In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ world premiere of The Comeuppance, the latest from “one of this country’s most original and illuminating writers” (The New York Times), a self-proclaimed “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group” reconvenes for the first time in years to pregame for their twentieth high school reunion. Over alcohol and other such substances, they try to reconnect who they once were with who they’ve each become.
Date
05.16.23–07.09.23 / Tue–Sun
Location
The Irene Diamond Stage
Residency
Premiere Residency
A profound tragicomedy. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins renders the considerable humor faultlessly. Eric Ting’s breakneck staging amps the humor up to the max. The acting is EXCELLENT.”
Jacobs-Jenkins sums up and reconfigures the present moment. Eric Ting has honed the cast of off-Broadway regulars to cutting precision. WE NEED THIS EVERYDAY THEATER.”
THRILLING. A first-rate cast.”
***** Depth-Charged."
Fascinating. A more up to date play than The Comeuppance does not exist."
Unsettlingly up-to-the-moment. Eric Ting has choreographed the cast's intimacies intricately and with loving attention."
Haunting. Jacobs-Jenkins is one of our most consistently provocative and dazzling contemporary playwrights."
