Appropriate

Appropriate on Broadway Background

Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer invite you to one hell of a reunion in this darkly comic American family drama.

Show Ran Off-Broadway in 2014 and In London in 2019

The show previously ran off-Broadway in 2014 for 2 months. Its performance dates were Previews: Feb 25, 2014 • Opening: Mar 16, 2014 • Closing: Apr 13, 2014.

Appropriate opened at the Donmar Warehouse in London August 22, 2019, following previews from August 16. It played a limited run to October 5, 2019.

What’s Appropriate Like?

It’s summer, the cicadas are singing, and the Lafayette family has returned to their late patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate. Toni, the eldest daughter, hopes they’ll spend the weekend remembering and reconnecting over their beloved father.

Bo, her brother, wants to recoup some of the funds he spent caring for Dad at the end of his life. But things take a turn when their estranged brother, Franz, appears late one night, and mysterious objects are discovered among the clutter.

Suddenly, long-hidden secrets and buried resentments can’t be contained, and the family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.

Is Appropriate Good for Kids?

The dark subject matter of this show indicates that it may only be appropriate for children over the age of 16 years.