cole Escola and ‘The Ally’ by Itamar Moses.
All Stories About Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Exploring an Ensemble’s ‘Purpose’
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s world premiere play about a Black political dynasty is the latest in Steppenwolf’s lineage of explosive work crafted around their acting ensemble.
This Week in Theatre Awards: Catalyst Fellows, Theater J Play Prizes, and More
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognition.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Receives Inaugural Pinnacle Commission
The new $60,000 commission is a joint effort by South Coast Repertory and Playwrights Horizons.
White Light, White Heat: ‘Little Foxes’ and ‘Appropriate’ in Rep
South Coast Rep puts Lillian Hellman and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s plays about Southern inheritance into rotating, and possibly revealing, repertory.
How to Design a More Just Theatre Field
The symposium ‘Sound & Color: The Future of Race in Design’ invited young designers of color to imagine a future that is only just beginning.
Contemporary Plays, Teaching From the Page as Well as the Stage
The work of writers like Jackie Sibblies Drury, Annie Baker, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is riveting in the theatre, but the rewards of close reading shouldn’t be ignored.
This (Pride) Month in Theatre History
From Caffe Cino to The Theatre Offensive, a look back at gay, lesbian, trans, and queer theatre milestones.
Lincoln Center Awards First Beaumont New Play Commissions
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage, and Marco Ramirez will create work specifically for LCT’s Broadway stage.
Horror and Magic With Tonya Pinkins
Her film ‘Red Pill,’ which she thinks of as a Black woman’s ‘Get Out,’ views the nation’s ills through the lens of horror.
