History Quote by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but especially, ugly…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I have a borderline-embarrassing obsession with pop music.

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

At the end of the day, most people just want to be valued. They want to feel they have put their time to something…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I'm not a really firm believer in theatre that is 'about anything.' I don't think theatre can be about anything other than the people…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I go through phases of watching a ton of dance/performance, and I am bizarrely well-informed on the subject.

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

You get better at the thing you do by having to explain it to someone else. That, I think, totally makes my work stronger.

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Somehow, whenever we think about race or blackness in relationship to art, we always come in kind of nervous. We always think someone's about…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

My dream was always to have an experience where an audience member would turn to another audience member, a stranger, and be like, 'What…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I seem to belong to a boom moment of playwrights, and I'm always curious about how we all got here and what comes next.

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

I actually don't read the press. All the writers I admire were significantly reclusive, and I'm still trying to figure out how they got…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins