An Octoroon by Branden Jacob-Jenkins
A meta-theatrical reimagining of a 19th-century plantation melodrama, this piece interweaves the story of a mixed-race woman whose freedom and inheritance are imperiled by a scheming overseer with a contemporary performer struggling to stage the racist original. Through role-doubling, whiteface/blackface/redface, and direct address, it satirizes theatrical conventions while confronting the legacies of slavery and representation. Blending biting humor with tragedy, it questions who gets to tell history and how those stories shape identity.
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- 2014
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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