''Appropriate'' is a 2014 play by American playwright

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an American playwright. He won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays '' Appropriate'' and '' An Octoroon''. His plays '' Gloria'' and '' Everybody'' were finalists for the 2016 and 2018 Pulitzer ...

Productions

''Appropriate'' began previews

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on February 25, 2014, in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the

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, New York. It had its opening night on March 16, 2014, playing a limited run to April 6. ''Appropriate'' opened at the

Donmar Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Micha ...

in London August 22, 2019, following previews from August 16. It played a limited run to October 5.

Cast and characters

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, - !River Rayner , Sonya Harum , Tafline Steen , - !Rhys Thurston ,

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, Charles Furness , - !Toni Lafayette ,

Johanna Day Johanna Day (born 1964) is an American actress. She was nominated for two Tony Awards for her performances in the 2000 play '' Proof'' and the 2016 production of the play ''Sweat''. Her other accolades include a Helen Hayes Award and an Obie Awa ...

Monica Dolan Monica Margaret Dolan (born 15 March 1969) is an English actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Rosemary West in ''Appropriate Adult'' (2011). Career Dolan was born in Middlesbrough and trained at the Guildh ...

, - !Rachael Kramer-Lafayette ,

Maddie Corman Maddie Corman (born Madeleine Cornman; August 15, 1970) is an American actress. She has appeared in over 25 films, including ''Seven Minutes in Heaven'', '' Some Kind of Wonderful'', ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' and ''A Beautiful Day in th ...

, Jaimi Barbakoff , - !Ainsley Kramer-Lafayette , Alex Dreier , Orlando Roddy Oliver Savell , - !Bo Lafayette ,

Michael Laurence Michael Laurence (24 November 1935 – 23 March 2015) was an Australian actor, producer, director and screenwriter best known for creating TV serial ''Return to Eden''. Biography He began his career as a child actor on Sydney radio, before w ...

Steven Mackintosh Steven Mackintosh (born 30 April 1967) is an English actor and narrator. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andreas Tanis in the action horror films '' Underworld: Evolution'' (2006) and '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009). Mack ...

, - !Cassidy Kramer-Lafayette , Izzy Hanson-Johnston ,

Isabella Pappas Isabella Noemi Pappas (born 21 August 2002) is an actress. She began her career on the London stage, earning Laurence Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award nominations. On television, she is known for her roles in the ITV series '' Finding Alice'' (2 ...

, - !The Stranger , , Ed Thorn

References

Off-Broadway plays 2014 plays