Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose Nominated for Tony
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It’s Been 38 Years Since a Black Playwright Won Best Play at the Tonys. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Could Change That.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won the Tony Award for best revival of a play for Appropriate last year .
He's nominated for best play for Purpose , which follows a politically prominent Black family in Chicago .
He says he's feeling "crazy" heading into his second Tony ceremony as a nominated playwright.
The playwright's first two plays, Appropriate and Purpose , are more traditional, big family, kitchen-sink dramas.
Purpose is loosely based on the family of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson , and explores the weight of carrying that legacy in a Black family.
Purpose was definitely conceived in relationship to my experience with Appropriate .
A playwright Branden Wilson won best play at the Tony Awards since August Wilson won in 1987 .
He says he feels lucky to be making theater in this moment.
He feels like people are watching him, even if they’re not, and he doesn’t like to be in the room.
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