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.
All Stories About Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
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.
Guggenheim Announces 2020 Fellows, Including 5 Theatre Artists
Celebrated playwrights and a legendary dramaturg make up this year’s class of theatre fellows.
Annie Baker, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Take on the Fourth Wall
The acclaimed playwrights gather on Nov. 19 at the Center for Fiction to talk about realism and the fourth wall.
An Adrienne Kennedy State of Mind
The subject of our September cover is a fiercely individual American master.
Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Join Faculty of UT Austin
The playwrights, both MacArthur fellows, will start at the university in the fall.
Martyna Majok Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for ‘Cost of Living’
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s ‘Everybody’ and Tracy Letts’s ‘The Minutes’ were this year’s finalists.
Princeton Wrestles With the Ghosts of Slavery
A 7-play project led by McCarter Theatre Center delves into the college’s haunted history.
