An Octoroon 2014

Opened: April 23, 2014
Closing: June 08, 2014

An Octoroon - 2014 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Soho Rep Theatre
46 Walker Street New York, NY 10013

A world-premiere, old-fashioned, meta-melodrama with Humor! Feelings! Live Music! Wigs! Sensation Scenes! Slave Auctions! Exploding Steamboats! Photography! And More!



Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent, and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful “octoroon.” But, the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans — for both Terrebonne and Zoe.

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An Octoroon FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

An Octoroon has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2014.
An Octoroon has been nominated for Outstanding Music in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Cesar Alvarez, Outstanding Set Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Mimi Lien, and Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

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