Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
New York: This year Pulitzer price For the drama, which includes a price of $ 15,000, was awarded to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for his room AimWho had his first at Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago. This year's prize finalists include Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola, who was presented outside Broadway to Lucille Lortel Theater, and The ally By Itamar Moses, who received his world premiere from the public in New York.
The Pulitzer Committee described Jacobs-Jenkins' play as “a piece on the complex dynamics and the heritage of an African-American upper classy class whose patriarch was a key figure in the civil rights movement. A skillful mixture of drama and comedy that sounds how the different generations define the heritage. ”
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Phylicia Rashad. (Photo of Michael Brosilow)
The Escola's play was described as “a wacky portrait of Abraham and the life of Mary Todd Lincoln”, while Moses' play was called “an opportune drama on activism, contradictory expectations and moral responsibility on a university campus”.
