APPROPRIATE: Tickets and a Conversation with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Join NYU Tisch School of the Arts Performance Studies for a special evening and fundraiser benefiting the Performance Studies department at Appropriate, written by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and NYU Tisch alumnus, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '07 (MA, Performance Studies). Jacobs-Jenkins makes his Broadway debut with his singular, explosive family drama Appropriate, starring Sarah Paulson in her return to the stage.
Purchase tickets to the show on February 2, 2024, and get a special invite to NYU Tisch School of the Arts for a conversation between Branden and writer, performance artist, and adjunct professor Carmelita Tropicana on Thursday, February 8, 2024.
Proceeds from tickets will go directly to supporting the Department of Performance Studies’ Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Scholarship Fund and José Esteban Muñoz Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Tickets purchased will grant you access to:
- Discounted orchestra ticket to Appropriate at Second Stage, together with current Performance Studies students and faculty (Friday, February 2, 2024)
- Branden in conversation with writer, performance artist, and adjunct professor Carmelita Tropicana (Thursday, February 8, 2024)
- Other exciting perks announced soon!
- Total Ticket Price: $300*
*For your registration you will receive a ticket benefit valued at $219.00. All proceeds from the event will support student scholarships at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
The Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Scholarship Fund, named after the renowned Kenyan novelist, playwright, director, and freedom fighter who was a member of the Department of Performance Studies for many years, will support undergraduate Performance Studies students who wish to contribute to and defend diversity on our campus and in the world.
The José Esteban Muñoz Memorial Scholarship Fund, named for the beloved former Professor and Chair, will support graduate students in their exploration of queer-of-color performance that allows us to imagine new ways of being in the world.
About the Show:
Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer invite you to one helluva reunion in this darkly comic American family drama.
It’s summer, the cicadas are singing, and the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Toni (Sarah Paulson), the eldest daughter, hopes they’ll spend the weekend remembering and reconnecting over their beloved father. Bo (Corey Stoll), her brother, wants to recoup some of the funds he spent caring for Dad at the end of his life. But things take a turn when their estranged brother, Franz, appears late one night, and mysterious objects are discovered among the clutter. Suddenly, long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
Photo: Sarah Paulson, by Mark Seliger