The Comeuppance

The Comeuppance
Written byBranden Jacobs-Jenkins
Date premieredMay 16, 2023
Place premieredAlice Griffin Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
SettingWashington, D.C.
Present Day

The Comeuppance is a dramatic stage play written by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.[1]

The play tells the story of five friends reuniting for their high school reunion in a suburb outside Washington D.C., set in the present day. The friends deal with the passage of time, aging, and the discussion of death being sooner than later as they approach middle age.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cunningham, Vinson (2023-06-12). "The Dance of Death in "The Comeuppance"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-05-06.