“A rich and fully mature work, and a haunting new play… the humor only enhances the pathos surging underneath.”
- Vulture
- Vulture
ABOUT
THE COMEUPPANCE
BY BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS
DIRECTED BY DON MAYS
DIRECTED BY DON MAYS
From the boundary pushing, Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon), this electrifying comedy is a meditation on impermanence, nostalgia, and isolation.
Directed by Don Mays (Fat Ham, God Talks to An Agnostic) The Comeuppance finds five former classmates on the eve of their 20-year high school reunion. Fueled by adult jungle juice and pot, they reminisce at a porch pre-party that hangs on a porous border with the other side.
Directed by Don Mays (Fat Ham, God Talks to An Agnostic) The Comeuppance finds five former classmates on the eve of their 20-year high school reunion. Fueled by adult jungle juice and pot, they reminisce at a porch pre-party that hangs on a porous border with the other side.
“Brilliant… a worthy successor to standouts like 'Gloria' and 'An Octoroon'.”
- New York Stage Review
- New York Stage Review
CAST + CREATIVE TEAM
Francesca
Hansen- DiBello 
Christine
Treglia |
Teddy
Lytle 
Rodney
Witherspoon* |
Jenna Lea
Scott* |
THE COMEUPPANCE
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Don Mays Sound Design by Catherine Ashley Set Design by Scott Osborne Light Design by Andy Russ Costume Design by Dustin Thomas Asst. Direction by Michael Yussef Greene Stage Manager, Natalie Rosario* Asst. Stage Manager, Ollie Crowe Costume Assistant, Arianna Davey Production Manager, Monica Shinn Production Intern, Z. Ferrara Production Photography by Erin X. Smithers Press / Media Inquiries: Niki Healy |
*Appears courtesy Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
“A more up-to-date play than THE COMEUPPANCE does not exist.”
- The Wrap
- The Wrap
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a Brooklyn-based playwright, producer and Pulitzer Prize winner (for his play Purpose). His plays include Girls, Everybody (Signature Theatre), War (Yale Rep; Lincoln Center/LCT3), Gloria (Vineyard Theatre), Appropriate (Obie Award; Signature Theatre), An Octoroon (Obie Award; Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience), and Neighbors (The Public Theater).
Most recently he was the showrunner, executive producer, and writer for Hulu/FX’s drama series, “Kindred,” based on Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking novel. A Premiere Resident playwright at Signature Theatre, his honors include USA Artists, Guggenheim, and MacArthur fellowships, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award and he currently serves as Vice President of the Dramatists Guild council. He teaches at Yale University.
Most recently he was the showrunner, executive producer, and writer for Hulu/FX’s drama series, “Kindred,” based on Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking novel. A Premiere Resident playwright at Signature Theatre, his honors include USA Artists, Guggenheim, and MacArthur fellowships, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award and he currently serves as Vice President of the Dramatists Guild council. He teaches at Yale University.
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