🗓️ Thursday, April 9-Sunday, May 10, 2026
💰 Tickets $36-$122
📍 Bagley Wright Theater: 155 Mercer St., Seattle
Do you like comedy? Thrillers? Spectacle? Provocation? Then “Appropriate” is the play for you — says Director Timothy McCuen Piggee.
When the Lafayettes descend upon their late father’s crumbling plantation home for an estate sale, they unearth an earth-shattering secret that pits them against one another. Through a cascading series of revelations, biting humor boils over into bruising conflict, and no one will escape this family gathering unscathed.
Smart, incendiary and never-before-produced in Seattle, “Appropriate” depicts a Southern family wrestling with a destructive inheritance as they consider the legacy they want to leave for the next generation.
Written by influential American playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the play’s critically acclaimed Broadway run starring Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning won multiple 2024 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play, and was hailed by The New York Times as “brilliant, blistering, outrageous.”
“Appropriate” now arrives in Seattle at a moment when history itself feels contested — when questions of truth, legacy and accountability are being actively debated. Seattle Rep is proud to bring this landmark contemporary work to Seattle audiences for the first time, continuing its commitment to producing nationally significant American plays early in their theatrical lives.
This production of “Appropriate” features an entirely local cast and is brought to life by Seattle Rep’s in-house backstage shops. Timothy McCuen Piggee is a celebrated Seattle-based director and artist, recognized for his emotionally precise, audience-centered storytelling, He was last at Seattle Rep in 2024 directing the smash hit “Fat Ham.”
Carey Wong, one of Seattle’s most respected designers, has created a set that supports the play’s themes of memory, inheritance and the persistence of the past — grounding the story in a world that feels lived-in, charged and inescapable. Experience this searing production beginning April 9.
💡Pro tips:
🎟️ On Thursday, April 9, Seattle Rep will offer a pay-what-you-choose performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased the day of the performance as soon as the box office opens at noon (suggested ticket price is $15).
🎟️ Special performances include English open captioning on April 23 at 7:30 p.m. and April 29 at 2 p.m., a sensory-friendly performance on April 25 at 2 p.m. and an ASL-interpreted, audio described performance on May 2 at 2 p.m.
From the explosive “Appropriate” to the riotous “The Play That Goes Wrong,” there’s something for everyone at Seattle Rep.
