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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (born 1984) is an American playwright. His play Purpose won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for which his works Gloria and Everybody were finalists in 2016 and 2018, respectively. His play Appropriate marked his Broadway debut as a playwright in 2023 and earned him his first Tony Award; he won a second in 2025 for Purpose. His additional plays include An Octoroon and The Comeuppance. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016.

Infobox

Born
(1984-12-29) December 29, 1984 (age 40)Washington, DC, U.S.
Occupation
Playwright
Education
Princeton University (BA)New York University (MA)Juilliard School (GrDip)
Notable awards
Fulbright Award MacArthur Fellow Obie Award Steinberg Playwright Award Tony AwardPulitzer Prize for Drama

Tables

· Awards and nominations
2016
Role(s)
Drama
Notes
Gloria
2017
Role(s)
Most Promising Playwright
Notes
Gloria and An Octoroon
2018
Role(s)
Drama
Notes
Everybody
2024
Role(s)
Best Revival of a Play
Notes
Appropriate
2025
Role(s)
Purpose
Notes
Won
Role(s)
Drama
Notes
Won
Year
Award
Category
Work
Result
2016
Pulitzer Prize
Drama
Gloria
Nominated
2017
Critics’ Circle Theatre Award
Most Promising Playwright
Gloria and An Octoroon
Won
2018
Pulitzer Prize
Drama
Everybody
Nominated
2024
Tony Awards
Best Revival of a Play
Appropriate
Won
2025
Best Play
Purpose
Won
Pulitzer Prize
Drama
Won

References

  1. Written in December of 2007.
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  3. New York Times Magazine
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  4. Prevost, Lisa (June 17, 2024). Yale playwright Jacobs-Jenkins wins first Tony for ‘Appropriate’ revival. Yale.
    https://news.yale.edu/2024/06/17/yale-playwright-jacobs-jenkins-wins-first-tony-appropriate-revival
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  7. Jones, Kenneth. "Signature's Resident Playwrights Group Welcomes Dramatists Martha Clarke and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins", P
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  8. Healy, Patrick. "New Play Puts an Old Face on Race" The New York Times, February 2, 2010
    https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/theater/03neighbors.html
  9. Stasio, Marilyn. "New Play Puts an Old Face on Race" Variety, March 7, 2010
    https://variety.com/2010/legit/reviews/neighbors-1117942361/
  10. Hetrick, Adam. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Neighbors' Will Open Mixed Blood Season" Playbill, August 1, 2011
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  11. Gans, Andrew. "59th Annual Obie Award Winners Announced; Sydney Lucas Is Youngest Winner in Obie History" Playbill, May
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  12. Jones, Kenneth. "Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose minstrelsy-filled play Neighbors made a highly publicized debu
    http://www.playbill.com/article/jacobs-jenkins-assumes-directorial-duties-of-his-play-the-octoroon-at-ps-122-com-169306
  13. Brantley, Ben. "Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Comedy About Race" The New York Times, February 27, 2015
    https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/theater/review-an-octoroon-a-branden-jacobs-jenkins-comedy-about-race.html
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  15. "2017/18 Season" Archived 2017-11-23 at the Wayback Machine artistsrep.org
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  16. Princeton University
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  17. " Appropriate Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed March 1, 2016
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  18. Billington, Michael. " Appropriate review – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins pushes everything to the limit" The Guardian, 23 Augu
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  19. The New York Times
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  20. www.tonyawards.com
    https://www.tonyawards.com/shows/appropriate/
  21. Brantley, Ben. "'War,' Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s New Play" The New York Times, December 8, 2014
    https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/theater/war-branden-jacobs-jenkinss-new-play.html
  22. Clement, Olivia. "LCT Off-Broadway Season to Include Marco Ramirez' The Royale Plus Greg Pierce and Branden Jacobs-Jenki
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  23. Clement, Olivia. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ War Begins Tonight" Playbill, May 21, 2016
    http://www.playbill.com/article/branden-jacobs-jenkins-war-begins-tonight#
  24. Stasio, Marilyn. "Off Broadway Review: War by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins" Variety, June 6, 2016
    https://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/war-review-play-branden-jacobs-jenkins-1201790061/
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  26. Sullivan, Lindsay. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody Extends Before Opening Night Off-Broadway" broadway.com, February
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  27. Clement, Olivia. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 'Everybody' Begins Jan. 31" Playbill, January 31, 2017
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  30. McPhee, Ryan. "Martyna Majok’s 'Cost of Living' Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama" Playbill, April 16, 2018
    http://www.playbill.com/article/martyna-majoks-cost-of-living-wins-2018-pulitzer-prize-for-drama#
  31. Clement, Olivia. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Girls Will Be All-New Spin on The Bacchae—With Live DJ, Dance Music, and Video
    http://www.playbill.com/article/branden-jacobs-jenkins-girls-will-be-all-new-spin-on-the-bacchaewith-live-dj-dance-music-and-video#
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  46. "A.C.T. To Stream GLORIA and TONI STONE on BroadwayHD"
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  50. Hetrick, Adam. "Playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Dorothy Fortenberry, Dan LeFranc, Radha Blank and Lisa Kron are the
    http://www.playbill.com/article/branden-jacobs-jenkins-radha-blank-and-lisa-kron-among-helen-merrill-award-winners-com-183088#
  51. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Dominique Morisseau Win 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards" americantheatre.org September 22, 201
    http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/09/22/branden-jacobs-jenkins-dominique-morisseau-win-2015-steinberg-playwright-awards/
  52. Clement, Olivia. "Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Named Windham-Campbell Prize Winner" Playbill, March 1, 2016
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  58. Gans, Andrew. "Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Among MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winners" Playbill, September 22, 2016.
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  60. The New York Times
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  61. "Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins" John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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  62. Reimagining A Raisin in the Sun: Four New Plays
  63. Critics' Circle Theatre Awards
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