Appropriate (play)
Appropriate is a 2013 dramatic stage play written by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The play will premiere on Broadway in 2023 starring Sarah Paulson at the Helen Hayes Theater as a part of Second Stage Theater's 2023–2024 season. Synopsis 
Appropriate follows the dysfunctional Lafayette family as they return to a decaying plantation mansion in Arkansas to battle over their recently deceased father's inheritance. Soon after uncovering a relic buried deep in the recess of their family's past, decades of resentment burst through centuries of historical sin in this biting comedic drama from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Characters  
Antoinette "Toni" Lafayette: the oldest sibling, late 40s/early 50s
Rhys Thurston: Toni's son, late teens
Beauregard "Bo" Lafayette: Toni's brother, late 40s/early 50s
Rachael Kramer-Lafayette: Bo's wife, late 40s
Cassidy "Cassie" Kramer-Lafayette: their daughter, early teens
Ainsley Kramer-Lafayette: their son, a child
Francois "Franz" Lafayette: brother of Toni and Bo, late 30s/early 40s
River Rayner: Franz's fiancee, early 20s

Production history 
Jenkins conceived the play through participation with the Vineyard Arts Project and the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab beginning in 2011. The play was first performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in the Humana Festival of New American Plays.<ref>[http://arts-louisville.com/2013/03/09/appropriate/ Appropriate Louisville Humana Review]accessed 07-3023</ref> 

The play was next performed in Chicago at the Victory Gardens Theater and at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington D.C. in 2013. Theatre in DC Appropriateaccessed 07-30-23Appropriate began previews Off-Broadway on February 25, 2014, in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center, New York. It had its opening night on March 16, 2014, playing a limited run to April 6. Johanna Day was given the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performance. The play premiered on the West Coast at Center Theatre Group in 2015.Appropriate opened at the Donmar Warehouse in London August 22, 2019, following previews from August 16. It played a limited run to October 5. On June 15, 2023, Second Stage Theater announced that it would produce Appropriate'' at the Hayes Theater on Broadway as part of its 2023–2024 season, with performances set to begin in November 2023. Lila Neugebauer, who directed the original Off-Broadway production, will return to direct. Original casts

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Off-Broadway plays
2013 plays