It’s been a successful few months for 40-year-old writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his play, “Purpose,” which won both the ...

It’s been a successful few months for 40-year-old writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his play, “Purpose,” which won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Senior ...

That’s precisely what happened as Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ family drama moved first to the nonprofit Second Stage Theatre’s Broadway house, where a cast that included Sarah Paulson and Elle ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won several prestigious awards, including Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Purpose, Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for The Comeuppance, and Best New American ...

Now in 2022, Hulu and FX ’s Kindred, created by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, marks the first onscreen adaptation of Butler’s works.

Jacobs-Jenkins, far left, on the “Kindred” set during filming. “In honoring Octavia’s book, I’m trying to find new things to talk about,” he said. Tina Rowden/FX ...

Jacobs-Jenkins is part of a cadre of American dramatists who have been dragging our stodgy, risk-averse theater into the 21st century.

Although he has shot to fame fast through plays like “The Octoroon,” Jacobs-Jenkins still is only 32 years old. His “Gloria” was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Young Playwright on the Rise “I notice this eagerness to attach the word provocateur to me," says Jacob-Jenkins. "My feeling is: you can really only provoke once.

For its 2023 Spring Fête, Soho Rep will honor Obie winner, MacArthur Fellow, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Soho Rep board member Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, in a performance-packed evening ...

Transcript: "Capehart” with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins January 12, 2023 By Washington Post Live ...