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Nakkiah Lui re-imagines An Octoroon: 'It appeals to the contrarian in me' by Stephanie Convery

The playwright-actor's directorial debut reinterprets a blistering drama about race in America for an Australian contextWhen Nakkiah Lui first read the script for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play An Octoroon, she was "kind of angry and really jealous"."My first thought was, why didn't I write this play?" she says. Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on September 16, 2017

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