The Comeuppance
St Kilda East, VIC 3182 Australia
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About the Show
The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott, Red Stitch; Yentl, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions, Melbourne Theatre Company), this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on the night of their 20th high school reunion. What unfolds is a haunting, timely satire that tests friendships, while mortality looms at the edge of the party. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Jacobs-Jenkins’ astute script is brilliantly witty and theatrical.
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The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott, Red Stitch; Yentl, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions, Melbourne Theatre Company), this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on the night of their 20th high school reunion. What unfolds is a haunting, timely satire that tests friendships, while mortality looms at the edge of the party. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Jacobs-Jenkins’ astute script is brilliantly witty and theatrical.
Date
About the Show
The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott, Red Stitch; Yentl, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions, Melbourne Theatre Company), this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on the night of their 20th high school reunion. What unfolds is a haunting, timely satire that tests friendships, while mortality looms at the edge of the party. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Jacobs-Jenkins’ astute script is brilliantly witty and theatrical.
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The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott, Red Stitch; Yentl, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions, Melbourne Theatre Company), this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on the night of their 20th high school reunion. What unfolds is a haunting, timely satire that tests friendships, while mortality looms at the edge of the party. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Jacobs-Jenkins’ astute script is brilliantly witty and theatrical.