[NEohioPAL] Review of "Neighbors" at convergence-continuum

[Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL]

Intentionally discomforting, con-con’s ‘Neighbors’ is also compelling



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, International Association of Theatre Critics



The New York Times called thirty-three-year-old playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins “one of this country’s most original and illuminating writers.” 



The New Yorker compared him to Sam Shepard, Lorraine Hansberry and Eugene O’Neill.



He is cerebral, provocative and his awards – which include the 2014 Obie Award for “Appropriate” and “An Octoroon,” recognition as a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his play “Gloria,” and a 2016 MacArthur Fellow “genius” grant – are imposing.



But Jacobs-Jenkins got off to a shaky start with his first full-length work, “Neighbors,” a wildly theatrical, frequently outrageous, and overly-ambitious play that is currently in production by convergence-continuum.



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