An Octoroon Star Amber Gray on the Secrets and Lies of Race and Theatre
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play An Octoroon uses the plot of the Irish playwright Dion Boucicault's 1859 melodrama as a starting point for a fiercely hilarious, contemporary new play. Now playing at Brooklyn's Theatre For a New Audience, Soho Rep's highly theatrical production received its world premiere Off-Broadway in 2014 where it had two extensions and a sold-out engagement. Amber Gray, w…