S11.E10 | ”An Octoroon” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Oct 30, 2023•55 min•Ep. 228

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Episode description

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has become one of America's best know, most lauded playwrights. His plays challenge the status quo -- none more so than "An Octoroon." Written as an adaption of an old American melodrama, "An Octoroon" is wild, shocking, and surprisingly transplants methods of performance from centuries ago. Listen in!

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