Appropriate

Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by David J. Glover

January 17 - February 2, 2019
‍Riffe Center Studio
77 South High St.

Featuring: John Thomas Connor, Jordan Fehr, Philip Hickman, Kim Garrison Hopcraft, Beth Josephsen, Baylee Sheets, and Sarah Marie Wilson

ABOUT THIS PLAY

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“An exceptionally brilliant piece of writing…gut-punchingly honest.”‍

– Time Out Chicago

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“Jacobs-Jenkins enjoys his quarrelsome characters, and he has achieved the difficult feat of making them all both unlovable and impossible not to identify with…remarkable and devious."

– The New York Times

appropriate: adj. - suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.:

appropriate: verb - to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate:

The acrimonious homecoming, the family reunion gone very wrong, old resentments bubble over and family secrets are revealed. It's a staple of American storytelling. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the theatre's fastest rising star, uses it to concoct a conflict that could not feel more up-to-the-minute.

In Appropriate, the Lafayette family gathers at the neglected Arkansas home of their deceased father. As his three adult children collide over clutter, debt, and a contentious family history, they unearth the relics of their father’s vile, hidden past.

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