Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an acclaimed American playwright known for his formally inventive, provocative works that explore race, identity, and history in contemporary theater.

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instanceOf dramatist
person
playwright
professor
screenwriter
television writer
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship
Obie Award for Best New American Play
Steinberg Playwright Award
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1984-09-29
educatedAt Juilliard School
New York University
Princeton University
employer Princeton University
ethnicGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork drama
playwriting
theatre
genre comedy
drama
tragicomedy
influencedBy African-American theatrical traditions
Bertolt Brecht
knownFor exploration of identity in contemporary drama
exploration of race in theatre
formally inventive plays
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement contemporary theatre
nationality American
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Drama
notableWork An Octoroon
Appropriate
Everybody
Everybody (adaptation of Everyman)
Girls
Gloria
Kindred (television series)
Neighbors
The Comeuppance
War
occupation dramatist
playwright
screenwriter
television writer
university professor
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Professor of Theater at Princeton University

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Gloria hasDramatist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins