Appropriate

play by Jacobs-Jenkins

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Appropriate is a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that won three Tony Awards in 2024. The drama centers on a group of white siblings who gather at their former family plantation in Arkansas after their father's death to clear out the house. As they confront their past and their family's legacy, unsettling truths and buried secrets emerge. The play delves into themes of identity, history, and family legacies, particularly concerning race. Jacobs-Jenkins is known for exploring these complex issues in his work.12

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Appropriate
…in 2014, when his play Appropriate debuted Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre in New York. An unsettling family drama, it centers on a group of white siblings as they clean out their childhood home, a former plantation in Arkansas, shortly after their father’s death. The play was well reviewed, and…
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…in 2014, when his play Appropriate debuted Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre in New York. An unsettling family drama, it centers on a group of white siblings as they clean out their childhood home, a former plantation in Arkansas, shortly after their father’s death. The play was well reviewed, and…
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Elle Fanning
The Great, A Complete Unknown, and Sentimental Value
debut in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate, alongside Sarah Paulson; it won three Tony Awards, including for best revival of a play. In 2024 she appeared in the biopic A Complete Unknown playing the activist-artist Sylvie Russo, who encourages a young Bob Dylan (Chalamet) to become more politically engaged during his…
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debut in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate, alongside Sarah Paulson; it won three Tony Awards, including for best revival of a play. In 2024 she appeared in the biopic A Complete Unknown playing the activist-artist Sylvie Russo, who encourages a young Bob Dylan (Chalamet) to become more politically engaged during his…
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Sarah Paulson
On the stage
…of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s family drama Appropriate. The New York Times praised her “eye-opening, sinus-clearing performance” as the foul-mouthed, voluble Toni, and in 2024 Paulson earned the Tony Award for best actress in a leading role for the part.
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…of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s family drama Appropriate. The New York Times praised her “eye-opening, sinus-clearing performance” as the foul-mouthed, voluble Toni, and in 2024 Paulson earned the Tony Award for best actress in a leading role for the part.
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