Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Wins 2025 Pulitzer for Drama for ‘Purpose’
The finalists were ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Cole Escola and ‘The Ally’ by Itamar Moses.
The finalists were ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Cole Escola and ‘The Ally’ by Itamar Moses.
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.
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognition.
The new $60,000 commission is a joint effort by South Coast Repertory and Playwrights Horizons.
South Coast Rep puts Lillian Hellman and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s plays about Southern inheritance into rotating, and possibly revealing, repertory.
The symposium ‘Sound & Color: The Future of Race in Design’ invited young designers of color to imagine a future that is only just beginning.
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.
From Caffe Cino to The Theatre Offensive, a look back at gay, lesbian, trans, and queer theatre milestones.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage, and Marco Ramirez will create work specifically for LCT’s Broadway stage.
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.