The Comeuppance 2023
Opened: June 5, 2023Closing: June 25, 2023
The Comeuppance - 2023 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
480 West 42nd Street (between Dyer and 10th Avenues) New York, NY 10036
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. They refamiliarize themselves with new versions of old selves over drinks, other substances, and a not-so-innocent truth-telling game. From the start, Death looms over and speaks through them, describing their disquieting and darkly comedic fates. The Comeuppance marks Jacobs-Jenkins’ prolific decade as a Signature Premiere Resident playwright.
The Comeuppance - 2023 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Comeuppance
THE COMEUPPANCE: A HIGH-SCHOOL REUNION PROMPTS SOME STARTLING REVISIONISM
10 / 10
Director Eric Ting deftly guides a superb cast, all of whom make the most of their carefully calibrated roles. This reunion — depth-charged like most — unfolds in its own style (blessedly free of cliché) and at its own pace. One guarantee: Those 130 minutes will race by.
Death Comes to the Reunion in The Comeuppance
8 / 10
Three years of solitary writing time turns out to be productive. Seemingly every playwright produced lately has been thinking about the pandemic, as well as its accompanying loneliness, many different stabs at generational angst, dollops of horror, and addiction (more of those later this week). You see gestures and ideas repeated, many different attempts to get at similar feelings. Then you get to a play like The Comeuppance, which channels and condenses what’s been floating in the ether and brings it all to earth. Here’s a drama where Branden Jacobs-Jenkins both sums up and reconfigures the present moment.
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Photos: See Tonya Pinkins, Phylicia Rashad & More at THE COMEUPPANCE Opening Night
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 9, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 9, 2023
Check out photos from opening night of Signature Theatre's off-Broadway premiere of MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance directed by Eric Ting.
Signature Theatre Extends THE COMEUPPANCE Through July 9
by Stephi Wild - June 8, 2023
by Stephi Wild - June 8, 2023
Signature Theatre will extend the world premiere production of MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance by two weeks. Concluding Jacobs-Jenkins' Premiere Residency—and Signature's 2022-2023 season of personal and profound works from its Resident writers—The Comeuppance, which began performances May 16, now runs through July 9
Review Roundup: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' THE COMEUPPANCE Opens at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 6, 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 6, 2023
Read the reviews for The Comeuppance at Signature Theatre.
Other Productions of The Comeuppance
| 2023 | Off-Broadway |
Signature Theatre Off-Broadway Premiere Production Off-Broadway |
The Comeuppance - 2023 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Palmer Hefferan |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Caleb Eberhardt |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Eric Ting |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | The Comeuppance |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Director | Eric Ting |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Ensemble | The Comeuppance |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lighting Design | Amith Chandrashaker |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Play | Branden Jacobs-Jenkins |
| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Sound Design | Palmer Hefferan |
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