Play name
Appropriate
By Branden Jacob-Jenkins
Director
Joshua George Lawson
joshuageorgelawson@gmail.com
Playing dates
Thursday 7th October to Saturday 16th October (first Thursday is a private Charity show; not Sunday 11th October; matinee Saturday 10th October)
Get-in and Strike
19th September; 17th October
Venue
BLT Main House
Audition
1:00pm Sunday April 11th 2027
About the play
Following their father’s death, a fractured family reunites at their dilapidated ancestral home. There, a shocking discovery exposes long buried secrets, bitter divisions and simmering resentments. Wickedly funny, gripping and provocative, Appropriate is one of the most talked-about American plays of recent years. Powerful and unmissable!
Time
Summer in 2011
Location
The living room of a former plantation house in southeast Arkansas.
Style and Genre
Dark comedy and a contemporary family drama
Characters
ANTOINETTE ‘TONI’ LAFAYETTE, the oldest sibling, white, late forties-early fifties. American.
RHYS THURSTON, her son, white, late teens. American.
BEAUREGARDE ‘BO’ LAFAYETTE, the middle sibling, white, late forties-early fifties. American.
RACHAEL KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, his wife, white, late forties. American.
CASSIDY KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, their oldest child, white, early teens. American.
AINSLEY KRAMER-LAFAYETTE, their youngest child, white, a child. American.
FRANCOIS ‘FRANZ/FRANK’ LAFAYETTE, the youngest sibling, white, late thirties-early forties. American.
RIVER RAYNER, his fiancée, white, early twenties. American.
Audition pieces
TBC