Name: AN OCTOROON
Start: 2018-04-19T20:00:00
End: 2018-05-13T20:00:00
Location: ArtsWest

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Brandon J. Simmons

April 19, 2018 – May 13, 2018

Plays

April 19 – May 13

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Directed by Brandon J. Simmons

In 1859, the handsome George arrives as heir apparent to Terrabonne, his late uncle’s slave plantation. There he quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful “octoroon” – someone who is one-eighth Black – but the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans for both Terrebonne and Zoe. Nothing is sacred in this genre-bending work: race, identity and time are bent by the whims of AN OCTOROON’s audacious storytelling. Racial stereotypes both past and present are shattered in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ bold, imaginative re-envisioning of a 19th century antebellum drama as an urgent message for today.

Winner – 2014 OBIE Award for Best New American Play

“Super oxygenating—despite moments of palpable fear and disquiet, we leave feeling somehow healthier, as though the theater has given us a violent shake and a pep talk.” —Time Out (New York)

BUY TICKETSCAST

Lamar Legend – BJJ/George/M’Closky

Mike Dooly – Playwright/Wahnotee/Lafouche

Jose Abaoag – Assistant/Pete/Paul

Jessi Little – Zoe

Heather Persinger – Dora

Dedra D. Woods – Minnie

Jéhan Òsanyìn – Dido

Jazmyne Waters – Grace

CREATIVE

Brandon J. Simmons, Director

Malie Fujii, Stage Manager