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.

More Quotes by 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 did we just go through?' And, like, kind of begin to talk.

I spent summers with my mother's parents in Arkansas, where religion felt very present. My grandmother was Baptist, and my grandfather was Methodist. Double Southern whammy.

I have this thing called hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. It's incredibly rare.

I identify as queer. I just don't know what any of these labels mean.

I was 23 when I wrote 'Neighbors,' and I definitely look back at it now and cringe a little bit. I was trying to understand what drama was.

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 feelings.