New Surry Theatre proudly presents “Appropriate” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Winner of the 2014-2015 Obie Award for Best New American Play and currently in previews at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway.
Following the death of their hoarder father the estranged members of the Lafayette family return home ostensibly to settle his estate and sort through the chaos left behind but find themselves faced with a contentious discovery. The dysfunctional reunion takes a turn for the worse as old resentments emerge and old, sometimes disturbing family secrets are revealed. “…very fine, subversively original… [Jacobs-Jenkins] honors the time-tested recipes of those who have gone before him, combining them into a crafty narrative… But he also brings a culinary self-consciousness to the mix that makes you savor the ingredients anew, while pondering why they have dominated American theater for so long… APPROPRIATE is piercingly clear, with carefully drawn characters who speak in crisp and fluid dialogue. [Jacobs-Jenkins] enjoys his quarrelsome characters, and he has achieved the difficult feat of making them all both unlovable and impossible not to identify with…remarkable and devious.” —NY Times.
Starring Vanessa Hawkins, Pine Hanson, Matt Cornish, Erin McCormick, Emily Young, Lucia DiLena, Christopher Raymond, & Magnolia Vandiver. Directed by Lori Sitzabee. Assistant Director Randall Simons. LIMITED RUN Jan. 3-6 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Blue Hill Town Hall Theater at 18 Union Street in Blue Hill. For tickets visit http://www.newsurrytheatre.org or call 207-200-4720 Mature content – [TW:Racism, Systemic Racism, Sexual Assault, R*pe] This play includes discussions of assault, abuse, and statutory r*pe.
