S4 Ep15: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Part 3 - EVERYBODY (w/ Lisa Dring)

<div>Taking a look at the evolution of playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins<br> with special guest LISA DRING<br> <br> Lisa is a writer, director and actor originally from Hilo, Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Her play SUMO will be co-produced by La Jolla Playhouse and Ma-Yi Theater Company in 2023. She has recently worked on multiple projects with Meow Wolf and was a member of The Geffen Writers’ Room. She was honored as a recipient of the 2020/21 PLAY LA Stage Raw/Humanitas Prize. Her play The Wicked One was a finalist for the Relentless Award, a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, a piece she co-wrote with Chelsea Sutton, was nominated for 7 Ovation Awards including Best Production (winner of 5). Lisa’s work has been developed/produced by The New Group, Actors Theatre of Louisville, East West Players, Circle X, SCF @ Son of Semele, Playwrights’ Arena, Rogue Artists Ensemble, UCSB Launch Pad Series, The Motor Company and Theatre of NOTE. Lisa has been awarded fellowships at MacDowell, Blue Mountain Center and Yaddo. Her play SUMO was recently named as a finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Lisa graduated from the University of Southern California. She was awarded the 2021 Dorothy and Granville Hicks Residency at Yaddo, which honors one promising young writer a year, and was nominated for an Emmy for Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, a project she co-wrote and co-directed with Matt Hill. <br> <br> Shows Discussed:<br> Part 1: An Octoroon<strong><br> </strong>Part 2: Gloria<br> <strong>Part 3: Everybody<br> </strong><br> SUBSCRIBE. RATE. REVIEW!!<br> <br> <strong>THEME and Stingers:</strong> Ryan Thomas Johnson<br> <br> IG: @theatre_theater_pod<br> Twitter: @the_theatre_pod<br> Gmail: theatretheaterpod@gmail.com<br> tiktok: @theatre_of_the_absurd<br> <br> LA SPOTLIGHTS:<br> A New BrainIG: @CelebrationThTr<br> <a href="http://www.celebrationtheatre.org/">www