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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: 'theatre is about controversial ideas' by David Smith In Washington

His play An Octoroon has been called the most eloquent drama about race this decade " but, says the playwright, his work is really about the human conditionIt started when he was about 13. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins went to see Waiting for Godot at the Studio Theatre in Washington. He was spellbound."I sort of weirdly think all my work is me trying to recreate that experience somehow," he says. "I have these really inten…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10PM on June 3, 2016

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