For his theatrical debut in New York City, Austin Smith is hitting the ground running in a big way. His lead role in An Octoroon at Theatre for a New Audience encompasses not one but three characters, including a portrayal of the playwright, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, as well as both the dashing hero and the comic villain of Jacobs-Jenksins’ play-within-a-play adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s 1859 melod…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:52PM on February 19, 2015