Branden Jacobs-Jenkins News

Wilbury Theatre Group has released production photos of the Rhode Island premiere of The Comeuppance by Pulitzer Prize-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Don Mays. 

Mānoa Valley Theatre (MVT) has revealed its 2026–2027 season, a lineup of productions that blends Broadway hits, comedies, drama, and local storytelling. 

Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY, led by Artistic Director Elizabeth Williamson, will present a dynamic 2026/27 season featuring musicals, dramas, and new works, starting with A CHORUS LINE in September.

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate has been extended for an additional week at Olney Theatre Center. Tickets are now on sale for the added performances.

The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association revealed six finalists for the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of NYC in 2025.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Interim Executive Director David Schmitz revealed the six productions that will make up the company’s 2026/27 season.

Two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young will join the cast of the first ever Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof, directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail.

Geffen Playhouse has unveiled five productions that will make up its 2026/2027 season lineup from Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney. The lineup will feature a mix of world, West Coast and Los Angeles premieres.

Wilbury Theatre Group will present the Rhode Island premiere of THE COMEUPPANCE by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Check out photos of the production! Francesca Hansen DiBello, Marcel Mascaró, Jenna Lee Scott, Christine Treglia, and Rodney Witherspoon star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play.

When the Lafayettes descend upon their late father’s crumbling plantation home for an estate sale, they unearth an appalling secret that pits them against one another. Through a cascading series of revelations, biting humor boils over into bruising conflict, and no one will escape this family gathering unscathed. Smart, incendiary, and never before produced in Seattle, this 2024 Tony Award winner by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Everybody, An Octoroon) depicts a Southern family wrestling with a destructive inheritance as they consider the legacy they want to leave for the next generation.

On Thursdays, the Winners were announced for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards, with Broadway's Liberation, the Kiss of the Spider Woman movie, Heated Rivalry, and more taking home major awards. Check out the full list here.

McCarter Theatre Center has announced its 2026/27 Theater Series, featuring five productions spanning Shakespearean villainy and more. Learn more here!

xSteppenwolf Theatre Company has unveiled its 2026/27 Season. The 51st Season features five Steppenwolf Membership Series productions: two world premieres, a Chicago premiere, an English-Language premiere and a modern masterpiece.

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Wilbury Theatre Group has announced the cast and creative team of the Rhode Island premiere of The Comeuppance by Pulitzer Prize Award Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Don Mays.

Second Stage Theater has revealed the complete cast for its upcoming production of Adam Bock’s dark comedy, The Receptionist, directed by Sarah Benson.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' comedy Appropriate gets an intimate production in Olney Theatre Center's 148-seat Multiz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, directed by the theatre's artistic director, Jason Loewith.

Heartworm, a new sci-fi drama featuring Tony Award nominee Amber Gray, will make its World Premiere at the 2026 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, running March 10 through March 22, 2026 in Silicon Valley.

Dobama Theatre will present the Cleveland premiere of The Comeuppance by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as part of its 2025–26 season. The production runs at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights.