DiscoverQ with Tom PowerThis play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation
This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation

This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation

Update: 2025-11-06
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In the groundbreaking play “The Comeuppance” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, old wounds rise to the surface when a group of friends reunite 20 years after their high school graduation. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright wanted to shine a light on the elder millennial demographic — the kids that came of age alongside Columbine and the Sept. 11 attacks. Now, a new Canadian production of “The Comeuppance” is opening at Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre. Branden joins guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about the play and how it looks back on the events that shaped a generation.

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This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation

This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation