Broadly adapted from Irish playwright Dion Boucicaults The Octoroon, a wildly popular 19th century melodrama, African American playwright Jacobs-Jenkins transgressive comedy/tragedy is a subversive mash-up of the antebellum south and 21st century cultural politics. Jacob-Jenkins dares the audience to examine racism and sexism through the lens of whiteface, blackface, and redface, with a multi-ethnic cast that is both adhering to and leaping across the lines of broad racial and sexual stereotypes.An Octoroon is for mature audiences only, regardless of ones age.
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The Last Five Years
Princeton Summer Theater (7/4 - 7/21)
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Wizard of Oz
Surflight Theatre (7/31 - 8/4) | |
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Comedy Night
Surflight Theatre (8/12 - 8/12) | |
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The Bookstore
New Jersey Repertory Theatre (7/11 - 8/4) | |
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Disney's Frozen JR.
Surflight Theatre (8/7 - 8/11) | |
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Miracle on 34th Street
Surflight Theatre (11/30 - 12/15) | |
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Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (10/6 - 10/6) | |
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert
Mayo Performing Arts Center (12/5 - 12/5) | |
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